When services fail
I am a bit mad at the moment. 20 days ago I posted my acceptance letter to OV. I sent it speed post, and I registered it. I made a boo-boo and I lost the slip for the tracking (very dof, I know), but then, one expects post to arrive, right? Except my contract still has not arrived in Johannesburg, and It makes me mad. It cost me in the region of R25 to post, and it took time out of a small budget, and now I have to take more time, and spend more money on faxing it up. I won't be surprised if it costs me more money to fax it than to post it (thanks telkom, and all you other stars).
What to do when basic services don't function as they should, cost more than they should, and generally make one blister behind the eyes at all turns?
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Well, if it makes you feel any better... hows this for my "snail mail" story:
Jen wanted to send a gold bracelet from the Scottish highlands, to her friend in SA. I was going past the post office, so I took it for her. Paid the postage on it, but made the stupid decision in choosing non-recorded, but even further stupidity in filling in the customs sticker with "jewellery", and writing £50 as the value.
Fuck.
Did that package ever arrive... not a chance. Who knows if it made it out of the UK, but I have a strong feeling it was SAPO that took ownership of the jewellery. It sucks... though it was my fault for trusting snail mail.
I just think snail mail is so flawed. Hate using it, and the amount of stuff that is done over here through snail mail makes you thankful that it's so dodgy in SA that fewer people use it. It's just not cricket.
Though faxing is a whole nother kettle of fish... "faxing".
Mandy found the paper with the tracking number on it, and I internetted it, and the package is waiting at the post office around the corner from OV. They obviously have didn't post the come-and-pick-up-your package slip (Although I though I was sending the whole thing to the business address). This is exactly what happened a few months ago, Cam posted us a gift to durban, and we never got notification of it, and eventually picked it up in Grahamstown because it had been returned to the post office, they didn't send any notice to anyone that this is what had happened, but, how random?
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