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!

Comments

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

....What is it about mail that makes everyone incompetent and every system outdated and ineffectual?

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Oh GOD. *headdesk*

[jade-fragment.livejournal.com]

Lord...why are some things unnecessarily rediculous? -.-;; hope you get everything okay eventually.

[hauntedreality.livejournal.com]

Speaking of which...I'm doing cards. Is there a safe address I can send yours? I'll be mailing in the next few days (once my stamps arrive.)

[madfnorder.livejournal.com]

WTB 1x[Pony Express], PST.

[sorceressakemi.livejournal.com]

Oh, postal service, you moronic, dweebish thing. Your ineffectual and asstastic systems provide everyone with such pain.

(Seconding the request for a safe address.)

[rubyd.livejournal.com]

General advice from one who has worked with phone customer service - keep calling, keep asking to get them to change the address, keep asking for a supervisor (!), and eventually someone will get it changed just to keep you from calling back. :D I also recommend spamming complaint emails to whatever contact info you have.