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[AAbsolute]

I know and like most of our local postal service employees. This makes me hesitant to say anything negative, as I know I get riled when folks talk about local county employees. Still, there is something very wrong with the system somewhere. Last year, I mailed two sets of football tickets to two different addresses in DeFuniak Springs, directly from the Santa Rosa Beach post office. This was done on the Tuesday preceding the game. They did not arrive until the Thursday AFTER the game.

In my job, there is at least one account each month, usually more, that mails me their form and payment in a pre-addressed envelope with the correct bar code, and it just absolutely doesn't get here. This creates a lot of work, embarrassment and inconvenience for me and the other party.

And then there is the seven miles of 32413 on the east end. That's just ridiculous.

I don't know anything at all, I'm just wondrin', do you think that sometimes people open your mail? I got a sensitive doc the other day that had been opened and get that feeling from time to time.

 

[30ashopper]

Don't really have a helpful suggestion for you as far as time - part of the reason I have gone paperless is the local PO - but getting other people's mail is not the norm.

I think part of the problem is that the mail delivery is farmed out to independent carriers, so complaining to a higher level of the post office could help if the carrier is the issue and local complaints have gotten no results.

Completely ridonkulous how much longer it takes the mail to get anywhere to/from our area. :angry:

Amen to that. Switch to online banking and eBills, they're a godsend. As far as better service, we encouraged everyone to put their last name on the inside of their box, that seemed to help.

 

[Matt J]

I don't know anything at all, I'm just wondrin', do you think that sometimes people open your mail? I got a sensitive doc the other day that had been opened and get that feeling from time to time.

Describe opened. It's been humid as all get out lately and that does have a tendency to loosen the adhesive on envelopes. I've had that happen after a strong thunderstorm.

 

[AAbsolute]

Describe opened. It's been humid as all get out lately and that does have a tendency to loosen the adhesive on envelopes. I've had that happen after a strong thunderstorm.

That's logical, the last time I received mail that was open it was one sensitive letter out of 20 I received. It did look like humidity or steam opened it. Good call.

 

[Sweet Baby Jane]

Amen to that. Switch to online banking and eBills, they're a godsend. As far as better service, we encouraged everyone to put their last name on the inside of their box, that seemed to help.

Our Last name has been on the inside of the mailbox since we put it up. Along with the house number on the outside of the box. I also have received mail that has been opened...not just come unglued. Also the mailman leaves the door on the mailbox down on a consistant basis. When we first moved in I found mail in the street that belonged to one of our neighbors. We have had people that don't even live in our neighborhood deliver mail to us that they received of ours and we have done the same. I just feel the postal service in this area needs a overhaul. After all this is not "Hooterville"

 

[ShallowsNole]

I don't know anything at all, I'm just wondrin', do you think that sometimes people open your mail? I got a sensitive doc the other day that had been opened and get that feeling from time to time.

It's possible, but if they are looking for a thrill they are looking in the wrong place.

Most of what I get in the office that is open looks like it was never sealed in the first place, or possibly humidity like swgb mentioned.

At home, everything is intact. But I've switched all but two bills to automatic debit or online bill pay, and those two bills get dropped off at the new building at Peach Creek. Scares ShallowsFuzz to death as he is afraid of internet banking, but he doesn't deal with the mail like I do. I guess it is a Catch-22 but at least I and my confirmation number feel more in control online.

 

[kitlit]

I know and like most of our local postal service employees. This makes me hesitant to say anything negative, as I know I get riled when folks talk about local county employees. Still, there is something very wrong with the system somewhere. Last year, I mailed two sets of football tickets to two different addresses in DeFuniak Springs, directly from the Santa Rosa Beach post office. This was done on the Tuesday preceding the game. They did not arrive until the Thursday AFTER the game.

I feel your pain, SN... Of course, my situation was not quite as dire as missing football tickets... After all, it was only half of my wedding invitations that went awry! No biggie... :angry:

GGgggrrrr....

 

[ShallowsNole]

I feel your pain, SN... Of course, my situation was not quite as dire as missing football tickets... After all, it was only half of my wedding invitations that went awry! No biggie... :angry:

GGgggrrrr....

Ouch! That's a bit more important! The loss of $150 was kind of a er, but not the first and certainly not the last time. Yours...wow.

 

[scooterbug44]

The SRB postal employees/system are so far below par that I actually pay for mailbox service at the Mialboxes etc. or the UPS store rather than deal with their incompetence (I tried, but no boxes at Seaside - bummer, as they rock there).

 

[GoodWitch58]

It is not just Santa Rosa Beach, although, this particular post office is one of the worst I've seen. Today I stopped in the DFS post office, just to get a book of stamps....should have gone to Winn Dixie...there were 15 people in line-and one postal clerk!

When I lived in Tallahassee I had my mail box at a Mail Box place...I preferred to pay the extra charges rather than deal with the post offices there. Did not matter which branch--they were all incompetent and slow. It really amazes me that a system can be that bad and the employees be so oblivious to it all.

None of this applies to the wonderful women who work at the Seaside Post Office. Angie and Pat are great! I let my box go from there though after the summer tourist traffic made me crazy a couple of years ago. I could never find a place to park, and sometimes it was a week or more before I picked up the mail.

So if these two women can be competent, efficient, and friendly why can't the others? It is a mystery.