| ip Code: | 56902 |
| City: | Parcel Return Service |
| State: | DC [District of Columbia] |
| Counties: | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DC |
| Multi County: | No |
| City Alias(es): | Parcel Return Service Prs Parcel Return Svc |
IP Code 56902 2010 Census Demographics
An important lesson learned while at Land Rover was that the support help
was no better off than you were. Nothing was more frustrating than calling the
tech line for help, only to have them reading out of the same book as you had.
But it seems lately that this is and wasn’t related only to Land Rover, they
were just so screwed up they had made it a fine art. Yesterday was a case in
point. We had sent some merchandise back ordered on the Internet, that bastion
of integrity. Checking on the progress, the tracking number from UPS directed
us to the Postal Service. The package was available to be picked up. Leading
us to believe it had been sent back, which the woman at the PO thought too. But
not being able to find it, and using the same web site as I did for tracking,
called for a supervisor. Who told me the package was not here, it had been sent
zip code 56902. When I asked where was that, he didn’t know. Oh, I’m sorry, I
thought he would look it up. Only to find he didn’t have the brains God gave
geese, and couldn’t find it. But assured me that it would be delivered. It had
sat at this 56902 point for 8 days, I wasn’t so sure. I was tempted to press
him further, when I realized it was fruitless. He was stupid, didn’t have a
clue, and barely spoke English. Too much for me to expect, I am in the US of A,
this is the US Postal Service, and they do deliver mail. All while only losing
billions of dollars each year. They must make it up in volume. So I quit
while I was ahead, and went home to check out zip code 56902. See the facts
below, no one lives there, but they sure do get a lot of mail. Suddenly it all
made sense....
Googling 56902 it popped right up. Back in the days of 2009, because of s
much Internet business, leading to so many returns, they set up 56902, right in
Washington, DC to handle all the returns. Forwarding them to the addressee.
Did I mention this was in Washington, DC? A leisure activity of the Democratic
Party? When you get a return label from the sender, this is where your package
goes, something every postal employee is aware of. Except for the fool,
supervisor fool, who didn’t know. It seems this man was too stupid to suspend,
so they made him a supervisor. More pay, less hours, less work, less
knowledge. All for the same price, frustration added at no extra charge. I had
engaged in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
Which raises the question, since 2009 when UPS, FedEx, and the USPS all
combined to handle returns, while wasn’t this man aware of it? There own web
site describes it in detail, with itself referring back to itself if you have
any questions. I guess we have come a long way from putting stamp on a letter,
and the mail man delivering it. We are only as weak as our weakest link, and I
have found him. Curiously this is the same city where a clerk went postal,
inventing the term going postal. The only thing worse was that someone had
hired this fool. Which meant someone had hired him, and so on. Endless
stupidity all for the price of a 49 cent stamp.
Maybe a quick reminder that most of the New Testament was letters sent by
Paul,l and that somehow they got there. Imagine if you will, the church in
Ephesus getting a letter from Paul. The pastor opening it up, or unrolling it,
and reading to the congregation. Just as it was written, no chapters and
verses. Flowing as the spirit had given it to him. Think of Timothy getting
his letters from Paul, words of encouragement he needed to remind himself of the
battle he was in. Titus, the church at Corinth, really getting 4 letters, with
only two recorded in scripture. How the Romans must have cringed at first, but
when under God’s love saw Christ as never before. Letters written to the church
to encourage and instruct as needed. Trusted to be delivered by a postal
service. Without tracking numbers, zip codes, or web sites. It is never
mentioned how much money was lost in those early postal days.
So I am left with a question, for me and you? If we trust the words of the
Bible so much, if we say we trust Jesus, why don’t we trust him as much as we do
our postal service? We know idiots reside there, yet we buy stamps and then
mail letters without thinking. Believing they will arrive. Yet we stumble over
God’s promises? How many divine letters from the Lord have you received, and
didn’t have to look at the return address to know where they came from? And
that we can send them back via prayer, and that we will return with Jesus some
day to heaven? No zip code, but no other place with as much zip. What would
happen if we trusted God as much as we do the post office?
E mail is replacing snail mail. I will miss the magazines, even the ads
and junk mail. But with so much e mail, can we find the time for some knee
mail? To get on our knees and pray? I once heard that man is tallest when he
is on his knees. Rather than surrendering to the enemy, surrender to Jesus
Christ. All correspondence gets through to him. He knows your address, will
never address you as occupant. He will return, the best return on investment
you’ll ever have, and you can bypass the Beltway. But for now, 56902, will be
where all returns go first. Where you return to is up to you.
Did you ever consider the miracle of the letters in the Bible being
delivered by mail? Almost makes you want to mail something. Consider Jesus
today....no one lives at 56902, yet they still get a lot of mail. He’ll answer
every time. Much more than a zip code. Which sorta makes you wonder, where do
all the bags lost from the airlines go?
love with compassion,
Mike
matthew25biker.blogspot.com