USPS = Horrible Service

[drajj5]

Now, I three work for the dreaded POS USPS. I am the spouse of drajj5. I am a carrier and I deliver mail in a postal LLV. And have done so for 11 years. I have seen it all and then some. There are awesome mail carriers and yes, there are those who don't care and are just there to get a paycheck and do the bare minimum. But you cannot lump us all into one category together. Remember some us busted our butt, literally, these last few days to deliver during the snow and ice storms. The USPS does not have 4WD or front WD postal vehicles. They do not provided chains, in most places. Depending on where you live, depends on if the roads are scrapped and salted. I personally saw where the main roads were not salted or scraped the day of the first storm and did not get any salt the second day. If you cannot personally get out of your own driveway, how do you expect us to get in? If you cannot personally drive to town, how do you expect us to drive to you? Consider these factors when you are bashing a mail delivery person that does not have 4WD to get to you. Also, consider that you are placing the importance of your mail over the importance of someone else's life. I know that I personally went out and delivered through this. Because of the ice and lack of chains and no 4WD, I was only able to reach about 400 of the 600 boxes on my route. I know my people and they know me. They will even call the USPS at 8am and tell the supervisor it is too bad for me to drive past their house. But that doesn't matter. I am still required to go out and physically drive and slide off the road to prove that the road is unsafe for delivery. Depending on where you live, changes what is drivable and what is not. Put your butt in the driver's seat and go out on the backroads that have not been treated and do not use 4WD and do not use chains and stop and go on hills and curves about 600 times and see how long before you are off road. I am sorry that something you ordered online in the safety of your home was not able to be delivered to your home on the day you wanted. But if it was that important you should have drove to the store and bought it. The USPS is changing to keep up with the demand of the electronic/digital world we now live in. However, it is not up to date and accurate and needs a lot more work. When a package comes in that we cannot deliver to, we have to scan an attempt to stop the timer on the package. Does that mean we physically made it to your driveway, no. But, there is not an option to scan the package that has a weather related problem. The post office is continuing to learn about what they need for "our scanning" of packages and will or will not update when they do or don't get around to it. When I go to Longhorns and have a crappy meal or a crappy server, I do not start name calling and bashing everyone that work at that Longhorns. Nor do I start threads complaining about every Longhorns in the world because of that "ONE" person. Some people need to learn patience, humility, forgiveness and gratitude. Some people think that they are the only people in the world and everyone and everthing needs to revolve around them and what they want. Some people need to grow up. "Don't judge a book by it's cover...Can't see the forest for the trees...It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch...." Remember, some of us are trying and do take our job serious and do everything by the book and attempt to deliver in unsafe roads conditions, with no acknowledgement and no compensation/bonuses and lots of BS from the "higher ups" and ignorance of threads like this. Of all the people complaining on this thread, how many of you were actually out driving in these conditions with a vehicle that is only 2WD, no chains and no front/4WD? Did you personally have to stop at 600 destinations? If you weren't personally there and do not have the full story of all sides involved, how can you really bash a person when you have "not walked a mile in their shoes", literally? If you have a crappy mail person on a sunny, beautiful dry day. You are gonna have a worse carrier on the rainy, snowy, icey days. If it really is a problem, then you need to call their manager. If you get no resolution. Then you keep going higher up until it is resolved. But never do you place more priority of an object you ordered over the importance of a person and their life. THE CRAPPY LAZY USPS MAIL CARRIER WIFE OF DRAJJ5

 

[doctinker]

Wow..

 

[Timm250]

Kentucky Mailman Jailed for Hoarding Junk Mail in Dead Mom's House - ABC News

 

[japody]

I think the USPS is on it's way to becoming the next VA type scandal. The way the executives give themselves bonuses.
I remember one year the Postal Inspectors found several trailers of mail in the facilities parking lot that was 9 months old. The big shots gave the managers responsible bonuses, saying it would encourage them to do better next year.

Really?? Can you give us specifics as to where and when this happened or is it something you "heard"?

