If anyone needed the explanation why people in Russia and Ukraine are so unhappy with the local postal service, it would be enough to point to the shameful incident which happened few days ago in Ukraine.

Here is the short post from the Ukrainian forum of online shoppers:

Ukrainian postal clerk in ASOS sweater

My friend Natasha who is in the 7th month of pregnancy wrote:

Dear friends!

Today, my world turned upside down. Get acquainted with the employee of UkrPochta [ed: Ukrainian Post] in the sweater for males, size M, from ASOS. The very same sweater which I ordered about one month ago, but it never arrived!

Today I went there to inquire about the parcel and simply could not take my eyes off the woman.

This picture spread like fire in Russian and Ukrainian internet boards, giving birth to the following photo shopped image.

Ukrainian postal clerk photoshop

Ukrainian postal service launches investigation

Ukrainian postal service reacted to this incident on their official Facebook page:

“Internal investigation was launched based on the information from social networks about the possible theft in one of the office departments.
The investigation is carried under the personal supervision of the management.
The results of the investigation will be made public not later than October 23, 2012.
If the theft is confirmed, the necessary sanctions against the employee will be taken and the injured party will get the compensation for the material and moral damages.
Ukrainian Post also asks the claimant to contact the administration of UkrPochta in order to resolve the issue.“

From the Facebook page of Ukrainian Post (UkrPochta)

From the Facebook page of Ukrainian Post (UkrPochta)

The investigation didn’t take so long and the same day another Facebook status informed that the employee in question was fired.

Reactions of Ukrainian and Russian netizens

Let’s see how the Russian-speaking community reacted to this incident.

imbler:  Behind her is the towel which someone also didn’t get.а сзади полотенце, тоже кто-то не дождался.

vilizzz:  The sweater looks quite miserable alive. Come on, let this scarecrow wear at least some foreign brand, otherwise with her salary she can only buy the cotton underwear produced by the local factory. Кофтейка в живую убого смотреться. Да ладно вам, пусть это убого пугало хоть что то заграничное наденет, а то на её зарплату, максимум трусы из ситца, месной хлопчато-ситцевой фабрики можно купить.

deryni_a:  I had the same situation. Never got my jacket and jeans from eBay. Well, the jacket was sent to me second time, and for jeans they returned the money. Though the dude who sold me the jacket, said that he would never again send anything to this country. Apparently my jacket was the last straw.Ну и в общем сам такой. Куртка и джинсы с ебея так и не доехали. Ну куртку выслали второй раз, за джинсы вернули деньги. Правда чувак, который продавал куртку, сказал, что хрен он что ещё вышлет в эту страну. Судя по всему моя куртка стала последней каплей. До этого брал у него рубаху.

freezel (replying to the above):  Because of such people Ukraine (and Russia also) is considered cloak of the 3-rd world and the traders from civilized countries refuse to send us the goods!Из-за таких людей Украина (как и Россия впрочем) считается клоакой 3-го мира и торговцы цивилизованных стран отказываются высылать товар нам!

koshaker:  Shiiiit!!!!! I never thought that such things happen. Жеееесть!!!!! Я даже и не думал, что такое бывает

maskavo:  In the 90′s we lived in the Far East, and my grandparents often were sending us parcels from the Volga region.В 90-е мы жили на дальнем востоке, а бабушки и дедушки часто слали нам посылки из поволжья.

So, one day my mother opened the parcel, and inside she saw about one and a half kilos of oat O_oТак вот, однажды мама открывает посылку, а там где-то полтора килограмма овса О_о

From the attached letter of grandmother, however, it was clear that there had to be some kind of perfume and clothes for children.По бабушкиному письму, вложенному, было понятно,что должны были быть духи и какие-то шмотки для детей.

My childhood memory:  mother enters the post office, calls for the manager and hurls those oats into her face …Мое детское воспоминание: Мама приходит на почту, зовет заведующую и швыряет этот овес ей в лицо…

_mamuda_:  My uncle served in the Soviet era near Moscow and once he sent home 3 kg of coffee Arabica (which was the super rarity in Soviet times) – in Dnepropetrovsk we received buckwheat.у меня дядя в советское время служил под Москвой и домой отправил 3 кг кофе арабики (советское время, подчеркиваю – дехфисит страшный) – в Днепропетровск пришла гречка

le_lesya:  I guess she has iPhone and other apples.айфончик у нее небось и прочие яблоки.

_jerry:  Someone must make the poster: “Russian Post – what was yours is now ours!” Надо сделать из фоток рекламный постер: ‘Почта России – было ваше, стало наше!’

newsamba:  Why using this department of hell? Nowadays there are normal delivery services: TNT, Pony Express, DHL.зачем пользоваться этим филиалом ада? сейчас же есть нормальные курьерские службы: TNT, Пони Экспресс, DHL

darkwing:  That’s why Amazon and many others don’t work with Russia. Solely because of our post.Вот именно поэтому Amazon и куча п- не работают с Россией. Исключительно из-за нашей почты.

Too many lost parcels which don’t arrive to the addressees. So they just decided not to work with Russia instead of returning money to half of the clients …Слишком много недоехавших до адресатов посылок. Поэтому они решили просто с Россией не работать, чем половине клиентов деньги возвращать…

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