tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post9039854930424061643..comments2007-11-10T07:01:59.773-05:00Wreggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225585623322034210noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-57270562795184711242007-11-10T07:01:59.773-05:002007-11-10T07:01:59.773-05:00Wow! They actually look at the address label? Leave it to the Brits! <BR/><BR/>I will pray for a few more synapses firing than postal worker 05 of Midland, NC.Reggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225585623322034210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-71364615666228089592007-11-10T06:56:37.479-05:002007-11-10T06:56:37.479-05:00Update: All may not be lost. We stopped by our local post office, hoping to get some information about where our package might have landed in the BVIs. Maybe we could be pro-active and intercept it there and have them send it straight over (50 miles) instead of back up to Reggie, then down to us again (a 3700 mile round trip).<BR/><BR/>We told them Reggie's tale. Even our postal people (not the brightest bulbs in the box) shook their heads in dis-belief at the ineptitude of their pathetic counterpart up north.<BR/><BR/>But, they had some good news! Seems the packages are still routed manually, using the address printed on the box, not the code on the postage sticker. So if the next postal worker handling the package had just a few more synapses firing than postal clerk No. 5, our package might actually still be on its way here. The clerk we talked to (I didn't get her number) said package delivery had been a bit slow. They usually blame this on customs hold-ups in Puerto Rico.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284109771398630099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-32733622011504261672007-11-09T13:09:03.058-05:002007-11-09T13:09:03.058-05:00Oh, this crap makes me so MAD!!!!Logziellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09498806038376593403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-89630536984396228022007-11-09T09:24:39.644-05:002007-11-09T09:24:39.644-05:00Aw man - I felt rage build up inside of me just reading your story... Sometimes I love getting into situations like this - especially when I can force them to work it out in the end... These situations are always frustrating, but sometimes they can be a little bit of fun too.mr zighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03051556128362234563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-2346972468322577942007-11-09T08:58:41.802-05:002007-11-09T08:58:41.802-05:00That is a government subsidized employee for ya.<BR/><BR/>Fedex and UPS can be just as stupid but you usually have more recourse with them.Hammerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07550167783969561280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-81340632664294775252007-11-09T07:53:30.832-05:002007-11-09T07:53:30.832-05:00Hey Reg, I'm sooo sorry you had to go through all that. <BR/><BR/>Like Michael said, we're used to lousy service and waiting extra long for everything down here, so it's not that big of a deal for us. <BR/><BR/>Fortunately, Dave has motor mounts and the job will get done this week-end then the blue junker will finally be leaving our driveway (before we leave for STV, right Michael!?)<BR/><BR/>We owe you big time, Reg!TerryChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00881825193133997237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-78107021782833819612007-11-09T07:46:31.874-05:002007-11-09T07:46:31.874-05:00Shit. I hope you didn't break your new skype phone!<BR/><BR/>We appreciate your help with this and can't believe its become such a mess. <BR/><BR/>We expect this sort of stuff to happen down here. Despite our politicians objections, we're still pretty much a third world country. But this happened in the States fer chrissakes! One more bit of proof of the dumbing down of 'merika.<BR/><BR/>If the package actually gets to the BVI, they may be able to figure it out and get it back, or maybe even over to us, since the correct US Virgin Islands address is actually on the box. They have the benefit of the British educational system, which probably hasn't sunk as low as ours... yet.<BR/><BR/>On the positive side, the only parts in that box crucial to the engine swap, scheduled for tomorrow, are the engine and tranny mounts and my friend Dave thinks he has a spare set. We'll use his, then give him the replacements when/if they ever arrive.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again Reg. We'll figure it out. Meantime, we'll keep bashing the postal service.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284109771398630099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-62890082214916484282007-11-09T07:35:53.376-05:002007-11-09T07:35:53.376-05:00I would like to see her rolled up in a bed sheet and beat with a car antenna, by another woman of course.Reggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16225585623322034210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-1565844563222838712007-11-09T07:33:07.405-05:002007-11-09T07:33:07.405-05:00WOW. I would say you kept your composure really well....I would have been a stark-raving lunatic by then!Kuckiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01277787903922158551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28837228.post-12601782609192087582007-11-09T07:24:44.353-05:002007-11-09T07:24:44.353-05:00I read the whole thing!!! I feel so special. Nota good special, more of a short bus special.<BR/><BR/>Anyway I really hope they send that sucker back. I would think once it circles the globe with no real destination it would be returned to you.<BR/><BR/>The sad part is this is not even geography gone bad. YES someone working at the US Post Office should be familiar with the globe but this is plain laziness and a lack of dedication to their job.<BR/><BR/>I don't care if you are the CEO of your own company or a burger flipper at McDonalds, take pride in your work. So many people just go to work and do the very least they can to get through the day. You are there, why not take pride in what you are doing at least.<BR/><BR/>Had this woman taken a moment to realize she had the oppurtunity to help someone and do her job correctly she would have gotten it right and been rewarded by knowing she did a good job.<BR/><BR/>But istead she is just a lazy B word who should be drug out back and punched in the stomach. (by another woman, I would never condone a man punching a woman!)Jay Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528142967319689263noreply@blogger.com