Sometimes It's Hard To Do The Right Thing

[Chief Sapulpa]

In about 2015 I rented an Avis car in KC for several days. In the console I found a dudes passport and birth certificate. I did not turn it into Avis as I did not trust what they'd do with it. I tried to track down the individual via the internet and made a few phone calls and they hung up. I just shredded them although I could have created a whole new identity.

 

[GorillaG]

I've heard of people sending stuff to people they don't like and want to get even with; the story I heard was pizzas being delivered over and over again.
Don't know how to stop it tho.

I was just a kid, let it go!

 

[GorillaG]

I had the same thing happen with Amazon. Started receiving things we never ordered. Contacted Amazon and they said keep it or send it back whatever we prefer, but no explanation was given. Then a few weeks later I read that Chinese manufacturers just mailed crap they couldn't sell to Amazon customers so they could make room in rented warehouses for more crap. As far as the USPS, I'm a retired letter carrier. We averaged about 500 boxes per route and each residence has 2-4 last names living there. A human struggles to recall the people that actually live there, they can't be expected to know the 7 billion names on earth that DON"T live there...The problem with the USPS is DEI. Or DIE as I prefer to call it. They've been practicing DIE for LONG before it was common. Merit is a dirty word at the USPS. Nepotism is also the norm there. Theres some good people there but if you work hard they just give you more work to do.

 

[Waltercat]

That DEI has been in other Gov for a long time too. I've heard retired FAA employees moan about it.
Any comments out there?

 

[GorillaG]

That DEI has been in other Gov for a long time too. I've heard retired FAA employees moan about it.
Any comments out there?

DEI is not simply "affirmative action" which has been around since the 60's. That policy was supposedly an effort to end discrimination (it has the opposite effect in practice). DEI just codified a failed policy and made it worse. The real demon is the absurd notion of "equity". The left loves to sing the praises of "fairness" but most adults know if theres such a thing as "fairness" it will not be in this life but maybe the next. By "equity" they mean the government putting their thumb on the scale. They envision a utopia where you go to college, graduate with no grades or proven ability and then you're "appointed" to positions where incompetence can kill and then turned loose. You don't want airline pilots and surgeons appointed based on race or sexual preference? Well you are obviously a bigot, racist, and homophobe. You want to destroy a country? Let the government run it by fiat. I've read 2 prominent leftist state that it's not "fair" that some people have 401K's and some do not. They're saying it out loud now. Income Redistribution.

 

[Ken Robinson]

Over the past week we've started getting deliveries (Walmart home delivery and USPS) for a person we've never heard of using our address.

The first two were Walmart deliveries. Both happened when we were away. They didn't amount to much...some small bottles of laundry soap and a small pack of wet-wipes. Both times I called Walmart to let them know. The first time I called the Ada store. I was told they can't/won't take the items back after they've been delivered. I asked if they had contact information for this guy and they said only an address (ours) but no phone. The second time I called the national customer service number and they told me the same thing. I got a third one last night, with a different name, but with our address again. I was able to refuse the delivery and have the driver take the package back.

We're not getting texts or emails about these deliveries.

Now we've started getting mail for this guy. I took the packages to the Francis post office and explained the issue. This is how the conversation with the lady at the PO went:

Me: We got this package. It's our address but we don't know this person.
PO: You need to take them to Ada.
Me: I'm not gonna take them to Ada.
PO: Why not?
Me: Because I don't work for the PO. You do.

She got all pissy and said she'd do something with them.

Any ideas? I've done all I know to try and locate someone with the name on the packages but nothing comes up. My wife thinks it's a possible scam but for the life of me I can't figure out how it could be. We have no unauthorized or suspicious charges at all. Our order history shows only what we've ordered.

I've heard of "brushing" scams where some merchants will order very inexpensive items and send to a false address to boost their sales numbers and so they can write positive reviews...but this doesn't really seem to fit that.

I'm figuring after not getting his orders the guy might check into the issue and correct the address mistake. But so far, that hasn't happened.

Anyway, we've tried to do the right thing with this stuff but neither Walmart nor the PO seems to care.

Enjoy the stuff!