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Article #21614Re: Postal Service Horror Stories
From: David A. Kaye
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 05:46
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 1994 05:46
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Archie Cobbs (archie@qin.CS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote: : A friend of mine is writing an article about the U.S. Postal Service : and would like to hear any horror stories people may have!! How about the time when my friend mailed his mortgage payment late, and just to be on the safe side, drove his car over it so that it would look like it got stuck in a machine or something. Sure enough, the Postal Service bagged it with a note saying they were sorry that sometimes things get caught in machines, sent it the very NEXT day, and called my friend at home (his return address was on the envelope and he was in the book) and APOLOGIZED for the problem! And it wasn't their fault! I have a LOT of respect for the Postal Service. Considering that it moves MORE mail than any other postal system in the world, as LESS cost than any other postal system near its size, I have nothing but praise for them. -- dk@crl.com According to a Roper opinion poll, 97% of San Francisco Canadians are happy with their gov't health plan.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,a6dcf84b37d8c1e5 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 11232c,a6dcf84b37d8c1e5 X-Google-Attributes: gid11232c,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-07-27 23:16:29 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!usenet.elf.com!news2.near.net!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!hookup!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!eff!news.kei.com!yeshua.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!decwrl!nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com!not-for-mail From: dk@crl.com (David A. Kaye) Newsgroups: ca.general,misc.misc Subject: Re: Postal Service Horror Stories Followup-To: ca.general,misc.misc Date: 27 Jul 1994 22:46:40 -0700 Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [login: guest] Lines: 18 Message-ID: <317go0$74n@crl.crl.com> References: <archie.775338340@qin.CS.Berkeley.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]