There is hope

[susandennis]

kjaz, who will from now until forever be known as MY HERO, sent me a link to USPS Form 1509 - Sender's Application For Recall of Mail. Which I filled out and took to my local (and very tiny) post office branch. The clerk there was very sympathetic but said she had no clue what to do and had no supervisor there so she called on and gave the phone to me. He was so calm and wonderful and gave me a phone number to call.

I came home and called that number and got Paul who was just as nice as he could be. He totally grasped the problem and took my name and number and said he'd call back in 15 minutes. He called in 10 and gave me the name of the driver who will make that 3:15 pickup. He said that the driver wouldn't be in until noon and he, Paul, would be gone by then so he would leave a note from the guy who was Paul on the next shift explaining everything. That guy will get with the driver and they will call me to confirm that I will meet them at the box at 3:15 (the pick up time).

So I'm thinking there might just be a clean rescue here. It is so hard to type with fingers crossed.