Rant on shipping

[newbury]

I usually don’t have anything bad to say about USPS.. BUT.. I have a customer that sent a pump out on Friday & the tracking number and eta said Monday for delivery..
Monday came and went w no pump delivered..
Now here it is Tuesday and there’s still no pump..
I asked the customer to double check his receipt..
He said his tracking showed it JUST LEFT the facility.!!!
He dropped it off on FRIDAY..
THATS some slack service.!!

That's DeJoy of the USPS.
DeJoy wants to eliminate the post office, and he might succeed.

 

[NoTrespassing]

Talked to my Dad last weekend. He related several issues he's had with his sub recently putting mail in the wrong boxes. The problem is if you reprimand them they will likely quit and you will have no sub at all. It's a sad state of affairs in most all industries today.

 

[JethroB]

USPS here is quite good. Small town and good longtime employees mostly. The postmaster told me yesterday her biggest hassle is new hires. Hiring is out of her hands. She doesn’t get to meet or interview candidates. They are hired upstream and show up at her door. Maybe.

 

[ultrarunner]

Growing up we had several letter carriers living in the neighborhood... working and retired.

I doubt a letter carrier could buy one the 1950's homes today on what they earn but evidently not a problem in the 50's and 60's.

 

[goeduck]

I needed to ship something yesterday and reused an Amazon Prime box I had saved. I took the previous shipping label off, taped it up well and took it to FedEx. They took one look at the box and where is said "Prime" on it and said they could not ship it. A second person behind the counter said they have rules against it. So I went to UPS and asked if they could ship it and they said it was not a problem and shipped it. A second person there looked it up and said that FedEx was allowed also. Crazy to not be able to reuse a box. Google searches indicate that it is allowed.

 

[newbury]

They took one look at the box and where is said "Prime" on it and said they could not ship it. A second person behind the counter said they have rules against it.

Obviously a site/management problem.

 

[Oaktree]

I needed to ship something yesterday and reused an Amazon Prime box I had saved. I took the previous shipping label off, taped it up well and took it to FedEx. They took one look at the box and where is said "Prime" on it and said they could not ship it. A second person behind the counter said they have rules against it. So I went to UPS and asked if they could ship it and they said it was not a problem and shipped it. A second person there looked it up and said that FedEx was allowed also. Crazy to not be able to reuse a box. Google searches indicate that it is allowed.

Wasn't there some sort of falling out between Fedex and Az a couple years ago? Looks like some managers took that a little too seriously.

 

[kenmbz]

Fedex just delivered a box with the top completely ripped off.
Looks like the Foam tube inside was put back in, so only lost the paperwork.
Notice the guy gingerly placed the box and ran off. But at least he left it by the door

 

[5030]

The overall quality of delivery employees is sinking to new lows.

 

[kenmbz]

My mailman and the UPS guy(s) we have are great.
Mailman will come up to the door if there is a package that won't fit in the mailbox.
Sometimes have a nice chat with either of them.
FedEx, had one good driver, the rest are random.