US Post office... wtf?

[Jim147]

Strangely enough, this MO was from this same post office.

That might have been the reason for the problem right there. There are a few reasons to use one instead of cash, but most people won't pay a fee to do a local transaction by MO.

jim

[PTK]

That might have been the reason for the problem right there. There are a few reasons to use one instead of cash, but most people won't pay a fee to do a local transaction by MO.

jim

This is the third time, and the other two were out of state.

[vaskidmark]

Can we all stand down a minute?

Has she even considered setting up a meeting with the local Postmaster to discuss her concerns/frustration?  She might take PTK along as another "different-looking" postal patron who has not incurred the same difficulties she seems to have a more-than-glancing frequency of encountering, and ask "Why me and not him?"

There might be a perfectly unreasonable reason behind the way she's being treated that the Postmaster could address and rectify before you all go off seting up a "postal defense fund" to pay for her lawsuit.

The above is probably a result of perusing numberless gun boards to try and find info on a rather old incident, and having to plow through typical gun-board yahoo-ism and bravado.

stay safe.

skidmark

[GigaBuist]

One of my college roommates made a sport out of petty financial fraud.

He works for Goldman Sachs now, doesn't he?

[Hawkmoon]

They absolutely, 100% certainly do not. How would we file such a lawsuit? She's fuming mad, since the wait made her late for work, as well.

Anti-discrimination laws are civil rights laws. Contact a civil rights attorney, or (gasp!) try the ACLU. They don't like us RKBA types, but they tend to go after discrimination cases.

[Edit to add]I often tend to agree with Skid, but not here. Going in for a meeting lets them know what cards you are holding, and gives them advance notice that it's time to circle the wagons. This is not an isolated incident, it's a pattern ... they've done it to her three times. It IS discrimination. Since she is part Indian and part black, she feels discriminated against due to race or color or ethnicity. They should have their feet held to the fire, and a polite "meeting" will not accomplish that.

[RocketMan]

I'm not normally one to call out the attack lawyers, but maybe you should in this case.  Does your SO want own a post office?

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

Own a Post Office just because they took too long to cash her money order?   

There are jerks and tards everywhere, even at the Post Office.  Perhaps especially at the Post Office.  Ain't worth calling up the lawyers over it.

[GigaBuist]

Just go to USPS.gov and leave some feedback on the local post.  I did that once when Amazon.com kicked me an email saying that delivery failed because the postman couldn't get to my house which was odd since I watched the mail man drive up to my house that sunny day.  Wasn't any reason they couldn't get to my door with a package.

Called around, unable to locate my actual post because I live in a vortex of confusing addresses.  I hit USPS.gov with a message basically stating the above.  What I didn't stress, and I realized my error the next day, is that I figured the fault lied somewhere within their computer network and NOT with the driver.

I got a voice mail the next day from the driver asking me, very apologetic-ish, if he'd done anything wrong.  I left him a note at the mailbox.  It was just the computers that horked up.  No big deal.

Basically, I've got a feeling the postal workers take feedback from USPS.gov seriously if they care about their job.

Some don't.  I used to drink at a pub that had a postal worker there.  Nice guy but a failure at life.  Multiple DUI's etc.  Didn't have a license and rode around on a bike, usually drunk, and bounced checks at bars.

On the other hand I shoot with a bunch of guys from USPS and they're alright.  Almost everybody in the group is former armed services.  The one guy that isn't commented the other week that it seems like 80% of the post office is staffed by former military which makes him the odd duck at work.  Funny thing, he shoots better than the rest of 'em. Go figure.