USPS should be abolished and everyone who works there needs to be fired.

[sbi]

Probably the most useless organization in the country.

Package mailed from FL to Greenville SC area.
Arrived at the Greenville Distribution center Thursday January 9 at 8:46 am.
Instead of being transferred to my local post office for delivery which is about 8 miles southeast, the package was sent 80 miles northwest to Gastonia NC, arriving there at 4:28 pm.
It is then keeps going east to Charlotte's distribution center, arriving there at 6 pm.
The package is then sent to Greenville SC, arriving there 2.5 hours later.
Then the dickheads at the Greenville USPS distribution center send it back to Gastonia.....

 

[murphcc1]

Ive had stuff from UPS come from CA and hit Providence, then Maine, then NH, then Springfield Ma, then back to Providence then to Boston, then to Yarmouth to me on the CAPE.
So, It's NOT just USPS

 

[Reptile]

This sort of this happens all the time.

Packages get mis-sorted.

Just be glad you can track it.

 

[SS1]

Amazon does this all the time
Package leaves then goes out leaves facility only to go back to the same facility

 

[Sf Becket]

This sort of this happens all the time.

Packages get mis-sorted.

Just be glad you can track it.

Yup nothing new here….. I watch stuff I order get transferred back and forth all over the place

 

[MaxStravinsky]

Still not as bad as FedEx.

 

[Reptile]

Be thankful for the post office.

You can pick up missed deliveries at the local post office.

A missed UPS or FedEx delivery and you’ll have to go to a hub or access point.

As long as you use lots of tape it’s pretty secure as well.

 

[Golddiggie]

How many threads does this make about the USPS being a festival of fail now??

IME getting UPS or FedEx to do another delivery attempt is pretty straight forward and easy. Not so with USPS. Also, not all items get taken to your local USPS location for you to pick up after they failed to deliver, for whatever reason they decided upon that day.

 

[MisterHappy]

Did it get to its destination?

It's over the weekend. If it arrives Monday, I'd say it's a nothingburger of a rant.

As long as it's delivered in acceptable condition, they have done their job.

 

[citoriguy]

This happens all the time. Perhaps DOGE can figure something out?? In like, 2 minutes???

 

[LittleCalm]

When someone advocates for nationalized healthcare, I always point them to the govt’s operation of USPS. Think about the govt running healthcare the way they run USPS. Good grief. Private sector has its problems, but govt does just about everything worse.

 

[Golddiggie]

When someone advocates for nationalized healthcare, I always point them to the govt’s operation of USPS. Think about the govt running healthcare the way they run USPS. Good grief. Private sector has its problems, but govt does just about everything worse.

You'd be assigned to a doctor ten states away if the gov too over healthcare.

 

[Agnotology]

Are you going to get the package within the time frame they indicated, even with delays?

 

[jakeroub]

My brother had a DHL package go from somewhere in western part of the US to Germany, then back to the US, to be delivered in MA. I thought that was pretty wild.

 

[MaroonedinMA]

I think the problem is largely with management. They seem to be chronically understaffed and if someone goes on vacation, no mail til they get back.

 

[SpeedwayMike]

When someone advocates for nationalized healthcare, I always point them to the govt’s operation of USPS. Think about the govt running healthcare the way they run USPS. Good grief. Private sector has its problems, but govt does just about everything worse.

(buzzer sound) what is the VA?

 

[greencobra]

yeah....tragic

 

[rogersmithiii]

When someone advocates for nationalized healthcare, I always point them to the govt’s operation of USPS. Think about the govt running healthcare the way they run USPS. Good grief. Private sector has its problems, but govt does just about everything worse.

Our local post office is excellent.

 

[Uzi2]

There has been bad weather in much of the country for the past two weeks. Relax, it will get there.

From their site:

Winter Storms Blair and Cora impacting delivery​

Heavy snow, freezing rain, icy conditions, and severe weather events in the Central Plains through the Mid-Atlantic (New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, Colorado, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Washington DC, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Connecticut) may impact the processing, transportation, and delivery of mail and packages.

