Postal Hijinx

[sincere]

So, naturally, when I moved out of my parents' house I had my mail forwarded to my apartment in Mass. -- the one I moved out of last week. I may have forgotten about the mail forward.

Because I knew that I would be here for the next three weeks, I had all my holiday gifts shipped to myself at my parents' house. But all my mail forwarded there was sent back to sender, told to ship them to my apartment in Mass. The one I moved out of last week.

So none of my holiday gifts will be here on time.

For further fun, I called the post office and spent twenty minutes arguing with them because they told me that I can NOT update or cancel the current mail forward, because it has been more than a year. He told me that I would have to use a new mail forward at my Mass. address.

Me: So you're telling me that any mail sent here is going to be returned to sender and told to mail my things to an address where I no longer live, which will then also be returned to them?
Him: Correct.

Brilliant. Thanks, post office!