I got good news today. The book return I've been working on for seemingly eternity has gone through. The bookstore is actually sending two books to recompense all my trouble! Thank you, Atomic Comics! It's great to deal with decent people every now and then.
To reach the point of the day in which I received the good news, however, I had to deal with another mailroom snag. This written grievance (below)should explain it all. At least the comic store has shown some understanding. The mailroom just doesn't make sense.
Grievance – July 27, 2009
On the morning of July 24, 2009, I went to the mailroom where I was denied a campus information packet from Boston Architectural College. About two weeks ago, when the packet was sent straight from the college, it was spiral-bound and had a hologram cover. I asked the mailroom if the paper information inside the binding could be cut out. She said no because it would be an altered publication. I told her I had the same thing happen last year with a publication and the mailroom just cut the spiral out. That occurred 4/01/08 and I still have the publication after three unit shakedowns.
I then asked if I could have the Boston Architecture College packet sent home, cut out, and sent back to me. She said I could and it would probably work. At my own expense of $3.00 in postage, I sent the packet home to be cut apart and sent back.
Today it was denied after being taken apart and separated from the spiral binding and sent together with the hologram cover. The mailroom called it an altered publication and would not allow me to receive it even after advising the action that I took would probably be okay.
It does not make sense to deny an informational packet about a college. I am trying to research and prepare to continue my college education upon release and am met with opposition.
Also, I have received altered publications many times in the form of newspaper and magazine clippings. I still have in my possession the publication that the mailroom removed the spiral binding from last April ’08 and have never received trouble for it.
The hologram cover also should not be a problem. There is at least one book in the library I can think of – Pick Me Up - that has a plastic hologram cover that is obviously not thought of as a threat.
There is nothing dangerous about excerpts from a college’s informational publication.
Action Requested: Allowance of the Boston Architectural College information packet to be received by offenders upon removal of the spiral binding.
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