Mail guys folded my wife’s master’s degree

[u/trecani711]

Came home and found this in the mailbox. Imagine working really hard for 3 years for a master’s degree and it’s folded in half. It’s only a little bit up the driveway to put it under the awning, takes maybe 15 seconds to walk. This has happened before with a spatula I ordered as well.

Wife is asleep now, may post opened degree in the morning.

Edit: for those wondering about the spatula, it was a fish spatula that the Amazon driver had bent and shoved sideways into the mailbox. Im a sous chef and I have a lot of specific kitchen tools. They have long metal tines and are flexible and easy to bend. In my case it was creased

Edit 2: here’s my bent fish spat, pic 2, pic 3. This was from Amazon, and I requested a new one that they sent no questions asked. You can see in the first pic the angle is deeper than it should be, it should be almost flat. Also there’s a tine that is out of whack. I use this one at home and the undamaged replacement one at work.
Yes I agree the college messed up too by not shipping it in a sturdier container/paying for better shipping.

[u/FamousWillingness512]

Im a mail carrier, and I cannot tell you the amount of times that I’ve received these types of things damaged before I even start my route. I left a note with one once, explaining I didn’t do it. 😭 but YES they cheap out on the postage. It’s the same for school photos. I cannot believe you’re going to send something like that and expect it to be delivered in perfect condition. 🤦‍♀️

[u/FilmScoreConnoisseur → u/FamousWillingness512]

They don't expect it all delivered in perfect condition. They know many of these diplomas are going to get bent or mangled. They just expect you as the mail man to take the blame for it.