I wanted to set up a mail redirection in case I forget to change my address for anything over, but wouldn’t you know it - not allowed to do that while you’re under. For “legal reasons”, they say
I'm really frustrated and disillusioned at the moment, and needed a rant. Open at your eyeballs' own risk
That actually made me really upset when I found out. Partially because by the time they bothered to tell me, I was already 3 quarters through the application and already sent in my ID, but also because it’s just such a stupid thing to age-gate, and seems like it was thought up by the mind of somebody who’s always lived a stereotypical upper class lifestyle
I know it’s inconsequential, but it really reeks of the sort of restriction some rich private schooled arsehole would impose. The sort that grew up in a stock standard, white picket fence, 2 parent households - who’s only struggles as a child were figuring out which one of their thousand dollar outfits to wear to their 80k a year private school, and one who never had to move around
At a surface glance, sure it seems logical to assume that every child will always move in sync with at least 1 of their parents, and can just be listed as a dependent on their parents redirection application. But in my situation, that just can’t happen. And it really isn’t just my situation that would necessitate redirecting your mail as a minor. Although less common than previous decades, some people do still get a job at 15/16 then move out. Some people move away for school or employment prospects. Some to escape violent home situations. Not everybody who moves out as a minor necessarily ends up in the child protection system
But the 1% tasked with running these shit shows don’t think of that. They just assume that the luxuries they got to grow up with and took for granted are universal. They are very much not. I’m sure somebody will point out that parents want to know what mail and parcels their kids receive, and that’s fine, I’m not saying every minor should automatically have a right to redirect or hold their mail. But there are so many supporting documents I could provide them - I have court orders, tenancy agreements, a lease, rent trails, I could even have the person acting on behalf of my guardian (in this case, my case manager) go in with me and backup what I’m saying. We could even go get a stat Dec written up
But even that isn’t an option. There’s no exemptions. No negotiations. It’s go be listed on a parents application, or go fuck yourself. Personal circumstances are irrelevant, and so is supporting evidence.
I know I live in an edge case - every fucking company and governmental agency wants to make damn sure I know that. But it gets exhausting having to deal with this BS day in and day out. Actually, one of my earliest memories of dealing with the bureaucratic nightmare that has been my life was not long after I entered care, I dared to want a library card. They refused my application because I was a minor and couldn’t get a signatory at the time. Another one of my earliest memories is when I had knee troubles from an incident that occurred many years ago and went to a physio. 9 month waitlist. Finally get in. She needs a piece of paper signed giving her consent to provide medical care, or whatever the piece of paper would’ve said. The worker wouldn’t/couldn’t do it. I just had to go home. Then COVID hit, and after another 9 month waitlist, the physio was just telling me what to do over the phone
I’m actually going to make a complaint about this to auspost, and when they inevitably come back in 2 business months to inform me they’ve investigated themselves and found their policies to be justified, I’m going to go to the postal industry ombudsman. And then I’m going to write angry letters to the ministers responsible for AP, and might even write another one to my federal MP. It has genuinely gotten me that riled up
Again, I know it’s first world problems, and at that, probably the most minor problem in DT history. But it is making me really irrationally angry and I want to do something about it
Sorry for the rant, if anybody read it. With all the talk about these social media bans, on top of the issues with buying knives, and now trying to get a fricking mail redirection I’m really feeling like I keep slipping through the gaps and am getting left behind by half brained ideas thought up by privileged people
I guess. It just feels weird and kinda self absorbed that I’m so angry about not being able to redirect my mail, while half the DT is just struggling to get by
did a bit of digging and they absolutely have special dispensation for DV, deceased estates and victims of natural disaster, but it must be a “special request”
might have to actually call them, or go to the GPO - lpo are franchisees, I don’t see them having the authority to kick it up.
I somewhat get it. I moved out as a minor and had some of this nonsense. Difference was I had a lawyer for a father who could hand over a business card and mostly make the shit go away. Sorry.
It’s just that you keep putting it on them, as if they need to be the one to “turn things around” when their rant was specifically about external systems prejudicing them. They can’t “turn around” AusPost’s decision to deny them the ability to redirect their mail?
Basically, they are trying to ask these systems for help, and are being denied. So why put it on their shoulders? Why not be outraged that someone is falling through the gaps, through no fault of their own?
