
Debra of Losa Angeles, CA on Dec. 17, 2011
Satisfaction Rating: 1/5
This concerns not only the personnel at USPS at **** and their lack of action but also the mail carrier in my neighborhood. I will enclose two letters of complaint I had submitted to their office and the USPS Consumer and Industry Contact Office in Los Angeles. I have been having problems with our mailman since October 2011 and the problem still hasn't been remedied.
I am writing this letter of complaint regarding a mail service delivery person. On the 12th of November, I received a delivery card dated October 10 telling me that a large package had arrived and that I had to pick it up. I was home at the time of delivery. He did not deliver to my door like he was supposed to. I was ill so I was home on the 10 and also the rest of the week. I called the USPS general number for re-delivery. I gave instructions as to where my apartment is located because sometimes people can't find my place. I live in an apartment behind a house. The following day, October 13, I did not receive my package. I first called the general USPS number and they told me he had the special directions with him, along with my package.
I lodged a complaint with them and that same day, I called the local USPS Wilcox Station for another re-delivery, also in October 13 and told them I was having a problem with getting a package delivered. There is still no package the following day, October 14. On Saturday, October 15, I decided not to phone in for a re-delivery and pick up the package myself. I was told the delivery person had it, had directions to my place, and hadn't arrived at the station yet. I arrived at the Wilcox USPS, and the time was a little bit after 5 pm. I live nearby, I was home all day, and it takes me a few minutes to get to that station by car. Still I did not receive the package. The person working there at the time assured me that it would be delivered to my home the following Monday. Monday arrived but the package still didn't arrive.
I had to go to the Wilcox USPS to pick up my package the following day, Tuesday, October 18, at 5:15 pm. I lodged a complaint with the manager there and when my package was given to me, it looked like someone had attempted to open it. Also, I have only seen this mail person face to face a few times since he started working this route. Those two times, I saw that he had a sullen, rude attitude. All I did was say hi to him and attempted friendly exchanges of words: hi, nice day, et cetera and then go on my way. He acted as if I wasn't there. My saying hi to him seemed to make him even downright hostile so I left him alone. I personally think he shouldn't be working with people, maybe not be on a delivery route. I would rather him not lose his job but he must be transferred to another job that doesn't involve working with people.
I am disabled, with no transportation, and I depend on ordering online so it is very important that I have large packages delivered to my home if they are too big for the mailbox from time to time. Also other neighbors have the same complaint including his refusal to accept stamped mail and he had told one resident of **** who is Ann **** that he wasn't going to deliver mail to anyone on the premises. We all know this is illegal. Another person having delivery problems with this mailman is one of the neighbors next door. I have asked these two people to write letters of complaint and one person says she will definitely comply.
Today, November 23, at 2:14 pm, I received a very startling loud pounding on my door. It was the mail person who had a large package, not as large as the last package that should have been brought to my door on October 12, about 5X6X6 inches. It was a Christmas gift. My reaction was one of delight. I said "Hey! Thank you" He told me in a loud and hostile manner that he was only doing this as a courtesy. He called me ignorant and selfish and told me he would not deliver any more packages to me. His actual words: "It is my prerogative to deliver back here or not!" "I am only doing this because of selfish ignorant people who wrote letters complaining about me. It is dangerous back here.
It is dangerous for me to deliver packages to you selfish ignorant people. I am only doing this once! From now on, you go to the office to pick up packages!" I told him that, "I knew the regulations and that I contacted the government office to find out". He kept yelling and verbally abusing me repeatedly calling me selfish and ignorant and would not stop or leave. I just told him, "I don't want to stand here arguing with you, just give me the package!" He continued his diatribe and his reason for not delivering to me is that it was dangerous back where I live.
I live behind a house like many houses and apartments located across California. We have neither gate nor any dogs that may impede him. No one has threatened him. It is a small apartment complex, 2 duplexes or four residences, my boyfriend, Michael **** was a witness to this. This delivery person has caused unnecessary aggravation to me and my boyfriend, he caused undue stress on us, disturbed my peace and disrupted my day. He was obviously trying to provoke a fight and tried to physically intimidate me. I am not accustomed to be spoken to in this manner by someone I am supposed to depend on. Although I think it may be too late, I request that you please do not show my identity or my address to him again. If you show him the letter of complaint, please block out the addresses and names. I don't need this kind of threat from someone who is supposed to be reliable and professional.
Now I feel intimidated by this person and I am afraid to go out and check my mail until late because I may encounter him. I believe he is severely unbalanced and I have given proof that he is hostile to other neighbors. I have also submitted a letter to the USPS Inspector General about this ongoing and now intimidating and serious problem. They referred me to you. He has an extremely hostile attitude towards all of us in this complex. I don't know why. I rarely see him and had no hard feelings toward him. None of us has done anything to deserve this kind of treatment so I hope something is done to either have him work at another job at USPS that does not involve his working with the public or have him dismissed.
My last letter pleaded his case but I see now how potentially dangerous he is. Later, I went to my mailbox around 6:03 pm, 11/23/11, and some of it looked like it was deliberately crumpled, and shoved into the mailbox. One piece that was damaged was important and I need to have it re-mailed to me. It has a deadline. I had only three pieces of mail so there is no excuse for him to cram my mail into the mailbox. This hasn't happened until I complained. I am afraid of his reprisals. I want to feel that my mail can be delivered as safely as possible. I receive important time sensitive mail, and I can't afford a Post Office box. Is this what I am to expect from now on by an obviously unstable individual?
I described my situation in the first letter and even if I weren't disabled, I know the delivery person is required to deliver large packages to the door of the recipient. Every other Mail Person at my address has delivered large packages to my door. I also know that he is not to tamper with mail and is required deliver mail that is handed to him in person. This has caused a great deal of distress in my life. I have enclosed pictures of damaged mail, taken Nov. 23, at 9:54 pm. I also provided the local USPS, Consumer, and Industry Contact Office a letter from one of my neighbors, and my boyfriend who witnessed this deliveryman's hostility. Once again, I called the 800 number and they told me to write the Consumer Advocate in Washington D.C., of which I have little faith.