Dear Editor,
My visit to the Blairmont Post Office on Friday, 8th March, revealed a continuing state of administrative malaise and utter disrespect for our so-called ‘senior citizens’.
It was already about 10 am and the two dozen or so poor old souls in the waiting area (thank God it was shaded, as opposed to being in the sun as it used to be not so long ago), told me that they were there since early morning and were hoping that their visit that day would be more productive than their previous visits the previous days of the week.
I went into the Post Office and saw the two attendants apparently ‘counting money’ and having an animated chat. I asked how soon the pensioners can expect to be paid to which one of them nonchalantly responded “when we ready”. I proceeded to say that the pensioners were already waiting for hours and have complained that they had been coming for several days now “without any luck” (as if their payment was a ‘luck & chance’ gamble!)
One of the attendants misheard my use of the word ‘several’ as ‘seven’ and promptly accused me of misrepresenting the facts by saying that the pensioners were not waiting for ‘seven days’ to which her colleague had difficulty convincing her that I had said ‘several’ and not ‘seven’!
I pleaded with them to try to do better and left, feeling rather disgusted and unsure if there will be any relief for the poor pensioners as I had intervened similarly on several occasions before.
Can the Postmaster General and whoever else might be responsible please do something to relieve the situation?
Yours faithfully,
Nowrang Persaud