A NUMBER of Bay residents’ bills, letters and other post almost literally ended up as junk mail yesterday.
But thanks to a good Samaritan the mail – about 400 envelopes – will soon be safely delivered to the recipients.
Hurter Cabs driver Robert van Huyssteen was on his way to St George’s Park to pick up customers when he noticed two red Post Office bags unattended next to the road on the corner of Park Lane and Dickens Street in Central.
He estimated there were about 400 letters in the bags.
“I couldn’t see any Post Office officials in the area, so I made a U-turn, stopped and got out of the car. I searched the immediate area, but couldn’t find anyone.
“I even asked pedestrians and a cleaner, who was busy picking up rubbish in the road, if they knew who the bags belonged to, but no one knew,” said Van Huyssteen.
He added he could not take the chance of leaving the bags there.
“Just now someone picks the bags up and throws them away, then all those letters will never get to the recipients.
“What if the bags included important bills or other important letters?”
He put the bags in his vehicle’s boot and dropped them off at the main Post Office.
Post Office spokesman Cheryl Kemp said an official did report her bags missing yesterday.
“She explained she had forgotten to drop off a letter at one of the houses in Central.
“She then left her bags on the corner of Park Lane and Dickens Street and ran to deliver the letter. When she returned however she discovered the two bags she left behind were missing,” said Kemp.
Kemp added that the woman would be disciplined because no postman was allowed to leave their bags unattended for any reason.
