Aurora

My Post Office scans delivery confirmation when the package is delivered to them. They scan it again when it is delivered to the customer. My Post Office also has holding boxes. Packages are scaned delivered, placed in a holding box and the key to the box is place in the P.O. Box of the recipient. This allows individuals to come in anytime night or day get their mail from their box along with the key to the holding box. They use the key to open the holding box, remove the package and the key stays in the lock until the next time it is used. However, we are a very small town Post Office that gives extra little services, like calling box holders when packages they are expecting are received. Post Offices are like any other business, they are only as good as their employees.

As for the charity, it appears rudeness is not limited to individuals, it is also alive and well in organizations that rely on the kindness of others. My first year in a quilt guild. A Hospice representative contacted our Extension Agent to see if we would be interested in making lap quilts for their patients. They had donated fabric, but needed someone to make quilt tops. We jumped at the opportunity. Our little 10 member quild made about 45 lap quilts. I made my quilt top, gave it to the Extension Agent and did not give it another thought. A month later, I received the nicest letter from the Hospice Representative thanking me for the lap quilt top and letting me know it had been quilted by another volunteer and given to a Hospice patient who was enjoying using it.

I seldom expect a thank you for something donated. But on those rare occasions when I get one, those are the charities that I donate to repeatedly. If they take the time to make an effort to say thank you, then I can certainly find the time if another request is made. It is such a simple gesture and it takes so little time to thank someone, but it benefis so many.

Disclosure: This is just my opinion, for what it's worth.