SingPost Gets Into Trouble Again As Two Stacks Of Letters & Parcels Found Abandoned Outside Letterbox

“Old habits die hard.”

That’s a phrase my lovely mum has constantly told me, and over the years I’ve found it to be very true.

“Can you stop digging your nose already?” my mum would shout at the ten-year-old me. “Why don’t you dig your ass while at it, huh?”

Well, she regretted her outburst later on, because instead of one bad habit I soon had two.

Thankfully, however, I managed to overcome those nasty habits, though as I aged even further I realised that honestly speaking, nose-digging and ass-digging are actually pretty tame.

There’re actually way more old habits that are much harder to conquer.

And while I won’t specify what exactly, I just want to use SingPost’s example because really…

It’s like the real-life representation of the phrase ‘Old habits die hard’.

What happened?

Lest you’re unaware, SingPost has been penalised on more than one occasion.

In March 2019, they were fined S$300,000 for their bad performance in 2018.

And in Feb 2019, they were fined S$100,000 for their performance in 2017.

As such, small wonder why they had to appease all the livid Singaporeans out there, who were demanding an explanation for Singpost’s less-than-outstanding services.

Though considering how Singpost has been around for so many years, a second chance never seemed out of the question.

Whether they really take it, however, is another question in itself.

Discarded Letters And Parcels Found Again

Less than one month after a hefty fine of S$300,000, Facebook user Li Joanna published a post on the social media platform, complete with pictures and a caption that reads:

“Saw these letters/parcels belonging to various units being thrown at the wastepaper ditch at the letterbox. Not sure what happened but for sure we have some lost parcels here. But fret not, these are in good hands with me.”

Singapore Post I am not redistributing these two stacks for you. Pls, contact me to get your letters back and do a thorough investigation on what exactly happened.”

After her initial statements, Li Joanna later updated her Facebook post to say that SingPost has gotten in touch with her.

“SingPost has gotten in touch with me and informed that their colleagues will get in touch with me to retrieve the mail,” she wrote.

“All, there could be various reasons why this had happened, but honestly it should not be happening. Packages aside, there are letters that are of private and confidential nature that you don’t want them to be lost just like that. There could be people who may make use of your info and do malicious things. If you ever have the same encounter, pls be kind to our mails.”

You can see the full Facebook post here:

Singpost to retrieve lost mail 

According to Mothership, Singpost is thankful to Ms Joanne Li and will be retrieving the mail today. An internal investigation has also been launched, and updates will be provided when available.

“SingPost thanks Ms Joanne Li for reporting this issue, as well as for safekeeping the mail. We are currently in touch with Ms Li, and will be retrieving the mail from her today. We have also commenced an internal investigation on this case, and will provide updates when available.”

And though I’m not one to watch the world burn, I just wanna say that considering everything else…

The person responsible for this whole fiasco is surely in for a rude awakening.

And if this sound familiar, it’s because it is.

In January this year, another Facebook user found discarded sealed mails in a rubbish bin (or maybe more than one rubbish bins) in Ang Mo Kio.

The postman was then arrested.

What a year it has been for our national courier. And it’s only April.