I have never in my life had an experience like this!!!
7-8-2022: After 20 minutes, shaking, all I could think was to start videoing on & off (which i have never done before!). It went on another 20 minutes. I have put the video on VIMEO - the link is below.
I got a box at this location in 1990. Doris & Vince were the owners and Mark ran it. My photo is on the wall. We were friendly for 32 years! I knew Mark's parents & his sister, Gi. Then one day in 2021, this man Hike was there & he told me he was the new owner! I had some packages to send out & asked him how he wanted to be paid as Mark would invoice me & I'd write them a check. He said he didn't have credit card set up yet so he'd invoice me. Then Mark was around again working part time. Mark told me that he would continue to invoice me. Hike started remodeling, his wife was helping on some days. Hike seemed very overwhelmed & said he wasn't sure if he could 'save the place'. Another day when I brought in packages to send out, Hike said they now didnt have USPS or UPS set up under him, again I asked about being invoiced. He said, "We'll get to it." I made the usual joke, 'well, you know where to find me', as I came in every friday to pick up mail & boxes.
I had come in on the Friday before, seen Hike, & picked up my mail. He didnt say anything while I went behind the boxes & grabbed my mail. I usually didnt have my key for my box anymore so I would always say hello to Mark, & now Hike, & just go grab my mail from behind for at least a decade. I'd ask "Any packages?" & they'd say yes or no. Then the following Friday I came in & the bars were closed mid day. I had never seen that before so I said, "Hello? Mark? Hike?"
She came out. I said cheerfully, "hello, just picking up my mail"
She looked at me & said, "Then where's your key?!"
I laughed & said, I don't even know, I just grab it from behind.
She rolled her eyes & said, "not anymore".
I said something like, So Hello, Im Kristin, Are you just starting working here?
Mark hadn't been well lately & I had been worried about him. I had been trying to help him get his medicare set up.
She said, "NO! I am the new owner!"
I said, "oh...Hike sold it? When?"
This was a surprise as he was really trying to make it a cafe & a computer center etc & I had seen him ONE week ago.
She then said something like, "Without key, no mail"
I explained I had been coming here for 31 years, (I was wrong it was 32) & I dont know where my key is anymore actually.
"What box?"
I told her, 284. she went behind, got my mail & I heard her mumbling complaining about how things would be different now.
She went back to her desk & while i waited she was shuffling papers angrily saying what a mess everything is & how Hike never invoiced anyone & how Mark did everything on slips of paper ...
& she then said i hadn't paid for 1 yr. & my box was closed.
I nicely explained that I had asked them how they wanted to do things now & they just said they'd keep invoicing me but hadn't.
She said well, its not $80 anymore its now $120 or something. I said, fine, how do you want to be paid? Check, credit card?
She kept shuffling papers endlessly, pacing. IT WAS VERY VERY VERY WEIRD.
Im thinking, ALL my mail comes here!
So im trying to just get her to take my card so I can get my mail! I also have a zoom meeting for work & its been 20 minutes. She just kept shuffling papers & Im trying to stay calm as she rants AT me (not easy).
AFTER TWENTY MINUTES & I just kept repeating, I WILL PAY - HERE IS MY CARD - PLEASE GIVE ME MY MAIL ....She would not take my card until I lost patience & started filming her.
SHE NEVER GAVE ME MY MAIL EVER AGAIN even after she charged my card for one more year.
It was the most insane thing I have ever seen in my life.
She just kept yelling YOU WANT EVERYTHING FOR FREE - YOU DONT WANT TO WORK. She does not know anything about me. I told her at one point sarcastically, I think I can afford $300 & then she really went EXTRA CRAZY!
"WHY YOU BRAG ABOUT ALL YOUR MONEY!"
I never told her anything about me. It was so insulting.
Then she would not give me back my credit card after I gave it to her!!!
My husband went in & got my CC back & got his mail but after charging my card for $400 w/ no invoice, she returned to sender my mail without telling me FOR ONE YEAR I found out! I spent about 80 hours changing every single address in MY ENTIRE LIFE over the next months. So much mail was lost. IT WAS HELL!
My packages were lost or sent back - she never said but they disappeared. You know how many things i have on autoship after 32 years that went there??? IT WAS HELL!
I swear on my beloved father's grave - I walked in. I introduced myself, asked for my mail & agreed Hike seemed disorganized & here is my card & she went OFF!!! IT WAS SO SO CRAZY Also just really really mean. I now pay more at UPS & its worth it!
VIDEO:
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