 

[japody]

Now, I three work for the dreaded POS USPS. I am the spouse of drajj5. I am a carrier and I deliver mail in a postal LLV. And have done so for 11 years. I have seen it all and then some. There are awesome mail carriers and yes, there are those who don't care and are just there to get a paycheck and do the bare minimum. But you cannot lump us all into one category together. Remember some us busted our butt, literally, these last few days to deliver during the snow and ice storms. The USPS does not have 4WD or front WD postal vehicles. They do not provided chains, in most places. Depending on where you live, depends on if the roads are scrapped and salted. I personally saw where the main roads were not salted or scraped the day of the first storm and did not get any salt the second day. If you cannot personally get out of your own driveway, how do you expect us to get in? If you cannot personally drive to town, how do you expect us to drive to you? Consider these factors when you are bashing a mail delivery person that does not have 4WD to get to you. Also, consider that you are placing the importance of your mail over the importance of someone else's life. I know that I personally went out and delivered through this. Because of the ice and lack of chains and no 4WD, I was only able to reach about 400 of the 600 boxes on my route. I know my people and they know me. They will even call the USPS at 8am and tell the supervisor it is too bad for me to drive past their house. But that doesn't matter. I am still required to go out and physically drive and slide off the road to prove that the road is unsafe for delivery. Depending on where you live, changes what is drivable and what is not. Put your butt in the driver's seat and go out on the backroads that have not been treated and do not use 4WD and do not use chains and stop and go on hills and curves about 600 times and see how long before you are off road. I am sorry that something you ordered online in the safety of your home was not able to be delivered to your home on the day you wanted. But if it was that important you should have drove to the store and bought it. The USPS is changing to keep up with the demand of the electronic/digital world we now live in. However, it is not up to date and accurate and needs a lot more work. When a package comes in that we cannot deliver to, we have to scan an attempt to stop the timer on the package. Does that mean we physically made it to your driveway, no. But, there is not an option to scan the package that has a weather related problem. The post office is continuing to learn about what they need for "our scanning" of packages and will or will not update when they do or don't get around to it. When I go to Longhorns and have a crappy meal or a crappy server, I do not start name calling and bashing everyone that work at that Longhorns. Nor do I start threads complaining about every Longhorns in the world because of that "ONE" person. Some people need to learn patience, humility, forgiveness and gratitude. Some people think that they are the only people in the world and everyone and everthing needs to revolve around them and what they want. Some people need to grow up. "Don't judge a book by it's cover...Can't see the forest for the trees...It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch...." Remember, some of us are trying and do take our job serious and do everything by the book and attempt to deliver in unsafe roads conditions, with no acknowledgement and no compensation/bonuses and lots of BS from the "higher ups" and ignorance of threads like this. Of all the people complaining on this thread, how many of you were actually out driving in these conditions with a vehicle that is only 2WD, no chains and no front/4WD? Did you personally have to stop at 600 destinations? If you weren't personally there and do not have the full story of all sides involved, how can you really bash a person when you have "not walked a mile in their shoes", literally? If you have a crappy mail person on a sunny, beautiful dry day. You are gonna have a worse carrier on the rainy, snowy, icey days. If it really is a problem, then you need to call their manager. If you get no resolution. Then you keep going higher up until it is resolved. But never do you place more priority of an object you ordered over the importance of a person and their life. THE CRAPPY LAZY USPS MAIL CARRIER WIFE OF DRAJJ5

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[ch1ch2]

