Unfortunately, it arrived at the unit a bit too early, and -- according to the mail clerk -- no one he'd spoken with had ever heard of me. He had no choice but to send it back to the return address.
Wow. Thumbs down on the Army for that one -- I was thinking it would cost my parents another $65 to send it again, but apparently that was not the case. For whatever reason, the post office did not charge them a second time.
So hooray! for the federal government at large. The Army may have messed up, but the post office fixed it. I knew I was defending this great country for a reason.
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Story of the Box
In early April, while we were in the Residence Inn, I sent out a box of last minute stuff that I wanted to have in Korea but didn't want to put in our luggage. The idea was that -- according to the post office -- it would take two weeks to arrive at my new unit's APO address.
Unfortunately, it arrived at the unit a bit too early, and -- according to the mail clerk -- no one he'd spoken with had ever heard of me. He had no choice but to send it back to the return address.
Wow. Thumbs down on the Army for that one -- I was thinking it would cost my parents another $65 to send it again, but apparently that was not the case. For whatever reason, the post office did not charge them a second time.
So hooray! for the federal government at large. The Army may have messed up, but the post office fixed it. I knew I was defending this great country for a reason.
Unfortunately, it arrived at the unit a bit too early, and -- according to the mail clerk -- no one he'd spoken with had ever heard of me. He had no choice but to send it back to the return address.
Wow. Thumbs down on the Army for that one -- I was thinking it would cost my parents another $65 to send it again, but apparently that was not the case. For whatever reason, the post office did not charge them a second time.
So hooray! for the federal government at large. The Army may have messed up, but the post office fixed it. I knew I was defending this great country for a reason.
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I guess with customer service like that, they can get away with operating billions of dollars in the hole every year.
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