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06/08/2005, 10:55 AM
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Post Office Evacuates After Possible Terrorist Fish?!?!
No joke. I had ordered a $50 bag of copepods from Sach's Aquaculture store, and when the post office came today, they came late and in a different truck. I thought it was a little odd at first, but whatever. So I proceeded to answer the door, and was surprised to see that the man at the door was NOT my normal postman. Hmmm. I was told very rudely by this same person to, " COME HERE!!!!!". I proceeded to exit my house and follow him to his truck. The person explained that he was the Post Master General or something similar, and he was 20 minutes plus behind schedule because he had to deliver this package personally after their entire post office was evacuated!! Of course my logical next answer is "Why?". He literally starts yelling about how the package was leaking profusely and stunk like a chemical compound (ummm try saltwater). Therefore, as a precaution since 911 they evacuated the entire post office while the situation was assesed!!! He then throws/tosses the garbage bag with the package of pods in it to me, and says this BETTER NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!!!!! Hello, I was the recipient!!! I had nothing to do with the horrible packaging that Sach's did. Mind you that the package was not even damaged in the least, rather the bag had a rather large hole in the bottom corner. It appeared as if it had a hole in the bag the day it was shipped and may have been overlooked by someone at Sach's. Regardless, after my lecture about terrorist fish from the post office, I am rather upset with the post office, and Sach's for using flat newspaper (not crumbled to absorb the shock of being dropped etc) as the only internal securement for this package of PODS. I sent an email to Sach's to see if they will be resending what I ordered, and will update this as soon as I find out. But honestly the post office needs to chill out just a tad.
A few pics of the package once it was removed from the soaked garbage bag.   
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#2
06/08/2005, 10:58 AM
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very interesting
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06/08/2005, 10:59 AM
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You'll look back at this and laugh later! LOL!
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06/08/2005, 11:01 AM
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06/08/2005, 11:07 AM
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thats just stupid, I have ordered lots of stuff and almost all of my boxes stunk and were wet. Oh, but those were with UPS. So my UPS man isn't fond of delivering to me, but he doesnt freak out or anything.
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#6
06/08/2005, 11:18 AM
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Lucky this guy was not in the box, they would have evacuated the state.
   
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06/08/2005, 11:31 AM
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yeah I'd file a complaint. Had they been careful in the first place and not set the African Elephant they were shipping at the same time on top of the box it wouldnt have leaked.
Terrorist fish. Who'da thunk it. Poor little pods werent even from that part of the world. Bet they don't even have accents :P
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06/08/2005, 11:37 AM
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I tried calling the main post office in my area to file a complaint and was told to contact the post office that I had a problem with??? I then called them and was given a huge run around, and never was able to find out how to file a complaint.
 If anyone knows where to fill out a complaint or if there is a link online I would appreciate it, thanks again. And be careful for those terrorist fish, lol.
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#10
06/08/2005, 11:42 AM
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Im surprised no one has asked:
How did the PODS handle all this. 
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06/08/2005, 11:42 AM
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I wouldn't file a complaint. The post office isn't perfect but certainly much better and quicker than other countries organization. They have also been the subject of terrorists attacks and need to take everything seriouslyjust like airlines. Remember there were deaths associated with the Antrax events.
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#12
06/08/2005, 11:44 AM
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Yeah I can appreciate all the work the post office does, but they literally SCREAMED at both me and my wife about them destroying our package. Not professional at all.
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06/08/2005, 11:44 AM
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Personally I think your real complaint( and the post office's) should be with the shipper!
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06/08/2005, 11:45 AM
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My complaints on the subject are as follows:
Shipper should have packaged better. Post office should have not yelled at us. Not the worst thing ever, but still not right either. |
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06/08/2005, 11:47 AM
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I agree with both of your points.
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06/08/2005, 11:52 AM
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I would have hit the deck and covered my mouth and nose when the guy got there..
"oh no, my Eboli virus sample leaked!"
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06/08/2005, 11:54 AM
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I had a similiar thing happen when I ordered chaeto from a fellow reefer.
The Post Office just called me to ask what was in the package and they just laughed after I told them that it was saltwater. (this was post 9/11 also) I would definitley file a complaint, they acted out at the wrong party (and to that they acted inappropriately) |
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06/08/2005, 12:01 PM
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06/08/2005, 12:11 PM
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06/08/2005, 12:13 PM
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Thanks for the link.
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06/08/2005, 12:17 PM
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I wonder how he would have reacted to a kilo of kalk powder...
I can't help but laugh... thinking of the Seinfeld episode where Newman was prosecuting Jerry for mail fraud... 
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06/08/2005, 12:19 PM
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My post office would probabaly send the DEA, FBI, and anyone else they could think of to arrest me without even knowing what it was, lol. |
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#24
06/08/2005, 12:23 PM
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lol...thats funny....Thats like the time way back when I was in school. They evacuated the school cause the bomb dog sniffed out something in a locker....We were all standing around in a field in front of the school for like 45 minutes when I was told to go to the principles office. I was suspended for 2 days because of a box KFC honey BBQ wings I put in my locker after lunch......True story....MY MOM was so mad at the principle.
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#25
06/08/2005, 12:37 PM
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ha-ha people are so up tight since 911, I was a delivery boy at KFC and after 911 people were asking me if there were any new employee or any one suspicious around the food before excepting the delivery. I even had people not open the door; they just put a note and money on the driveway and would stair at me from the window.
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