Now, I three work for the dreaded POS USPS. I am the spouse of drajj5. I am a carrier and I deliver mail in a postal LLV. And have done so for 11 years. I have seen it all and then some. There are awesome mail carriers and yes, there are those who don't care and are just there to get a paycheck and do the bare minimum. But you cannot lump us all into one category together. Remember some us busted our butt, literally, these last few days to deliver during the snow and ice storms. The USPS does not have 4WD or front WD postal vehicles. They do not provided chains, in most places. Depending on where you live, depends on if the roads are scrapped and salted. I personally saw where the main roads were not salted or scraped the day of the first storm and did not get any salt the second day. If you cannot personally get out of your own driveway, how do you expect us to get in? If you cannot personally drive to town, how do you expect us to drive to you? Consider these factors when you are bashing a mail delivery person that does not have 4WD to get to you. Also, consider that you are placing the importance of your mail over the importance of someone else's life. I know that I personally went out and delivered through this. Because of the ice and lack of chains and no 4WD, I was only able to reach about 400 of the 600 boxes on my route. I know my people and they know me. They will even call the USPS at 8am and tell the supervisor it is too bad for me to drive past their house. But that doesn't matter. I am still required to go out and physically drive and slide off the road to prove that the road is unsafe for delivery. Depending on where you live, changes what is drivable and what is not. Put your butt in the driver's seat and go out on the backroads that have not been treated and do not use 4WD and do not use chains and stop and go on hills and curves about 600 times and see how long before you are off road. I am sorry that something you ordered online in the safety of your home was not able to be delivered to your home on the day you wanted. But if it was that important you should have drove to the store and bought it. The USPS is changing to keep up with the demand of the electronic/digital world we now live in. However, it is not up to date and accurate and needs a lot more work. When a package comes in that we cannot deliver to, we have to scan an attempt to stop the timer on the package. Does that mean we physically made it to your driveway, no. But, there is not an option to scan the package that has a weather related problem. The post office is continuing to learn about what they need for "our scanning" of packages and will or will not update when they do or don't get around to it. When I go to Longhorns and have a crappy meal or a crappy server, I do not start name calling and bashing everyone that work at that Longhorns. Nor do I start threads complaining about every Longhorns in the world because of that "ONE" person. Some people need to learn patience, humility, forgiveness and gratitude. Some people think that they are the only people in the world and everyone and everthing needs to revolve around them and what they want. Some people need to grow up. "Don't judge a book by it's cover...Can't see the forest for the trees...It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch...." Remember, some of us are trying and do take our job serious and do everything by the book and attempt to deliver in unsafe roads conditions, with no acknowledgement and no compensation/bonuses and lots of BS from the "higher ups" and ignorance of threads like this. Of all the people complaining on this thread, how many of you were actually out driving in these conditions with a vehicle that is only 2WD, no chains and no front/4WD? Did you personally have to stop at 600 destinations? If you weren't personally there and do not have the full story of all sides involved, how can you really bash a person when you have "not walked a mile in their shoes", literally? If you have a crappy mail person on a sunny, beautiful dry day. You are gonna have a worse carrier on the rainy, snowy, icey days. If it really is a problem, then you need to call their manager. If you get no resolution. Then you keep going higher up until it is resolved. But never do you place more priority of an object you ordered over the importance of a person and their life. THE CRAPPY LAZY USPS MAIL CARRIER WIFE OF DRAJJ5

Sorry you took it personally.
I was a clerk, I was in maintenance, I was in several levels of the union, I was in several levels of management. I saw lots of good craft employees. I saw a few good management employees. I saw many many times were employees were encouraged to lie. Over all, I would say the USPS is a very poorly run operation! The lies are what bothered me the most. I have an ethic of do not lie cheat or steal and do not tolerate it around me.

You sound like a good person and a good employee. Keep up the good work.

 

[MMagis]

All this because something was a day or two late.

 

[jlgurr]

All this because something was a day or two late.

I read more than that in his OP. There was clear evidence of falsifying delivery attempts. Late or not, that's plain LYING.

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[LD1]

Dont know how USPS works, but maybe they didnt have an option in the computer to select "couldnt deliver bad weather" or something.

And even if they did, maybe the guy just checked the wrong thing? Its not like the outcome would be any different or mean anything. The point is, for whatever reason (which is irrelevant) the package wasnt delivered. And if you would like to pick it up.....here is how to do it. Which is one thing I do like about USPS. If for whatever reason the package dont get delivered (signature needed and Im not home, bad weather, etc) I can always run 5 minutes into town and grab it if I need it ASAP. Not that simple with UPS or FedEx

I actually like our USPS carrier. Back in december, we were getting lots of packages for christmas presents for the kids. Alot of them werent in typical unmarked packaging boxes. Rather the box with all the pictures of the toy on it and a shipping label. If she saw my car down at the shop working (separate drive), she would stop down there and drop them off rather than set them on the front porch where the kids might see them when they got home.:thumbsup: THATS good service IMO

 

[Soundguy]

Wow..

Yeah.. wow.

there is no snow in florida and USPS sucks.... can't wait to see the excuse for that one. uh.. sun was in my eyes or something...

It's not a life or death strugle to get mail out on time.. or heck.. just keep from loosing it.

last priority letter I sent out, just across state lines from florida to georgia. they lost it between jacksonville and atlanta ... took 14 days to arrive, and from days 2-13, it was completely lost and nobody knew where it was.

I could have DRIVEN the letter to the person, then been home the same evening...

Sure, not all are bad.. but the bad ones make the good ones look bad. if I was a good one, I'd be looking to get the bad ones out of the system.

Like 2 people in a rowboat. If your partner sucks and is lazy, your TEAM is going to lose the race AND move in circles...