Post Office Blues

I've used that title before a long time ago, but I've got them again, the post office blues. <harmonica solo>

So almost a month after my request for a copy of the signature that I paid the post office to receive (signature confirmation), I finally get a response!

That is, a letter from USPS regretfully informing me that they can find no record of that item. Thankfully I know it got there, as I received a refund for the item I was returning, but come on USPS! What gives?

 Where I work, we receive a lot of mail....a lot. And I get to send a lot of mail too. I have to say that once one of the mail sorting centers in my state closed down a year ago or so, the quality of USPS's service has drastically diminished. Envelopes come with the original contents removed and other whole pieces of entirely different mail still in their own envelopes stuffed in them! Envelopes come empty too. Know a lot of people that received empty envelopes during the christmas season. Lots of mail getting lost too. Used to rarely happen, even with the amount of mail we receive/send out. But anymore, you almost have to expect it.

I guess it's a sign of the times. Cutbacks, economic depression, probably some irate postal workers....

In high school myself and a few friends wrote a play about a huge mysterious package that arrived at an apartment complex with an illegible shipping label. All the tenants came up with wild stories about how it was something for them, but it turned out just to be an empty box. A disgruntled postal worker was trying to cause some havoc. It was a pretty ridiculous play but a lot of fun too. 

Anyhoo, I really have lost a lot of faith in the postal service. There needs to be some competition for first class mail.