Post Office pleads for parcel pick up

Some uncollected parcels at Airport Post Office.

Anthony Williams, Deputy Postmaster General

Friday, December 23, 2005

WITH storage space running scarce, the Airport Post Office is again issuing an urgent appeal to its customers to collect parcels left there for an extended period.

A fortnight ago, the post office made an urgent plea for packages to be collected, as it struggled to handle the higher than usual incoming and outgoing Christmas mail.

Anthony Williams, the Deputy Postmaster General, said with the high volumes of post coming into Grand Cayman this year, storage space is becoming crucial.

Mr Williams said mail continues to arrive in large quantities but the rate of pick-up is low.

�We really need customers to pick up their packages because space is critical at the moment, he said. �We have long exceeded our real storage spaces and have taken to putting parcels on the floor.

In the first three weeks in December, the Airport Post Office received close to 2,000 parcels.

According to the official, numerous attempts have been made to contact the recipients, however, the response has been less than satisfactory.

�We have been calling on them to come for their parcels, especially those which have been here for a long time.

�We are not getting the kind of response we would have liked at the moment,� he said.

Mr Williams said his office is coping with the level of traffic taking place there at present but fear increase pressure in the last minute rush to collect parcels.

At the moment we are coping with the large number of packages coming in but we are not seeing quick response in picking them up.

Mr Williams noted that at the current rate of delivery some customers might not receive their Christmas gift before 25 December.

The Airport Post Office will close its doors for a Christmas break at 12:30 pm on Friday 23, December, and will reopen on Wednesday 28, December.

�Time is running out on those who have to collect their packages for Christmas. They have until 12:30 pm on Friday, after that we will not be open until Wednesday,� Mr Williams added.

The General Post Office is currently running an appeal on the Cayman Islands Government website, which reads:

�Postal Services are urgently asking the public to immediately collect parcels once notified of their arrival.

�Post Offices have run out of space and need residents� cooperation in clearing the backlog at their facilities.

�The Post Office will greatly appreciate the public�s cooperation in this matter.�

paul@caymannetnews.com

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