you’ve got (missing) mail

since at least march, random pieces of my mail have been going missing.

first, it was the case of my missing tax package. after a few frustrating phone calls, i was assured i probably wasn’t at risk for identity theft, and i chalked up the M.I.A. package to a glitch in the matrix.

then, a credit card arrived and was delivered to the wrong unit in the building. my super found the envelope, addressed to me and with my correct address on it, in the “returned mail” bin in our vestibule. another tenant had obviously received it in his/her box and then dumped it. had the super not found it, it could have been stolen or just thrown in the trash.

after that, over the next while, it was product samples that were disappearing en route to me. boxes of goodies sent to me just... wouldn’t arrive. this happened at least three times over about four months. hmmm. i initially suspected my neighbours might be intercepting my wares, since the packages were being left in the building’s common area instead of being delivered to my door but, after enough of these packages disappeared, i complained to canada post.

they forwarded my complaint to the depot supervisor for my area who, in turn, forwarded it directly to my mail carrier who, in turn, buzzed me to discuss the issue. she assured me she hasn’t had any packages for me during her tenure (no idea how long that’s been), and that she’ll buzz me if/when she ever does.

great.

five minutes later, i was talking to my super about the mail fiasco, and she revealed that, just two days prior, a BUNDLE of misdelivered mail had been left in our lobby. mail for a completely different address, not even for someone IN the building! what the hell?!

then, shortly thereafter, i got an email from a friend asking why i hadn’t yet responded to his wedding invitation. to which i replied, “WHAT wedding invitation?!?!?”

didn’t get that, either.

and it’s not like i wasn’t getting any mail – my mail was still coming, almost daily, just not in its entirety, obviously.

so, after learning about the missing wedding invitation, i sent another email to canada post who, in turn, forwarded it to the depot supervisor who, in turn, has said/done nothing. i expect they feel the issue has been resolved, but it hasn’t.

because, just yesterday, i learned that another envelope that had been sent to me – this one containing a magazine from a former editor – had been mailed weeks ago and just never got to me. i spoke with my mail carrier again yesterday, and she feigned shock and dismay. i say “feigned” because i get the feeling she thinks i’m overreacting... or that she knows i suspect SHE’S responsible for the wayward items and is playing dumb so i don’t lay into her.

i’m stumped as to what to do next.

where the eff is my mail?!?!