Officious and irritating bureaucrats
Jan. 12th, 2007 07:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoWednesday I put some printed documents into a padded envelope, addressed it to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
corelog (who lives in Canada), weighed it, looked up the correct postage, affixed the appropriate stamps, and put it in my mailbox. The letter carrier took it away.
Today it came back with a blank customs form taped to it and a snippy note telling me I must fill out a customs declaration. So I filled out the stupid declaration, marking it "No value, printed documents." But I thought to myself, "I shouldn't be doing this." So I went to the USPS web site and looked up the rule.
I'm right. First class mail or air mail, under 16 ounces, with no dutiable contents: NO FORM REQUIRED. Now I'm hopping mad. They delayed my outbound mail by four days for no good reason at all. If I haven't cooled off by tomorrow morning, I'm going to the post office to have a hissy fit. I have sent similar mail to Canada before, and never needed a declaration. It has always been delivered. A box or something over a pound, yes, I understand the requirement and I fill out the dumb form.
corelog (who lives in Canada), weighed it, looked up the correct postage, affixed the appropriate stamps, and put it in my mailbox. The letter carrier took it away.Today it came back with a blank customs form taped to it and a snippy note telling me I must fill out a customs declaration. So I filled out the stupid declaration, marking it "No value, printed documents." But I thought to myself, "I shouldn't be doing this." So I went to the USPS web site and looked up the rule.
I'm right. First class mail or air mail, under 16 ounces, with no dutiable contents: NO FORM REQUIRED. Now I'm hopping mad. They delayed my outbound mail by four days for no good reason at all. If I haven't cooled off by tomorrow morning, I'm going to the post office to have a hissy fit. I have sent similar mail to Canada before, and never needed a declaration. It has always been delivered. A box or something over a pound, yes, I understand the requirement and I fill out the dumb form.
