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Subject:Re: The saga ended (or is it continuing? From:"Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:07:13 -0600
On 21 Jul 2003 at 9:43, Chuck Martin wrote:
> But there's still something a bit disturbing, something that still
> nags at the back of my brain, something that tells me that trust in
> this situation still isn't what it shoudl be. He said he mailed the
> check on Friday afternoon in Tracy, where he lives. For those who
> don't know the San Francisco Bay Area, it's a suburb about 50 miles
> due east. When the check arrived, I looked at the postmark: Tuesday,
> the 15th, in Sacramento.
This is not unusual, especially when the post office is in a smaller
town (I assume Tracy is "smaller"). I live in Logan UT, 85 miles NE
of Salt Lake. I have sent correspondence to people in Logan, and it
arrived the very next day with a Logan postmark. I have also sent
mail that arrived a couple of days later, with a Salt Lake postmark.
I don't know what the rhyme or reason is, but it is not
unlikely/unusual, so I don't think you've found a smoking gun (or
WMD, so to speak ;)
As others have noted, you just need to make sure your expectations
are clear in the future, and do whatever you can to help facilitate
your getting paid in a timely manner.
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