How does “trafficking in person” at the post office goes?

Jul 08, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

On Friday July 1st, I sent my gardener to Providence Post Office to mail a birthday card to my daughter in the US who will be celebrating her birthday later this month. I gave him $200.00. I put my address on the back of the card. To my disappointment when I returned from work on Wednesday I saw the envelope among some other mails on my counter. I immediately questioned the helper who says that they cleared the mailbox and found it and they were bewildered too.

Today, Thursday I send the mail back with extra money to find out what was the problem and to just put the extra stamp and let it go as now I am certain the card would reach after the birthday.
To my astonishment my helper returned a few minutes later with the card in hand saying that the Post Master General (PMG) says that I need to put my daughter’s and my telephone numbers on the card as it has to do with “trafficking in person”. I was totally taken back by this and horrified at what I heard.

I don’t usually use the post office so this has me wondering what really goes on there? If to post a simple birthday card this is the horrors you have to go through, the GPO should inform the public of these developments as I cannot figure out how a post card and ‘trafficking in person’ goes together. I did write the telephone numbers and send it back with a request for the PMG to give me a call to explain such.

She did not call. She sent her number but I refuse to call as they are Public Servants working and answerable to the people not the other way around. I want also to understand if it’s legal to put one’s telephone number on mails that are in the public domain as this puts me and my daughter more at harm.
I am still curious and waiting on an explanation as to how “trafficking in person” at the post office goes and I also would like to know that if I didn’t put my return address what would they have done with my card??

Regards,
Saudia Ferouz

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