Informed Delivery
Posted: 23 Nov 2019, 19:38
Another possible Big Brother story ...
You may have this service available where you live, but I understand the USPS doesn't offer it everywhere at this time. I got a letter from the local postmaster one day telling me about an "informed delivery" service they offer. If I qualify, I could have an e-mail sent to me every day showing pictures of the mail that is in cue to be delivered to me. There is a limit. They can only photograph business sized envelopes, but I have received pictures of post card adverts that are not business size. They will also notify me of any packages about to be delivered, but photos of those are not available. They sent me to their web site and I did in fact qualify. Apparently O'Fallon has gone high tech.
The service is free and kind of novel. I haven't found a need for it and am taking advantage of it just because I can. I might want to know if packages are forthcoming, but most of what I get is via UPS or FedEx. So, now I'm wondering. Why the hell are they taking pictures of my mail at the post office? What purpose does that serve? I'll give them the benefit of a doubt and presume it's just the output of their automated sorting machines. While that is a marvelous idea for sorting mail, I happen to know they can save those images if they wanted to. Who is to say they can't? And why would they be wanting pictures of my mail?
Something snarky is going on here ...
You may have this service available where you live, but I understand the USPS doesn't offer it everywhere at this time. I got a letter from the local postmaster one day telling me about an "informed delivery" service they offer. If I qualify, I could have an e-mail sent to me every day showing pictures of the mail that is in cue to be delivered to me. There is a limit. They can only photograph business sized envelopes, but I have received pictures of post card adverts that are not business size. They will also notify me of any packages about to be delivered, but photos of those are not available. They sent me to their web site and I did in fact qualify. Apparently O'Fallon has gone high tech.
The service is free and kind of novel. I haven't found a need for it and am taking advantage of it just because I can. I might want to know if packages are forthcoming, but most of what I get is via UPS or FedEx. So, now I'm wondering. Why the hell are they taking pictures of my mail at the post office? What purpose does that serve? I'll give them the benefit of a doubt and presume it's just the output of their automated sorting machines. While that is a marvelous idea for sorting mail, I happen to know they can save those images if they wanted to. Who is to say they can't? And why would they be wanting pictures of my mail?
Something snarky is going on here ...