Post by scrapnnana on Feb 21, 2021 13:11:16 GMT
I made 6 box cards and mailed them prior to the President’s Day holiday weekend. They should have left the post office prior to being hit by the nasty weather that Texas got, but three of them might not have.
Three were mailed on Tuesday or Wednesday, and another 3 were mailed two days later. The latter three would have been mailed by Friday at the latest, were taken into the post office, were handed to the postal clerk, and hand cancelled.
All 6 had a two ounce stamp, all were rectangle envelopes (A2 size), all were thinner than 1/4 inch, even though they all had a tiny brad on them, and all were bendable. (If any of those conditions are not met, a card can cost the same as a package.)
Normally I would not ask if someone got a card. There was no money inside, but each was time consuming to make. Of the six, one person responded via Facebook Messenger and told me that she loved the card. She lives in a different state, and hers was among the first batch mailed. She knew the card was coming. One of the cards was addressed to my sister. It was to be a surprise, but she would have let me know, and I finally asked her about it when she didn’t. She has not yet received her card.
Because of the freezing temperatures, a pipe burst at our local post office where the cards were mailed, and the ceiling collapsed. All of the cards should have left the post office prior to the collapse, but it’s possible that the last three of them didn’t. My sister’s card was in the second batch.
Would it be rude to ask the other 4 recipients if they got their cards? They did not know they were coming, and normally, I would never ask (or expect a response), but I am wondering whether or not they were a casualty of the ceiling collapse or will eventually make their way back to me due to an overzealous postal worker who decided they had insufficient postage. That post office never answers their phone.
Three were mailed on Tuesday or Wednesday, and another 3 were mailed two days later. The latter three would have been mailed by Friday at the latest, were taken into the post office, were handed to the postal clerk, and hand cancelled.
All 6 had a two ounce stamp, all were rectangle envelopes (A2 size), all were thinner than 1/4 inch, even though they all had a tiny brad on them, and all were bendable. (If any of those conditions are not met, a card can cost the same as a package.)
Normally I would not ask if someone got a card. There was no money inside, but each was time consuming to make. Of the six, one person responded via Facebook Messenger and told me that she loved the card. She lives in a different state, and hers was among the first batch mailed. She knew the card was coming. One of the cards was addressed to my sister. It was to be a surprise, but she would have let me know, and I finally asked her about it when she didn’t. She has not yet received her card.
Because of the freezing temperatures, a pipe burst at our local post office where the cards were mailed, and the ceiling collapsed. All of the cards should have left the post office prior to the collapse, but it’s possible that the last three of them didn’t. My sister’s card was in the second batch.
Would it be rude to ask the other 4 recipients if they got their cards? They did not know they were coming, and normally, I would never ask (or expect a response), but I am wondering whether or not they were a casualty of the ceiling collapse or will eventually make their way back to me due to an overzealous postal worker who decided they had insufficient postage. That post office never answers their phone.
Crossing my fingers your mail wasn't harmed.
