USPS = Horrible Service

[Timm250]

Was expecting a package from Amazon last Friday. USPS was showing it out for delivery.

It started snowing here early Friday morning & knowing the track record of our mailman was only halfway expecting it to get delivered.

Sure enough no mail delivery on Friday even though we only had about 3-4" of snow during the day.

Friday night I get an email update saying delivery was attempted & a notice was left & to call to reschedule the delivery.

Saturday morning I call the post office & they sure we have your package but there was no mail delivery yesterday and you can come by & pick it up since there will be no mail deliveries today either. I told them no I won't be by to pick it up since I paid for it to be delivered to my house.

Saturday night I get another email that they attempped delivery & a notice was left.

Now by Saturday morning we did have about 6-8" of snow but the roads had been graded once & were passable.

We never get the mail until about 4pm and it finally showed up yesterday afternoon about 5 pm.

It has gotten to the point that if we get storms & heavy rain we don't get mail delivery.

Makes you wonder about what happened to the "rain, sleet, snow, or dark of night nothing stops the mail"

 

[Industrial Toys]

I know such things are annoying, but havn't we become just a little too spoiled? Instant gratification, or at the very least, next day!

 

[JFoy]

Ah, but you see, they did officially show that they officially tried to deliver the letter. Thus, it was a clever way to cover up the fact the carriers were in the back room playing cards.

 

[davesl708]

I know such things are annoying, but havn't we become just a little too spoiled? Instant gratification, or at the very least, next day!

Let the PO be late delivering your tax return and see if the IRS gives you a pass. Not a chance.

 

[Looking4new]

Ah, but you see, they did officially show that they officially tried to deliver the letter. Thus, it was a clever way to cover up the fact the carriers were in the back room playing cards.

Honestly as a former mailman, I can tell you that they WERE NOT in the back room playing cards. They were at the VFW hall getting pissed.

 

[Timm250]

I know such things are annoying, but havn't we become just a little too spoiled? Instant gratification, or at the very least, next day!

Not too sure where you are getting the "instant gratification" part.

I don't order very much from Amazon & I'm not a prime member. I actually paid about $10 for delivery and the option I chose was 5-7 day delivery.

Not too much "instant gratification" in that.

 

[Tomtint]

My local post office where I have my PO box is about the worst place to go. They typically have 2 people behind the counter who are so friggin slow, there is always a line out the door just to mail a package. Every customer that gets to the counter, it's like a social hour..bla bla bla.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Just that every one wants everything right away. People expect you to have your phone with you at all times and are annoyed when they can't contact you immediately. Sometimes I leave the phone in the truck for days, dead! Sorry, too bad.

Just ordered some stuff from China. About three to four weeks delivery. No big deal.

We don't even have Saturday Delivery here.

 

[Timm250]

My problem is that they flat out lied about the attempted delivery. It wouldn't have surprised me if they had returned it as undeliverable.

His entire route is less than 20 miles. I drove 50 miles to work in the snow & none of it is interstate. While coming home from work I saw at least 2 other carriers from the same PO delivering the mail.

 

[s219]

We had the same issue. I can understand delays due to weather and wouldn't fault them for that (some roads were impassable up until this morning), but the tracking said "delivery attempted, notice left with further instructions" when they clearly didn't attempt delivery -- we were home the whole time from Friday through Monday.