Congress lends ear to Penn State frat mail troubles

[navane]

Oh, but wait, it gets better!

At SDSU, two of our sororites have vacated their houses - one because they will be moving into the new sorority row (Sigma Kappa) and one because it caught fire *and* because they will be moving to sorority row (Alpha Chi Omega). One of the Sigma Kappas came in not too long ago and told me that she's having a difficult time getting the USPS to forward the members' mail.

For the time being, the House Manager collects the mail and tries to get it to the girls. However, the house is scheduled to be demolished to make way for a new university expansion project. They won't forward the mail, yet there soon won't be any house or mailbox to go collect from! She mused, "Are they going to set our mail down on the ground next to the construction site?" Apparently the local postoffice was not willing to make other arrangements.

Currently, Sigma Kappa HQ is sending their correspondence to my office so that the members are sure to get important documents...but, come on now, why can't the USPS make an exception in this case?

I haven't seen her lately; I sure hope they were able to get some kind of waiver!

.....Kelly

[Denise_DPhiE]

The USPS does suck. Unfortunately, the sense of entitlement of these government employees is sickening. I did not realize this was a problem with greek houses but it is not the person, it is the address. 123 Main St is zoned as a business regardless that 30 men live in it so the inflexible gov't employees look at it that way. There does not seem to be any special handling or help from them.

I just moved to a new town. The post office here is a bunch of morons - the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. They require new residents to put up a street located rural mailbox within 30 days. They keep holding my mail even though I've called no less than 6 times to let them know they are counting from the wrong day. They are counting from when we moved in but we did not close on the house until 2 weeks ago. I couldn't put up a mailbox b/c I did not OWN the house yet. I got in and explain to three people and nothing gets resolved.

I empathize with out undergraduates!

Ugh - this entire thread gives new meaning to GOING POSTAL!!!!