CHICAGO (CBS) — Lines were long and fuses were short this weekend as more mail delivery frustrations played out at post offices around Chicago.
As CBS 2’s Steven Graves reported, one couple having to wait more than an hour on Friday at the Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office, at 116 S. Western Ave. on the Near West Side. On Saturday, some people reported the same experience at the Henry W. McGee Post Office at 4601 S. Cottage Grove Ave. in Bronzeville.
A CBS 2 viewer sent pictures from the Henry W. McGee Post Office. She said she waited almost two hours for a package, and came to find out it should have been delivered a week ago.
But the other couple to whom spoke has not gotten mail for six weeks.
John Baker waited in line at the Nancy B. Jefferson Post Office for about an hour – all for nothing. CBS Chicago
I counted just under 600 trays of first class mail about a month old at my Chicago office just sitting there collecting dust. They haven’t even bothered to bring them into the work area. Zero intention on getting it delivered. Have like 20 mail handlers for this tiny station but only a fraction of the carriers needed.