We run an online business and ship our product to thousands of customers each month. To date, our carrier of choice has been USPS and for the most part they are very reliable, although if it ever makes sense for us to switch to UPS, you can trust that we will in a heartbeat! Today, a customers’ package was returned to us in this disgusting state; it looks as if it was stomped on to mop up an oil spill or something!! The funny thing is that it came back to us inside of a plastic bag with the message “WE CARE” from USPS!! Yeah, I get that you care!!! In fact, they care so much to apologize and assure us that this is a rare occurrence and that they are improving their processing methods and so on, but they have not offered to refund the postage for what clearly is a mistake by the Post Office. According to the PO, the package could have been delivered to the customer and damaged at the doorstep and then returned to us, so they have done their job of getting the package to the customer and back to us. I suppose that is possible, although highly unlikely. The more than likely scenario is that the Post Office damaged the package as such and the customer refused to accept it in this state. Either way, we are responsible for the shipment and the crushed contents, which we have already taken action to replace for our customer, but it just doesn’t make much sense to us. But then again, this is the government at work–why should it make any sense? So what are your horror stories with the Post Office?
Tags: do you really trust the government to run healthcare? · F-You · Garden Grove Post Office · government employees · indifference at the Post Office · It makes sense why USPS cannot compete with FedEx and UPS · no accountability in government · only in a government agency · only in the public sector · Post Office nightmare · The Post Office destroyed my package but will not reimburse for the postage cost · USPS apology letter · USPS destroyed my package · USPS sucks · vandalism
If it’s not too much to ask, please don’t use my car for target practice!
Tags: F-You · target practice · thanks asshole · the misuse of firearms · vandalism · xB
Never say never because you never know when it’s going to be one of your co-workers that borrows your phone for a couple of days and then gives it back to you two days later by saying, “I didn’t realize that I had it until just this morning… I opened my bag and there were two cell phones, mine and yours!” Well, it’s a little late for that, mister! I hear what you’re saying but your story just doesn’t line up! First of all, you claim that you were not wearing glasses while on the computer and that because of this, when finished with your so-called work on the computer–only god knows what you could have accomplished without your glasses on–you picked up your papers and with it, somehow happened to scoop up my cell phone at the same time. My desk is right next to the computer desk in the staff room and it seems that this teacher was using part of my desk, or so he says, and that is how the mistake was made. And your claim that your cell phone and my cell phone are so alike that you made the mistake of picking up mine instead is simply not true. Better question: for a person who does not open his bag from Monday afternoon to Wednesday morning to check his cell phone for messages and so on, why would it be necessary to have the cell phone out while on the computer at school? It doesn’t sound like you use it all that much so why would you need to have it on top of my desk? A grown man unable to identify his stuff from other peoples’ stuff, it just doesn’t add up! No person in their right mind would make such an error.
By the way, this teacher is not just some teacher. He is the guy that I blew the whistle on a couple of months back for hitting a female student five or six times. Yes, you heard me right. I’m not sure that I ever talked about that but it was a really ugly situation, especially once I got involved. So is it a coincidence that he was the one to have picked up my cell phone by accident, or did he have something else in mind? I don’t know. But it is a relief to have my phone back, and most importantly, knowing that it was not one of my students who did this. I’m so glad that it wasn’t a student!!! Lessons to be learned from this: one, be careful where you keep your cell phone, two, back up all of your contact information just in case, three, when you blow the whistle be prepared for anything, and four, consider all possibilities before making up your mind about something and always hope for the best!
Tags: anything is possible · corporal punishment in the classroom · F-You · japanese teacher beat female student · Kasukabe · never say never · retaliation · thank you for returning my cell phone · the consequences of whistle blowing
With only thirty days left to go, the countdown to our departure began yesterday, and it began with a big bang, the next unexpected event in Japan: my missing cell phone! My trusty Vodafone that houses all of my friends’ contact info and serves as the only connection between many of my friends has mysteriously disappeared from on top of my desk in the staff room. In other words, it was stolen. Talk about bad timing. We have less than a month to go in Japan and some student who thought it would be a good idea to invade my personal life by stealing my cell phone has now cut all lines of communication between me and about 150 people. Thanks to my dear student, I can no longer say good-bye to so many of my friends here in Japan, and I am yet again faced with the challenge to somehow think positively about my experience in Japan and feelings toward the Japanese. (And on a personal note, I am reminded of the importance of writing down contact information of friends and such!!) I am well-beyond anger and frustration. At this point, the only thing that can save me is my flight home.
Tags: F-You · MIA · where's my phone?
