I was quite flabbergasted when I witnessed a shocking scenario that went down in the West Hollywood Postal Station this afternoon.
When a resident in the area stopped at the clerk's window with a notice to pick up a item labelled "merchandise" , he got shuffled to the back of the line, and the other patrons who arrived after him, ended up being served first.
Exasperated, he complained about the incident, but the package was still not forthcoming.
At this juncture, the counter-person re-verified the Box Number - at which point - there was an odd-ball exchange of dialogue between the two clerks on duty that didn't make any sense.
Well, we handed it over to each other. That's what happened."
In my day, we called that double-talk.
Attorneys are good at that game!
Then, the clerk had the audacity to ask the gentleman to affix his signature to the notice, in spite of the fact he hadn't even caught sight of the alleged package containing "merchandise".
Did this the clerk actually expect a customer to sign for an article before her or she determined if the package was meant for them?
"I'd like to see what this merchandise is," he politely advised her.
Then, without batting an eye, she turned to the other clerk (out-of-sight behind a door) and almost whispered:
He wants to see the package first."
A-ha!
I didn't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out that the clerk had just tried to trick the box holder into signing for the package, before he ever laid his eyes on it.
The clerk also misrepresented information on the postal notice - since the parcel was a "large envelope" - and not "merchandise" as falsely alleged
The clerks deliberately witheld the senders postal code, too - a piece of vital information that is generally stated on the "Notice" - before it is placed in a customer's mailbox.
In view of all the evidence, it is quite obvious that the clerks snooped into the box holder's personal affairs, tried to act on behalf of a third party outside the postal station (in spite of the fact the man who stood before them was their paying client), and essentially tampered with his mail by virtue of the fact they held it back and tried to get him to sign for it in a deceitful and dishonest manner.
Isn't mail tampering a felony?
I trust the individual will file a complaint with the Postmaster General in Washington, D.C. and mail a certified copy to the FBI, as well, so they can conduct a probe.
Something is amiss in the West Hollywood Postal Station.
And, it stinks to high heaven!
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