u/Remarkable-Piano6766

I recently moved to Brookline from Boston and have been running into serious issues with the post office (zip code 02446):

1. Informed delivery showed me that a jury duty notice was arriving soon and I didn’t get it until over 3 weeks later
2. The mail delivered to my apartment building is constantly being put in the wrong mailbox. I get mail for my apartment unit and for other people’s units all the time. There’s a huge pile of mail in our lobby from other units having the same issue!
3. I was charged $36 to mail a medium priority mail box. When I commented on how expensive it was, the clerk said “our prices are always going up.” Later I looked it up and realized the price should’ve been closer to $24. I went back in person the next day with my receipt, and the same clerk completely gaslit me by saying it probably wasn’t a priority mail box. I said it absolutely was because I didn’t have any tape so I made sure to grab the white side loading box that has the adhesive sides. Finally, the clerk admitted that she had forgotten to scan it as a flat rate box which is why I was charged so much. I had to fill out a form and the manager was extremely rude and gave ME attitude because they had to process a refund. No one ever apologized.
4. My friend sent me a priority mail package that was out for delivery last wednesday (08/10) but never arrived. There’s no update on the tracking and the only info on the tracking page was the date it left the original post office it departed from.

Are they stealing packages or are they just totally incompetent? I’ve already filed complaints on the USPS website but they didn’t really do anything. Is anyone else having these kinds of issues?? I’ve never had any issues with the post office in the 6 zip codes I’ve lived in before…

I had an awful landlord a little while back who refused to make a necessary repair. I even sent her the state sanitary code where it specifies the exact law that she needed to follow, but she refused so I had the housing authority come by to do an inspection. The inspection confirmed what I had said and the inspector said that they would then reach out to her to inform her that she had to complete the repair within 14 days. Failure to do so would mean that the housing authority would take her to court and I could begin to withhold rent.

However, for over a month, she simply refused to respond to their calls and they couldn’t get ahold of her (she lives out of state in a nearby new england state). I kept calling BHA and finally about 2 months after the initial inspection they agreed to send another inspector to come by and confirm that the repair had not been made so they could move forward with taking her to court.

Here’s where it gets bad:
- I had one inspection scheduled where the inspector called me in the morning and said he would come by sometime from 11-1. He still hadn’t shown up around 4 so I called him. He said he had come by and knocked on the door but no one answered so he left and I would need to reschedule the inspection. At the time I lived in an apartment building that was 5 floors and had 20+ units. He had knocked on the front door of the building (which led into a mailroom behind which there was another door to enter the building) and left when no one answered. Never called me or anything.
- I call to schedule another appointment and I wrote down the specific date and day of the week (it was a Thursday). I never get a call and no one came by so I call them that Friday and they said the inspection was scheduled for Tuesday and I was a no show so the inspector left. By this point I’m frustrated because I knew I had written down the correct date and day of the week but I schedule another inspection anyway. I checked my call logs and no one had called me that Tuesday or Thursday.
- The same thing happens again where no one shows up and I don’t even get a call.

I’m super frustrated by this point because I work from home so I was literally sitting at home by the phone waiting for the inspectors each of these 3 times, but they claim I was a no show. After 3 missed inspections, they closed my case and told me I had to start the entire process again from the beginning. It’s about 3 months after the initial inspection and the repair still isn’t made even though BHA confirmed it was an issue. I’m lucky that I work from home but what if I had been taking time off work to be home for these inspections and they completely wasted my time like this?

I’m not sure if these inspectors were committing time card fraud but the entire experience left me so frustrated that I’ll admit I acted like a Karen next. I went on the BHA website and pulled the emails of like 10 different supervisors. I sent them a very strongly worded email about my awful experience and I immediately got a call from one of them that same afternoon… We got an inspection scheduled for the next week and under the threat of legal action my landlord finally made the repair.

I was shocked by how unprofessional they were throughout my entire case. I can’t imagine what a nightmare it would have been if I was dealing with a very urgent issue like a broken fridge, mold, etc. and had to spend months chasing down BHA like that. Has anyone else had experiences like this with the Boston Housing Authority?

Hi all. I don’t get my hair cut very often because I’ve been trying to grow it out, but I have an appointment this Saturday and was hoping to get some advice. For context, my hair is pretty long (~12 inches past my chin), very straight, flat, thin, and tends to get greasy pretty quickly after a wash. I get it cut twice a year but my hair is pretty healthy because I don’t dye it and don’t use many products. I pretty much just wash and condition it, use a heat protectant spray, and blow dry it 3-4x a week.

I would love a cut that adds some volume to my hair but is also low maintenance enough that I don’t have to add additional upkeep to my routine.

I would also appreciate any recommendations to help my greasy roots- dry shampoo only does so much for me and I feel like it often weighs down my hair because it’s so thin.

I’ve also considered getting a perm to make my hair more wavy- does anyone have experience with this and any advice?

Thank you!!!

I went to the seafood counter to buy a piece of salmon for my dinner tonight. I picked a piece of fish asked the butcher if he would remove the skin off of it. He said yes but they charge $4 to remove the skin. I laughed because I thought he was joking at first but he was dead serious. I said never mind then I can do it myself. I feel like I’m already paying an arm and a leg to shop at whole foods and it seems ridiculous that they want to nickel and dime me over every little thing? I thought things like this were included in the service

Hi everyone. I’ve been using the birth control ring for a few years now, and I use it to skip my period (swap it out every three weeks without leaving it out to pms). I used to get really horrible periods so it’s been a lifesaver to be able to skip them. It took a few months to get used to it but now I haven’t had a period in like 3 ish years with no spotting or pms symptoms. Today out of nowhere, I noticed some bleeding. Tomorrow is the day I’m supposed to swap it out so my current ring has been in me for 2 weeks and 6 days. I’m really confused because I haven’t had any bleeding for at least 2 years now. Coincidentally, I’ve been passing a kidney stone for the past few weeks. Any chance these could be related? Any idea what caused the bleeding? I’ve been using the same brand for the past few years and haven’t had any issues.

I’m bummed because I was supposed to go on a date tonight too:(