Question about the post office

[rickm]

It was back at the end of Jan the package was finally delivered it just took over 3 weeks to get there

 

[Pstmstr]

It was back at the end of Jan the package was finally delivered it just took over 3 weeks to get there

So not that recent...... PM me any other problems if you have them. I'm told Tulsa plant is firing on all cylinders now. I remain skeptical.

 

[wawazat]

Normally our USPS stuff is ok here in Piedmont. Some of the handoff stuff is a day or two off. Lately our big issue is that we havent received mail all week due to road construction between us and the intersection. The mailman would have to circle around and come down our mile from the North but prefers to just mark stuff either inaccessible or delivered without ever coming down our road. I will probably go by the post office tomorrow and see if they can just leave our stuff there until the road is open and I will go pick it up every few days.

 

[Pstmstr]

Normally our USPS stuff is ok here in Piedmont. Some of the handoff stuff is a day or two off. Lately our big issue is that we havent received mail all week due to road construction between us and the intersection. The mailman would have to circle around and come down our mile from the North but prefers to just mark stuff either inaccessible or delivered without ever coming down our road. I will probably go by the post office tomorrow and see if they can just leave our stuff there until the road is open and I will go pick it up every few days.

Your Postmaster could and should approve a temporary deviation for the carrier to serve your box. The carrier gets paid additional mileage allowance if they are driving their own vehicle and an extra hour of pay for every 12 miles of deviation from their normal route. It is not up to the carrier just to decide not to deviate.

 

[MacFromOK]

I may be the odd man out, but I've had better luck over the years with USPS than UPS or FedEx, both with less package damage and timely deliveries.

 

[1shott]

While I shouldn't bother with some of you guys piling on the USPS me too movement I will make the same offer I usually do. Send me a PM with tracking number and I'll see if I can offer any insight.
Now I'll try to explain what I know from talking to people who still work there. When the new PMG took over a lot of changes were made. I'll give you a quick example. When I was plant manager in OKC we would sometimes have machines go down and cause some mail to be processed late. I had to decide to hold the trucks or dispatch what we had and keep the rest until the next day. One of the new rules is trucks run on time with our without the mail. A stupid arbitrary requirement that results in late mail sometimes. Other asinine rules have been placed into effect that are as bad or worse.
Since Covid people have been staying home and ordering more online stuff than ever. Record package volumes are a result. Covid has also had a major impact on employee scheduling. John Doe tests positive and he's out for however long. You get the picture. There has also been a big relaxation of accountability. Instead of expecting employees to show up on time and work it's more about how they feel about their job today. This trend started before I left which is part of the reason I retired 3 days after I became eligible. It's more like a daycare center for adults as it is in a lot of places now.
USPS goes to every delivery point 6 days a week. Companies like UPS have contracted with them to deliver "the last mile". The problem is the tracking when the mail is handed off. I could go more into this but most of you wouldn't know or care what the explanation is. We all want our stuff on time. I'm as bad as anyone else anticipating the arrival of some new thing I've ordered. Usually I get it, open it, get that rush of having a new thing, and then might actually use it in the next week or 2.
I've got great news though! They are hiring so if some of you guys want to show them how it's done step on up.
I agree they have some problems and if they would hire me back as a consultant I could fix them all, or so I think. Meanwhile I'll just sit here by the window and watch for my lazy late mail carrier to bring me stuff.

The part in bold, buddy its everywhere. I swear we are a daycare for supposedly grown adults. Try holding them accountable, off to corporate they go crying cause they have hurt feels.

Pass on the applying part, I have 7 years to go until I call things done, I do not plan on starting a 3rd job if I can help it. Hell the way things are going I doubt things are going to hold up much longer anyway.

 

[1shott]

Since the holiday rush died down, things have improved a lot, now if only I can get suppliers to start sending me shingles, lumber, nailers and such again, things are drying up fast.

 

[Pstmstr]

Now I know why the mail was never on time and cost way to much and is going broke asking for bailouts for the pension plan, like me some fed-ex ups delivery so much mo.

If you know as much about USPS as you do about grammar it’s not “too” much. You’re one of those new OSA members that make such valuable contributions to the forum. [emoji90]


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[Retired]

If you know as much about USPS as you do about grammar it’s not “too” much. You’re one of those new OSA members that make such valuable contributions to the forum. [emoji90]
So grammer lessons and a stamp, wow only in america.

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[bigred1]

I'm a regular at the post office...no problems.
(Knock on wood)