Last December, our friends from Singapore emailed us, asked for our address and told us that they'll be sending our Christmas gifts through mail. We were excited and so thankful for their thoughtfulness. So, we waited for that package to arrive and assumed that it'll only take 2-3 weeks for it to arrive.
2 weeks.. 3 weeks.. 1 month.. 2 months.. has come and gone and it didn't arrive yet. We thought that maybe something happened in between ( package got lost or something) so we didn't expect it anymore.
But lo and behold! Last Friday, I received a notice from the post office. They asked me to get the package from the said office. Since it was already late, I didn't go the same day but decided to go on Monday.
Ready and excited to receive our package, my HUbby and I went there at around 10am. We directly went to the parcel section, gave the notice and waited for the man to look for our package. 5 minutes... 10 minutes.. 15 minutes..30 minutes passed by.. nothing happened. We just stood there and waited for the man to find our package but to no avail. Finally, he gave up searching and tried to look for my name in the log book.. 1st book opened,,searched..closed... 2nd book opened...searched .. closed... the minutes went ticking.. and finally, he opened the last log book... searched.. and he wrote something in my notice.
He was relieved to have seen my name but then he also apologized and told us that the package is not in the office and the mailman must have brought it back with him for delivery. He explained to us that it's because of their office which is too small to handle all the parcels and therefore everything is mixed up and said he has been complaining of this ever since. Anyways, he told us to come back at 4:30pm when the postman is back from delivery. I didn't say anything much, was just silent because I know that my Hubby who was with me will complain. Welcome to the Philippines! that's what I wanted to tell him, but I just kept quiet and didn't complain much anymore but was I was more embarrassed of the situation. What to do?
So, at 4:30pm my Hubby went with my cousin to the Post Office. I just wrote an
authorization letter for him to take the package on my behalf. And they finally got it.. whew!!! We were happy and so thankful for the people who sent the package.
And guess what? The package has been mailed from Singapore on the 24th of December. I tried to check the stamps to find out when it arrived in Manila, but there wasn't any stamp. There was only a stamp that showed that it arrived in Cagayan de Oro on the 6th of February. And not only that, the package box was tampered. Good thing that our friends gift wrapped our gifts so, everything was still intact. So, our question now is.. when did the package arrive in Manila? Why it only arrived on the 6th of February in Cagayan de Oro? And if the package arrived in Cagayan on February 6, why I only got the notice on March 2, 2009?? Haahhayy.. That... only the people from the Post Office could answer.
But in conclusion, I guess we could never trust our postal system for now. This is actually my 2nd bad experience with the Post office because several years back, my Hubby sent me chocolates and books... and I only get to receive the book from the tampered box. Who took my chocolates? Please raise your hand..
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2 weeks.. 3 weeks.. 1 month.. 2 months.. has come and gone and it didn't arrive yet. We thought that maybe something happened in between ( package got lost or something) so we didn't expect it anymore.
But lo and behold! Last Friday, I received a notice from the post office. They asked me to get the package from the said office. Since it was already late, I didn't go the same day but decided to go on Monday.
Ready and excited to receive our package, my HUbby and I went there at around 10am. We directly went to the parcel section, gave the notice and waited for the man to look for our package. 5 minutes... 10 minutes.. 15 minutes..30 minutes passed by.. nothing happened. We just stood there and waited for the man to find our package but to no avail. Finally, he gave up searching and tried to look for my name in the log book.. 1st book opened,,searched..closed... 2nd book opened...searched .. closed... the minutes went ticking.. and finally, he opened the last log book... searched.. and he wrote something in my notice.
He was relieved to have seen my name but then he also apologized and told us that the package is not in the office and the mailman must have brought it back with him for delivery. He explained to us that it's because of their office which is too small to handle all the parcels and therefore everything is mixed up and said he has been complaining of this ever since. Anyways, he told us to come back at 4:30pm when the postman is back from delivery. I didn't say anything much, was just silent because I know that my Hubby who was with me will complain. Welcome to the Philippines! that's what I wanted to tell him, but I just kept quiet and didn't complain much anymore but was I was more embarrassed of the situation. What to do?
So, at 4:30pm my Hubby went with my cousin to the Post Office. I just wrote an
authorization letter for him to take the package on my behalf. And they finally got it.. whew!!! We were happy and so thankful for the people who sent the package.
And guess what? The package has been mailed from Singapore on the 24th of December. I tried to check the stamps to find out when it arrived in Manila, but there wasn't any stamp. There was only a stamp that showed that it arrived in Cagayan de Oro on the 6th of February. And not only that, the package box was tampered. Good thing that our friends gift wrapped our gifts so, everything was still intact. So, our question now is.. when did the package arrive in Manila? Why it only arrived on the 6th of February in Cagayan de Oro? And if the package arrived in Cagayan on February 6, why I only got the notice on March 2, 2009?? Haahhayy.. That... only the people from the Post Office could answer.
But in conclusion, I guess we could never trust our postal system for now. This is actually my 2nd bad experience with the Post office because several years back, my Hubby sent me chocolates and books... and I only get to receive the book from the tampered box. Who took my chocolates? Please raise your hand..
image taken from google
1 comment:
It's the checking customs who did it! I'm so mad when my items I purchased on eBay were all opened before i got them.
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