This includes delays with our Air Network suppliers which ultimately impact timely delivery into our USPS network. We are closely monitoring the situation within our own USPS network and that of our Air Network suppliers.

Air Network Supplier Service Alert Links:

• UPS - https://www.ups.com/us/en/service-alerts.page
• FedEx - https://www.fedex.com/en-us/service-alerts.html

Please allow additional time for final delivery of your item.

 

[mothybee]

I worked for a mail carrier in the 70's. Then, it was all about 1st class. If they needed a trailer go east, they'd pull 1st off going west, put 1st on going east and send it. I've seen the same trailer going back and forth for 4 weeks without a single package taken off. Everything on schedule. Your government at work.

 

[BigAl23]

I know what you see BUT, most of those are not actual scans. They are Auto-Generated. Look at the scan that says arrived Greenville at 8:33 pm on the 9th and Departed Gastonia at 11:19 pm same day. Impossible! It's 4 1/2 hrs from Greenville to Gastonia. They are auto generated scans and it sucks because it gives the USPS a bad impression. Ask me how I know

 

[Christian]

Wasn't there a 1st world problem thread somewhere?

It happens to everyone. Last time for me I was to receive a package on a Monday. While at work Friday morning I get a text saying it'll be delivered in a few hours(UPS). So I bail halfway through the day because I don't want a $580 item sitting on the steps for 5-6 hours. I get home and after about an hour I get another text saying it'll be delivered on Monday.

Wasted half a day of PTO for nothing.

 

[HARRYM]

Over 9 Billion a year in Taxpayer Money bailouts, over 100 Billion in debt. All for an outdated system that can be easily absorbed by private industry. The insane thing is 62% OF USPS "business" is junk mail so the Taxpayers are funding the Junk Mail business that we toss in the trash every day.

 

[BigAl23]

BTW, all the mail that travels by road is all sub contracted. All private trucking firms. A lot of the force is now long term temporary employees also. It's sad.

 

[BigAl23]

Wasn't there a 1st world problem thread somewhere?

It happens to everyone. Last time for me I was to receive a package on a Monday. While at work Friday morning I get a text saying it'll be delivered in a few hours(UPS). So I bail halfway through the day because I don't want a $580 item sitting on the steps for 5-6 hours. I get home and after about an hour I get another text saying it'll be delivered on Monday.

Wasted half a day of PTO for nothing.

As I said above, Auto Generated text

 

[Snora]

As I said above, Auto Generated text

The web based tracking is a blessing and curse. In the before times OP would have received his package and not needed to bitch about it on the internet. 99% of packages get delivered in a timely manner without incident but when an exception happens people act like it's the end of the world.

 

[buckhunter]

Probably the most useless organization in the country.

Package mailed from FL to Greenville SC area.
Arrived at the Greenville Distribution center Thursday January 9 at 8:46 am.
Instead of being transferred to my local post office for delivery which is about 8 miles southeast, the package was sent 80 miles northwest to Gastonia NC, arriving there at 4:28 pm.
It is then keeps going east to Charlotte's distribution center, arriving there at 6 pm.
The package is then sent to Greenville SC, arriving there 2.5 hours later.
Then the dickheads at the Greenville USPS distribution center send it back to Gastonia.....


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[LittleCalm]

Our local post office is excellent.

So is mine. My point is that as a whole it’s not run as an efficient and profitable business. If you or I ran a business this way, we would not have our job very long.

 

[Bt74]

My brother had a DHL package go from somewhere in western part of the US to Germany, then back to the US, to be delivered in MA. I thought that was pretty wild.

DHL will park a package for a week. But, I've had 1000 rounds of 9MM left at the end of my 500' driveway on a busy road, ...TWICE in one week, by UPS!

 

[AJK129]

BTW, all the mail that travels by road is all sub contracted. All private trucking firms. A lot of the force is now long term temporary employees also. It's sad.

Subcontracted pre sort, and sub contracted trucks. Its a delivery driver short of just having it private