USPS

Today I confirmed what I already knew.

The people who deliver mail in our neighborhood don't even attempt to contact the person who needs to sign for it.

They simply drop off a slip and move on confident that most people here are at work, or school.

Then I have to set up a "time" to have it redelivered, which means at least two more days.  Or I can go pick it up at the post office in the morning.

I went there long after she had quit delivering in our neighborhood tonight and they claimed they wouldn't have it until morning, but that I could have it at 8:30 AM.  (We'll see how that works out.)

I have always suspected this is what happens, but this time I know because I was texting less than eight feet from that door by her time.  I did not go to the bathroom.  I did not have the television on.  I did not hear the doorbell.  I did not get my package.