Tales From the Mailbag...part 6

[Aethian]

Yes it's actually a tales from the mailbag. I was reading over my old posts and everyone seemed to like my stuff from before. And against better thought...here I go again. Obviously this isn't GK worthy but I hope to be okay.

Why aren't you my regular?

Why? Why? Because I don't like you...because she wants a day off...because...because your mean that you'll start to offer food and then take it away when you see I'm not her. It looked yummy too... *snifs* Meanies...

YOUR LATE!

Yes...yes i am, and? Is it dark out? Is it the next day? Did you really need that particular flyer right this very second? NO? Then stfu.

Bitter? Me? Never....

It burns...oh god does it burn...

Customer ordered a very caustic cleaning solution for his boat. It first came through fed-ex with one of the bottles busted and eating through the other one. Company sent out a new batch after getting pictures. This time they used ups, that driver had to be off work and get his hand bandaged because the bottle was smashed and leaking through the box. So now it's our turn...bottle once again gets smashed up and I'm given a red palm from the leaking stuff. Customer was awesome, let me wash my hands, gave me some burn ointment, and called the company. Company blames all three delivery people for the breaking of the bottles. Not the fact that the boxes were way too big with NO padding in them. And what do we say about common denominators?

Where is my free phone?

For the past MONTH we've been hearing from this lady. Every morning asking about her free phone. Every month bitching out who ever carries her mail that day on how she should have had her phone. We were starting to argue who got to carry that piece of the route until it happened, she went away for a vacation. Yay right? No...the first day she's gone... the phone came in.

READ MY MIND

Um...no. Sorry my license to read minds has lapsed and I have to take the test again and they only offer that once every 1000 years. And theres all this red tape and yea...sorry just can't do it.

SC: Where is my mail? I haven't been getting anything?
ME: (What the hell? Isn't this place vacant?) And you live where?
SC: *Vacant address* I just moved in.
Me: OH! Well when did you turn in a change of address form?
SC: Didn't you hear me? Do you not listen? I just moved.
Me: Um...yea. You turned in a change of address form with your old carrier or address right?
SC: Well why the hell do I have to do that? Just deliver my mail.
Me: *blinking, blank faced* Mam, how would we know you moved if you never turned in a change form?
SC: I jus' told you. Gawd, I'm just going to talk to you boss. Just acting so stupid... *wanders away muttering*
Me: Bye?

YOUR BEING RACIAL

...cause you can't pull mail out of your rear for me...

Lady comes to me early in the route and wants her mail. No ID, no offer of a address, not even a offer of a name. I completely say No. Have never seen the chick before in my life. She grumbles...groans...finally gives me a name. I stare blankey and make a 'and?' gesture. With a loud sigh I get a number...thats it just a number. Finally after some more sighs I get a full address, "Sorry I won't be there for another couple hours." Grumbling...sighing...stomping away...

Can ya guess what happened enxt? I know you can... Your right I had NO mail for that address. And because I had no mail...

SC: *swings her car into the truck almost taking off my bumper* What the fucking hell do you think your up to? Why the fuck couldn't you just tell me I had no mail.
Me: *sighing and turning off truck and my book on cd*
SC: What you think you can just hold my mail off cause I axed for it? (When ask comes out like axed it ALWAYS irks me...)
Me: I can't hold mail I don't have.
SC: Well your just being racial. I want you bosses name.
Me: *laughing LOUDLY* I'm being racial? I AM BEING RACIAL? *laughing louder*
SC: *looking pissed* I know you just have something against me cause I'm black.
Me: And I know you just have something against me cause I'm white.
SC: Thats not what racial means.
Me: Then what does it mean? *holding out phone where a ringing suddenly sounds in the air*
SC: Wha...what are you doing?
Me: You wanted to complain to my boss right?
SC: *looking pale* Bitch I'm going down there to complain in person.
Me: K...bye.
Boss: So...can I say hello now?
Me: HI BOSS! *overly cheerful* I did it again...
Boss: Address? *gives address* Name? *gives name* I'll watch for her. Don't be out to late.

Seriously, you want me to waste time looking for mail when I DON'T KNOW YOU, and then get pissed because I had none. Where is that logic? Where? I wanna see it.


Okay...need din din...might post more. We'll see.

[lupo pazzesco]

being racial. BEING racial...? WTF does that even MEAN??! How do you---I mean it just--

Gaaah, nevermind. I <3 your boss, though, I found that amusing. "Did it again!!"


Re: The phone. Isn't that always the way things work out??

[BookstoreEscapee]

Re: It burns...

