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Re: [private] US Postal system overloaded (order)

1999-12-16 by J. Larry Hendry

> From: Elhardt@...
> BTW, I'm not sure how the Post Office knows that they actually lost your 
> packages.  I get monthly paychecks from California, and while they
usually 
> only take 3 days, every once in a while, one may take about two weeks. 
The 
> Post Office seems to be able to hold things in a state of limbo for long 
> periods of time.

Yet, if you asked them to "hold" mail for delivery in 2 weeks, they could
not provide that service.

That reminds me of the joke where the guy went to the airline counter and
asked for a ticket to Washington DC but wanted his luggage to be delivered
to Atlanta.  When the attendant reported they could not provide that
service, he said, "Well you did last week."

I know this is not funny for Paul.  I hope you are right Elhardt and that
these "missing" packages will fall out of the system to their earthly home
"better late than never."

LH

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