The USPS Sucks
Yeah, they suck BAD. My mailman is a jerk, too.
I’ve filed yet another complaint. So, aside from the complaint I just filed, my complaints include theft of property (believe it or not, he stole my beatup and battered US flag that was rusted into the mount– I complained, and the next day it was back, rolled up neatly, on the side of my house), harrassing my pets (knocking on the glass to make my cat run from the door– we saw it from the kitchen), and improper delivery procedures (received first and last notice on Jan 16th to pickup Christmas gift containing food items sent on Dec 5). He makes us go to the post office for every single priority mail package we get– no matter how small.
I’m sick of these jerks. I’m about ready to remove my mailbox from my door and put in a forwarding to my post office box.
Check out what these pricks did to my 8×10 prints:
@USPS Worker
…Eat a d!@k, a!@#$%e
I’ve had the complete opposite reaction with USPS at least here in San Francisco. We send out huge bulk via USPS and FedEX. We’ve never had a negative experience with USPS, the packages are always delivered earlier then expected and undamanged. This is the same with FedEX. USPS is cheap too so you can’t really complain.
UPS (United Parcel Service [Big Brown]) is horrible. I don’t think we’ve ever gotten a package that hasn’t been so beat up it looks like a wild animal used it as its toy. The packages are always crushed and the guy left a $600 phone between the door? wtF?
Hey Mike,
I like your choice of words. “Enjoys a federally legislated monopoly” ?? Sounds very enjoyeable!
Where did you google that one? Do these other private companies put away over 5 billion a year in a trust fund for the government to use for civil service retirees? I didn’t think so.
Private industries raise their prices as they see fit. USPS has to go thru alot of red tape just to get approval to raise the price a few pennies, yet the government does not fund the USPS and has not funded the USPS since the early 1970’s. Do you really believe there would be a private industry that would deliver mail door to door, every single address in the USA at the price of 44 cents a letter? Are you kidding me? They would go broke!
I am sure you are much smarter than I, but I was merely stating that the negativity of people is very contagious and it is too bad that you decided to have a blog that feeds into that. You still did not answer any of the questions in my above post, which I believe may bring some positive to your blog – but then again – it is YOUR BLOG MIKE!
Our mailman is awful. We used to have a mailman named Mike who was sweet and amicable and always cheerful and would stop for a few seconds to ask you how you were. Our mail was always delivered by the afternoon and always in perfect condition. AND he would go out of his way all of the time for everyone on the block. He retired a few years ago and after going through a string of unremarkable mailmen, we’ve finally been stuck with the biggest jerk in history. Our mail never gets to our box before six pm, at the earliest. Insult to injury, though, he parks his little mail truck on the corner around three and sits and reads the paper and snacks. Then, when he finally does deliver the mail, he does a disgustingly terrible job of it. I’ve seen him on more than one occasion THROW packages. We live in an older part of L.A. with a lot of turn-of-the-century houses, so most of them are built on a higher level than the sidewalk, with one or more flights of cement stairs up to the house. All of the houses have fences and gates. Our house has two flights of stairs to the door with a landing between. I stood at the window and watched him fling a package from the sidewalk over the gate and up to the second flight of (CEMENT) stairs, where it hit, bounced off, and rolled over the concrete landing and into the dirt/grass. He walked off. The package turned out to be my elderly aunt’s diabetes supplies, of which, luckily, only a syringe was damaged. It doesn’t stop there, though. I’ve found my mail in puddles of water on the sidewalk that I can only assume he made no effort at even putting into the mailbox. My neighbors have had cell phones, digital cameras, and ipods damaged from his fling-happy throwing method. We’ve complained about him, and yet he’s still our mailman. And he does harass our dog. She’s old and fat and mostly lays in the grass in our yard, rarely paying attention to passers by, and still he harasses and attempts to scare her. I hate our mailman.
Perhaps it would be more on the mark to say the USPS stinks at package delivery? I’ve had two packages lost in the past 8 months. The last of which was a $2700 saddle-delivered to the wrong house, no less. I was beyond angry. I was disgusted. After speaking with three different supervisors, I got the distinct impression that there is not much in the manner of accountability for their carriers. I like the fact that UPS logs the GPS coordinates of where a packaged is delivered once the little digital tablet is signed. All the post office could do was shrug their shoulders. Of course the carrier had no recollection of where she delivered a massive box just the week before. I agree with ladydi in that that the USPS provides a vital service to our country, but there is much, much room for improvement. As in many cases, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to understand such strong negative feelings that many people may harbor unless you’ve been at the receiving end of such a gross, irresponsible failure.
And no, the recipient of my lovely Bates Caprilli did not return my package.
I’ve had good and bad experiences with the USPS, it seems to depend on the postal carrier that services the house. I think the USPS needs to hirer a consulting firm to reorganize their system, especially were parcel services are concerned. There a are a lot of simple things they could do be more competitive with UPS and FedEx such as more automated machines, larger collection depositories for boxes. This alone would probably get rid of the line going out the door at most offices. There usually seems to be a long line to see a live person during business hours. The one automated machine often has a line because there is only one and the person using it at the front reads every screen as if it were a life and death decision. To complicate the matter, the collection bin for boxes dropped of after hours is only 12″ wide and often full, WTF. Now one has bought postage and has to spend more fuel and time to come back later just to drop it off.
You know, USPS SUCKS REALLY REALLY BAD! Just because they think they’re part of the government, they do what ever the hell they please. I’ve been waiting for my package to arrive almost a month, and it was supposed to be delivered within 2 days? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!? I PAID FOR NEXT DAY DELIVERY AND ITS BEEN 3 FAWKING WEEKS!