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Every day,
people across America rely on the timely delivery of their mail for various reasons,
be it personal or professional.
But what if you walked back home from work and didn't expect your package to be at
the front door for three weeks,
even three months after trying to contact the post office and then finding it three
months to three weeks later?
Well, the doors of these mailboxes have been wide open at one apartment complex in Bloomington, Indiana.
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Just look at how easy.
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And look at this vitamin bottle ordered by my mother on Target.
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After three weeks of sitting in the sun, this is the final result.
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My mom said she had not gotten a response from the post office for three straight weeks,
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and once they did respond to her,
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the order was closed,
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and the lady who had contacted my mother said the order was complete with no
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further action taken.
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But this is not happening to my mother, though.
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Many people in Bloomington are expressing fears and concerns over how the post
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office has been handling packages in recent months.
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She said if she was not saying this, so many other people around Bloomington are saying it too.
She said if she was not saying this, so many other people around Bloomington are saying it too.
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One user on Google had not expected,
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one user on a Google review said don't expect the post office to deliver target
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orders if it relies on the UPS mail innovation system to sometimes direct the
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packages to the U.S.
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Postal Service, which there are three in town, causing a major confusion
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and major headaches for customers theft has become more common not just with unruly
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residents but also with post office staff who have also been reportedly stealing
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packages in mail along with intentionally placing mail in the wrong boxes this has
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part to do with the fact that the post office service has gone down in bloomington
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in recent years with staffing and major reform and major reform needed in
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leadership
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to prevent packages and mail from being stolen across Bloomington.
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