Disabled senior's mail difficulties

To the Editor:

I am sorry to have to complain, but we have one of the worse Postal Services here in Poplar Bluff, that I have ever seen.

They sure ignore disabled senior citizens. I am 81 years old, disabled -- unable to walk to a mailbox by the street. So I have been given and signed by my doctor, a hardship, so my mail can be picked up and delivered to my mailbox by my front door, where I can reach it from my wheelchair or a walker.

Well sorry to say -- this post office and most mailmen, ignore this hardship and they will leave my mail in other neighbor's mailboxes or worse yet -- lately, my mail and gas bill and absentee ballot to vote, has been left in a mailbox to a vacant house across the street from me, even tho' that house has its mailbox in front of my house. So last Saturday, Feb. 6th, I saw the mailman put mail in that vacant mailbox, but he never came to my house to deliver my mail. So Monday, Feb. 8th, I had a homemaker come to help me and I asked her to check that mailbox that belongs to the vacant house, and sure enough, it had my mail in it, my gas bill and absentee ballot. Now why can't they deliver or pick up my mail?

So Monday, Feb. 8th, when my homemaker brought me my mail, I immediately put my check in with my gas bill to pay my bill and I signed my absentee ballot and put it in the Butler County envelope to Tonyi Deffendall and put it in my mailbox by my door where the mailman is suppose to pick up my mail. Well, the mailman came by, put something in the vacant houses mailbox, but did not come and get my mail to go out.

How do we seniors, disabled, get our bills paid if the post office won't pick up our outgoing mail? This is ridiculous and rude. It shows that the postal employees do not respect us elderly.

I called the Post Office, once, and they said, if you don't have mail to be delivered, we don't have to stop and pick up your mail.

I wonder if this should be reported to the U. S. Postal Inspector. Most seniors don't get a lot of mail, but we do have to mail out to pay our bills, so shouldn't the post office pick up our outgoing mail?

I hope you print this.

Dorothy Eastham

Poplar Bluff, Mo