[Mule]

The other side of the equation. I had about $20k going on 90 days from a good customer. The (incompetent sounding) payables woman tells me it will mail on Thursday (Atlanta to Chattanooga). Friday no check. Monday no check. Tuesday no check I call. She assures me she mailed it. I'm skeptical. Wednesday, Thursday, no check. Friday I call again. She swears up & down she mailed it. I say, stop payment, re-issue, fed ex. She begs me to wait a little longer. Monday, no check. I call. I say that they could have given the check to a blind, tree legged dog & it would be here by now. Quit the crap & send me a check! She says if it's not there in the morning she ill re-issue & fed ex. Tuesday am the check arrives, with the exact postmark date she said she mailed it on. 11 days to make a 1.5 hour trip. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night, or something like that.

The USPS furthering the cause of customer relations.