Cute T-Shirt (that describes my morning) made by Sunshine State Tees. You can get this shirt HERE

This morning started out just like any normal day.  We had packages to send out, messages to respond to, you know the usual stuff.  Our rural route mail person was out today so our sub was filling in.  I send #3.5 out to give him our packages.  She came back in with an empty tub and said… “He couldn’t scan them because he wasn’t covered.”

Wasn’t covered? What does that mean?

Everyone knows how important it is to a online seller to have your packages scanned.  I called the substitute mail carrier and he didn’t answer.  I text him.. and he didn’t respond.  What else to do.. but to try and find him.

I drove down a lot of these roads…..

I live in a rural area, if that “rural route carrier” thing didn’t give it away.  I drove around for 30 minutes or so, and finally found him.  Flagged him down and got my packages.  Where he gave me the following excuses for NOT scanning my packages:

• “I’m not in the same union as everyone else.”
• “Tammy told me to do it this way.”
• “I’m not covered.”
• “Something could happen to me along the way.”
• “Your packages need coverage that I don’t have.”
• “The union does not allow me to scan packages”
• “My phone fell off my visor onto the street and broke.”
• “I’m sure they would have been scanned when they get to their destination.”
• “Tammy told me NOT to do it this way”

I listened to his excuses, and found the nearest paved road to drive into town to have my packages scanned.

About 18 miles and 1 hour after the start of my adventure I arrived at the post office to have the packages scanned.

It should not be this hard to mail stuff.