Can they be fined for that or something? Aren't there rules about how you have to package potentially dangerous items for mailing?

[Aethian]

Lupo, hopefully...yes.

BE, Dunno...I think so but I really don't know.

[xx_wolfie_xx]

i have a fratch worthy comment about the racial comment, so i will just leave it at this: you handled this far better than i would have.

[chainedbarista]

wow; the stupid was in the air on that route.

with caustic materials, there are special requirements for shipping which don't include a box that is too large and items that are not padded or protected. i'm sure a complaint to industrial health or whomever handles these types of things would be interested in how this company doesn't operate.

another instance of someone using racist without knowing what it means...; i love how she backed down once your boss was on the line.

[Chromatix]

If hazardous materials - which I would definitely class a caustic substance as - are permitted in mail at all, I bet there are definitely rules about packing them properly. Stuffing a breakable bottle or two into a box that they can rattle around in is definitely not on.

FWIW, even mercury is classed as hazardous. It's one of the few substances which will cause aluminium to corrode - and that very rapidly. If a leak of mercury occurred aboard an aircraft, it would probably not be able to land safely before it lost a wing or some other catastrophic structural failure.

[bhskittykatt]

There should be some regulations packaging materials like that. I know our chemicals are covered in "hazardous materials" labels, and when we ship things like flourescent bulbs there's a certain way we have to package it up or else whoever ships it will refuse to take it (I never send it out so I don't know who does it).

BTW your boss is awesome.

FWIW, even mercury is classed as hazardous. It's one of the few substances which will cause aluminium to corrode - and that very rapidly. If a leak of mercury occurred aboard an aircraft, it would probably not be able to land safely before it lost a wing or some other catastrophic structural failure.

Reminds me of when new safety rules at my high school forced my AP Physics teacher to take his bottle that contained 1lb of mercury home one day. He passed it around the class first. "If you want to get me fired," he told us, "all you have to do is break that bottle!"

[protege]

If hazardous materials - which I would definitely class a caustic substance as - are permitted in mail at all, I bet there are definitely rules about packing them properly. Stuffing a breakable bottle or two into a box that they can rattle around in is definitely not on.

A lot of hazardous stuff isn't allowed to be shipped by the postal service. How do I know this? Well, my model-railroad historical society had some Scalecoat Penn Central green mixed up, and we've been selling it. But, because the USPS won't ship paint (a hazardous substance), it has to go UPS. Annoying, but if you're a Penn Central fan, say in California, you don't have a choice.

But, even UPS has standards--the paint has to be securely packaged--lots of bubble wrap, a strong box, and all the box seams have to be sealed with tape. Pain in the ass, but that's the only way we can ship it.

[BlaqueKatt]

If hazardous materials - which I would definitely class a caustic substance as - are permitted in mail at all

Corrosives are not allowed according to the USPS website

[nuthing12]

I love your reply to her idea that you were being racist because she happens to be black. You answered it correctly too.

If people are going to throw that term "racism" out there anytime they feel like it and because they feel it's a valuable weapon in their arsenal, it's not important that they understand what the meaning of the word is or not, what is important is for you to understand they already hate whatever other race you happen to be.

[Aethian]

Guys this wasn't a corrosive product like acid. It was a overly powerful detergent made for boats. The ups guy who got bandaged had the mis fortune to have thebox fall apart on him and practically put his hand right into the open bottle.

The box I had, had only started to leak. What got me was the mold on the inside of the box. Anyhoo, it would have been fine if the bottles were sealed properly as well as having adequate packaging.

[csquared]

I am wondering why you didn't have the women arrested. Cutting you off in her car is at least reckless driving, more likely vehicular assault, and possibly unlawful detention.

[bainsidhe]

SC: *swings her car into the truck almost taking off my bumper*

Wait, did her car actually touch your truck? As in she hit you?!?

[Mytical]

Wow you had a very hectic time *offers hugs and cookies*

Why aren't you my regular?

If you ever find yourself in Ohio, we will find you some yummy food.

YOUR LATE!

What did they have a stopwatch out? Sheesh. Sometimes things take longer then other times. It's a fact of life.

Where is my free phone?

Anybody want to lay odds that she complains that nobody contacted her about the phone? Even though 1) it's not their responsibility and 2) no way of finding her? Anybody?

READ MY MIND

Only thing I can say about this is .. the stupid..it burns. Oh wait, I forgot .. you are supposed to be psychic!

YOUR BEING RACIAL

Because you wouldn't warp reality to suit me, you are racist against me.