Missing some mail in Prachuap Khiri Khan?

PHOTOS: Facebook/ Santad Tad Dechgeud

If you live in Prachuap Khiri Khan and are missing a bit of mail, or even a lot of mail, you’re not the only one.

A newly hired mailman in the province simply decided he no longer wanted to deliver mail so started hoarding thousands of unopened letters in his house.

Facebook user “Santad Tad Dechgeud” posted about his mail, or lack of mail, experience in “I Love Bangsaphan,” an online public group with more than 80,000 members.

“I’ve been waiting for important documents for many months now including bank statements, tax documents and cash checks. I had to travel so far to track down where my letters are. I’ve made many complaints to the mail agency, which goes unanswered.”

So a friend of his got the delivery man’s home address from the company contracted to deliver mail in the area. After knocking on the door and being allowed in, Santad’s friend suddenly discovered what the problem was – thousands of unopened letters lying around the man’s house.

But that was just the start. Hundreds of other members on the Facebook group have now shared their own horror stories about missing and undelivered mail.

One said they were almost arrested for not showing up to court as their subpoenas were never delivered.

The head of the Prachuap Khiri Khan post office, Thiraphong Thepmanee, says the mailman in question is a contractor who reportedly only started working seven months ago. Employees reportedly get evaluated every 6 months and this mailman hadn’t met the basic requirements.

Thiraphong also said the man had unspecified “personal problems”.

Meanwhile, the Bangsaphan Noi Post Office says that it is now working through the undelivered mail to clear the backlog and complete the delayed deliveries.

The good news, there’s now an opening for a new postman in the Prachuap Khiri Khan region.