Back in mid-March, I mailed an important letter - a tax return. Sent it certified mail, without a return receipt, since all I really wanted was a tracking number. Watched the USPS app and web site tracking to see its progress. It arrived at the destination city, and was shown out for delivery. Then nothing else. Waited the requisite 7 days, and filed a request for search for the missing item. USPS sent a prompt email saying they would immediately begin looking. Nothing.
At the end of April, USPS sent another email to me, stating they have not yet found the item, but are continuing to search. These email messages are coming from a "no reply" address.
Fact is that the letter was delivered, apparently very much on schedule. It just was not shown as delivered in the USPS system. The tax return has been processed. USPS won't find it. I've been checking if there is a way to let them know they don't need to look any more. However, in a way, it will be interesting to see how USPS finally resolves in their system what remains as a legally important and undelivered piece of certified mail. Had I not been due a tax refund, I still would not know that the letter had actually been delivered.
USPS stood firm in their motto, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds..." There's nothing in there that says they will let us know about it, I guess, even if we pay for that service. Lesson: Send tax returns via Fedex from now on. Perspective: This is the first case I have encountered where a certified mail item was not properly delivered and documented as such. And, it will probably turn out that the IRS has some weird mail receipt process that disrupts the USPS procedures. So there.
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This commentary seeks to identify and promote simple perspectives on difficult issues. The hope is that small contributions of insight, and perhaps a little twisted logic, might help slowly, but progressively, make the world a better place.
Sure, that's a lofty goal. But, honestly, why not? Can't really hurt anything, and even a little help along the way is better than just doing nothin'.
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Sure, that's a lofty goal. But, honestly, why not? Can't really hurt anything, and even a little help along the way is better than just doing nothin'.
Enjoy.
About Simpernetic Research
Simpernetic comes from a combination of simple and cybernetics. Cybernetics is the study of cyclical systems of cause and effect, where actions toward a goal produce a response, which leads to further action, continuing toward the attainment of the eventual goal.
Simple is just simple. So Simpernetic Research searches for systematic simplicity, sometimes light heartedly and sarcastically, to help reveal importance, value, and perspective.
The current movement in America toward nationalization and socialism, which have both been proven multiple times to be precursors to catastrophic failure of governmental and societal systems, is a substantial concern. Comments associated with this movement sadly lose their light heartedness, and sarcasm degrades to pure criticism. Sorry.
Other than that, hopefully this is just a fun place to discharge some otherwise pent up creative energy.
Simple is just simple. So Simpernetic Research searches for systematic simplicity, sometimes light heartedly and sarcastically, to help reveal importance, value, and perspective.
The current movement in America toward nationalization and socialism, which have both been proven multiple times to be precursors to catastrophic failure of governmental and societal systems, is a substantial concern. Comments associated with this movement sadly lose their light heartedness, and sarcasm degrades to pure criticism. Sorry.
Other than that, hopefully this is just a fun place to discharge some otherwise pent up creative energy.
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