I get that you have good intentions here, but I feel like you’re kind of missing the point in a big way…
I wanted to set up a mail redirection in case I forget to change my address for anything over, but wouldn’t you know it - not allowed to do that while you’re under. For “legal reasons”, they say
I'm really frustrated and disillusioned at the moment, and needed a rant. Open at your eyeballs' own risk
That actually made me really upset when I found out. Partially because by the time they bothered to tell me, I was already 3 quarters through the application and already sent in my ID, but also because it’s just such a stupid thing to age-gate, and seems like it was thought up by the mind of somebody who’s always lived a stereotypical upper class lifestyle
I know it’s inconsequential, but it really reeks of the sort of restriction some rich private schooled arsehole would impose. The sort that grew up in a stock standard, white picket fence, 2 parent households - who’s only struggles as a child were figuring out which one of their thousand dollar outfits to wear to their 80k a year private school, and one who never had to move around
At a surface glance, sure it seems logical to assume that every child will always move in sync with at least 1 of their parents, and can just be listed as a dependent on their parents redirection application. But in my situation, that just can’t happen. And it really isn’t just my situation that would necessitate redirecting your mail as a minor. Although less common than previous decades, some people do still get a job at 15/16 then move out. Some people move away for school or employment prospects. Some to escape violent home situations. Not everybody who moves out as a minor necessarily ends up in the child protection system
But the 1% tasked with running these shit shows don’t think of that. They just assume that the luxuries they got to grow up with and took for granted are universal. They are very much not. I’m sure somebody will point out that parents want to know what mail and parcels their kids receive, and that’s fine, I’m not saying every minor should automatically have a right to redirect or hold their mail. But there are so many supporting documents I could provide them - I have court orders, tenancy agreements, a lease, rent trails, I could even have the person acting on behalf of my guardian (in this case, my case manager) go in with me and backup what I’m saying. We could even go get a stat Dec written up
But even that isn’t an option. There’s no exemptions. No negotiations. It’s go be listed on a parents application, or go fuck yourself. Personal circumstances are irrelevant, and so is supporting evidence.
I know I live in an edge case - every fucking company and governmental agency wants to make damn sure I know that. But it gets exhausting having to deal with this BS day in and day out. Actually, one of my earliest memories of dealing with the bureaucratic nightmare that has been my life was not long after I entered care, I dared to want a library card. They refused my application because I was a minor and couldn’t get a signatory at the time. Another one of my earliest memories is when I had knee troubles from an incident that occurred many years ago and went to a physio. 9 month waitlist. Finally get in. She needs a piece of paper signed giving her consent to provide medical care, or whatever the piece of paper would’ve said. The worker wouldn’t/couldn’t do it. I just had to go home. Then COVID hit, and after another 9 month waitlist, the physio was just telling me what to do over the phone
I’m actually going to make a complaint about this to auspost, and when they inevitably come back in 2 business months to inform me they’ve investigated themselves and found their policies to be justified, I’m going to go to the postal industry ombudsman. And then I’m going to write angry letters to the ministers responsible for AP, and might even write another one to my federal MP. It has genuinely gotten me that riled up
Again, I know it’s first world problems, and at that, probably the most minor problem in DT history. But it is making me really irrationally angry and I want to do something about it
Sorry for the rant, if anybody read it. With all the talk about these social media bans, on top of the issues with buying knives, and now trying to get a fricking mail redirection I’m really feeling like I keep slipping through the gaps and am getting left behind by half brained ideas thought up by privileged people
It’s not a small issue, you’ve been cheated of both the supports you should have had but also of the right to do necessary things for yourself.
I guess. It just feels weird and kinda self absorbed that I’m so angry about not being able to redirect my mail, while half the DT is just struggling to get by
depending on your spoons, if you’re a big enough pain in their arse and keep pestering them about it, they can and fucking will make exceptions.
I’m sure gonna give it a try
did a bit of digging and they absolutely have special dispensation for DV, deceased estates and victims of natural disaster, but it must be a “special request”
might have to actually call them, or go to the GPO - lpo are franchisees, I don’t see them having the authority to kick it up.
I somewhat get it. I moved out as a minor and had some of this nonsense. Difference was I had a lawyer for a father who could hand over a business card and mostly make the shit go away. Sorry.
so many hugs
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This feels uncomfortably close to a “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” mentality… 😔
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It’s just that you keep putting it on them, as if they need to be the one to “turn things around” when their rant was specifically about external systems prejudicing them. They can’t “turn around” AusPost’s decision to deny them the ability to redirect their mail?
Basically, they are trying to ask these systems for help, and are being denied. So why put it on their shoulders? Why not be outraged that someone is falling through the gaps, through no fault of their own?
I get that you have good intentions here, but I feel like you’re kind of missing the point in a big way…
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