Since we all recognize how deficient the Post Office has been in delivering our mail lately, I’d like to request that residents of Hickory Woods please take an extra few seconds before opening your mail to make sure that envelope is actually addressed to you. We have received a LOT of mail lately that is not ours (which I generally return to our mailbox with a message to “please re-deliver”), but we have also received mail for us that has obviously been opened, resealed & redelivered after having been mistakenly delivered to someone else. Mostly it’s not anything important — junk mail, catalogs, etc — but sometimes it’s quite personal & private, eg, doctors’ bills, etc. It mortifies me to think of the intimate information that random strangers may be learning about us! So please, neighbors, don’t open anything you find in your mailbox until you’ve checked the address to make sure it’s actually for you! And if you get something that isn’t for you, please request that the mail carrier re-deliver it. Maybe if they get enough of these do-over requests, they’ll begin to see how much improvement is needed…