On the 14th of Feb I ordered a barrel nut wrench from Midway. The USPS was contacted to ship 15th Feb. By the 17th Feb it was leaving Orlando Florida for my home post office. Kansas City MO to Orlando FL in 2 days I am going to get my wrench way earlier than the projected 22rd Feb I arrives in Loxahatchee 18th Feb and i get 4 updates that it has arrived but has not been checked in. So it sits in my post office from Saturday noon time till just now and i received it only moments ago. I was in earlier this week looking for another package that was 4 days late and hear two separate conversations other than mine, that goes like "she just doesn't seem to want to deliver all the mail and packages we give her." "yes I will have a long talk with her." the one lady had a package that was 2 weeks late and it had been sitting in back room the whole time. The Post Master is terrified to fire her. i would bet that there are people that would love to have a good job like that with benefits. Maybe not in this Bizarro world we are living in. Thanks for the Bizzaro world reference Jackie.
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SEM
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Get used to it, I just had Midway use UPS Sure Post got an update said the post office refused delivery ????? then a few minutes later sent another that said it was delivered to my PO box... I have had the Post Office do some weird stuff the counter clerk I know real well just shrugs her shoulders and says oh well it is the way it is
KMart
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If it is any consolation, Monday was a holiday.
I have a PO Box at the PO. I went in one day with the tracking notice saying that my package was in the PO. I gave it to the clerk. He took one look at it and told me that I would have until tomorrow that he wasn't going into the back and get it. I responded with, "that is nothing more than pure laziness".
Government workers with minority status.
I have a PO Box at the PO. I went in one day with the tracking notice saying that my package was in the PO. I gave it to the clerk. He took one look at it and told me that I would have until tomorrow that he wasn't going into the back and get it. I responded with, "that is nothing more than pure laziness".
Government workers with minority status.
Today, I would like to know when the USPS changed their motto? It used to be that “neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night would keep the postman from their appointed rounds”.
That stopped the day “Bob” our mailman of 20 years retired. Bob was a Korean War vet who always went above n beyond to make sure he delivered our mail n packages.
Now, we have equity hires that are lucky to deliver the mail on a regular basis. Before, I could almost set my watch off Bobs daily delivery. Packages were carried up the drive and left on our door step.
Now, I get a sticker on my mailbox that the package is at the post office for me to pick up.
Life has changed.
That stopped the day “Bob” our mailman of 20 years retired. Bob was a Korean War vet who always went above n beyond to make sure he delivered our mail n packages.
Now, we have equity hires that are lucky to deliver the mail on a regular basis. Before, I could almost set my watch off Bobs daily delivery. Packages were carried up the drive and left on our door step.
Now, I get a sticker on my mailbox that the package is at the post office for me to pick up.
Life has changed.
USPS workers locally here at the office are fantastic BUT, the incoming trip of packages to the Post Office and the carriers locally leave a lot to be desired.
freebird22/250
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We live in a lazy i want a handout society, USPS is part of a Govt. run problem we are facing!!
jds holler
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I live in a town like Mayberry, and our Postmistress is a friend and neighbor. She's born and raised here and knows everybody and everything that's worth knowing about our little community. Probably even things she doesn't want to know.
If a UPS or FedX driver has trouble with a delivery, all he has to do is ask her for location, advice, or leave it with her for PO Pick-up.
One of these days, she's gonna retire, and then things are gonna suck. jd
If a UPS or FedX driver has trouble with a delivery, all he has to do is ask her for location, advice, or leave it with her for PO Pick-up.
One of these days, she's gonna retire, and then things are gonna suck. jd
DaveTooley
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If you have problems file a complaint through the website. The local post master gets dinged. They don't like that.
During WW2, I lived in the inner city. Mail was delivered twice a day by a footman. during Christmas holidays, it was three time daily and once on Sunday. . You could count on the mail being delivered every day at about the same time. Mailmen were armed with a very long barreled revolver and wore a badge. It cost two cents for first class mail and a penny for a postcard. The mailman was on a first name basis with everyone on his rout and he carried lots of suckers for the youngsters of which I was one.
The times they are a changin.
The times they are a changin.
The flip side, that we never hear is, I've shipped about 150 packages out in the last 2 weeks. One was a couple of days late! That percentage doesn't even approach their norm of getting it right. Yes, it sucks when it's ours but overall, they do a great job of gettin mail and packages delivered. I'm sure their failure rate is wayy less than 1%.
In today's economy, people are starting out at better pay than a usps veteran makes. I don't see this getting better fast but at the same time, we don't have it so bad either. I'd say they deliver enough to be "statistically significant" too.
In today's economy, people are starting out at better pay than a usps veteran makes. I don't see this getting better fast but at the same time, we don't have it so bad either. I'd say they deliver enough to be "statistically significant" too.
jds holler
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As with many things in our modern world, "unreasonable expectations" often lead to an unhappy customer. These days, I could buy a box of bullets in this post from a fellow member on the other side of the country. He could drop in in the mail same day, and it will often arrive in my PO Box three days later. I can track it as it comes, and usually know when to go down and pick it up.
Used to be that I'd accept a week or ten days for delivery. Nowadays, we start freaking out on day four. I think it's time for us all to settle down, and grow some patience. The secret to happiness is low expectations. jd
Used to be that I'd accept a week or ten days for delivery. Nowadays, we start freaking out on day four. I think it's time for us all to settle down, and grow some patience. The secret to happiness is low expectations.
jdKMart
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The employees or the customers?
Tparrish
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Yes they do, if it wsn.t for Amazon using them to deliver their stuff USPS would already be Tits up.
Tom
not true, the amazon rates negotiated were a money looser for the USPS
It is an appointed position and Louis DeJoy was appointed by Trump. Biden has chosen to keep him
Our business is 100% integrated with and dependent on the USPS. Some interesting factoids... Monday's are the busy day. One day of not delivering results in a pile of mail. At our smallish town PO, Monday mornings 10 years ago had 400 parcels (packages) waiting to be delivered. Today it's 6-8000. They have clerks working 24/7 unloading 2-3 tractor trailers every night. The increase in the number of mail carriers has not even come close to matching the increase in volume. The building size has not increase one square foot. The DA's in Washington have even said that they have more square footage than the guidelines say they should have. The DA's in Washington have never stepped foot inside an actual PO building. Most mornings the loading dock is packed full with no room to walk and there are still carts in the trailers outside.
14 years in business we have learned more about the inner workings of the USPS than I ever wanted to know. Most of the local folks, the ones we see, are busting their asses. Morale is often in the toilet. The District Offices and Headquarters are the most F'd up organization I've ever seen.
14 years in business we have learned more about the inner workings of the USPS than I ever wanted to know. Most of the local folks, the ones we see, are busting their asses. Morale is often in the toilet. The District Offices and Headquarters are the most F'd up organization I've ever seen.
JSH
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And that is why they are in the toilet. Lots of through put and negative profit.
Maybe the Pony Express needs to come back? Heck, that’s even “greener” than the electric vehicles.
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