USPS Tracking Has Gone Too Far

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It’s fucked. Our office don’t even mention this stuff.
buddy sent me a priority (2-3) day package last week. Took 8 days. We have no Holliday help that we normally hire. The new postmaster general can suck my ass. My truck is packed to the gills daily.
it’s nuts. First year in forever I have not seen extra Holliday hires.
 
I ve had shit sent back to sender, just floated around, Fed ex lost a 1946 Harley seat and Im still trying to get an answer out of these people.
 
I have 2 amp builds I'm working on and I was shy of a few components I had 3 seperate orders from tube depot, 1 mouser order, 1 valvestorm, and 1 from amp parts direct. The first tube depot order at the first of the month just showed up yesterday the other 2 placed two weeks later arrived in 3-6 days. The 1 thing I need most is a PT from amp parts direct and it has been sitting in my city since the 11th. Literally 10 minutes away from my house. I could walk there and pick it up and back in an hour. Its really screwed right now
 
It’s Christmas. I never use USPS, but walked into my local UPS the other day and they have so much unsorted mail that packages have completely filled the back area and taken over half of the front lobby. Between Covid and Christmas, the mail system is struggling right now. The dudes in there were visibly distraught.
 
Being frustrated is certainly understandable, but to shit on USPS is just an asshole move at this point.

These people are already dumped on this time of year every year. Normally, they would brace for it, prepare and things would generally go smoothly.

This year, with the debacle that happened with USPS over the summer (not going into politics) on top of many staff members coming down with Covid, AND Fedex and UPS denying large customers the option to ship with them over the holidays so they don't get bogged down and suffer delays, USPS has had a massive workload dropped on them with a massively reduced staff and reduced funding all at the same time.

Just saying, I had a package delayed a couple weeks back. I googled, and found all this info in one click. It's not hard to figure out what's going on when we have all the info at our fingertips these days, so maybe do a little reading and don't lash out at the wrong people is all I'm seeing.

Jeff, thanks for hanging in there, man. I do not envy you one bit right now. Hope the Holidays don't crush you.
 
I think it’s hard for the UPPERS to hire when they Are fully staffed. But half the office is out with covid stuff. This was never a problem. Got mail handlers died in detroit. Everyone been exposed. Really a new ground breaking. All I know is people in my city been getting hammered. 80 hour work weeks. Norm.
 
My wife sent a package to CA from Boston a week ago...last we tracked it, it was in Puerto Rico... I wasn't aware it NEEDED to go there before it could get to cali.
 
Dude. I’m just as lost in this as the next guy. And I work here. Lol
I know a buddy of mine from fed ex lives in Utah. Was sent here to Michigan. To deliver parcels.
signs posted all by the time clock. Chicago needs workers and USPS will pay Michigan workers to go?? Me and my co workers are shaking heads.
we can’t get our stuff delivered!!
This covid has really fucked up jobs that you have to have face to face daily.
 
Six Stringer said:
I know everyone and everything is blaming the pandemic for any and all problems. The USPS is no different. I've had Priority packages take 8 days when a ground shipment would arrive in 2 days. So I have a First Class package take 7 days to move 150 miles. I keep tracking it daily in hopes of it getting closer. Now they have removed the expected delivery date and have kindof given me an anticpated arrival window . . .

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I paid 230 dollars to express ship a decent size box to relatives. It sat at the local distribution office for 7 days and ultimately got there yesterday after being shipped on the 7th. So yes, 15 days for an express shipment. I’m seeing about getting a refund to reflect a lower class of service.
 
Jeff Hilligan said:
Any of you add 6 times the work your used to and tell me all your due dates would stay the same? I ordered guitar wood 11-23 got it 12-18. Late yup...but I got it.
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I was told that OT for you was cut; plus more routes forced on carriers. Postmasters orders.
Not much you can do esp when you aren’t getting paid ot, plus having to do more than you’re used to? + Covid? Ridiculous. Obviously things are going to be late esp during this time of year. USPS had their Achilles cut right before the silly season....you can thank the powers in charge for that.
This came from our regular mail carrier. We are still waiting for packages that should have arrived 3 weeks ago..
 
I agree...I go to the post office all the time cuz I sell records. But I know the post office clerks fairly well, and I get along with all of them. I sent a 2-3 day priority flat rate, 2 actually, and one took 8 business days, the other 5 business days. I haven't bitched, but why am I/or shall I say buyers paying priority rates and the postal service isn't holding up on their contract?
 
I work contingency for FedEx, which means my team and I go into places that are on fire, get a staff in place, run routes, teach new guys etc.

The Oak Park terminal in Detroit was failing miserably, we got offered huge $ to go and help out. While there, Toledo needed help as well. It’s about an hour south of Detroit and was even worse than Oak Park. We were delivering stuff there that was delayed over a month, people were so glad to see us it was crazy, they thought all their stuff was lost.

Took two straight months of 6-7 days a week but we got it done.

We usually get a break after January or whatever, but it never happened this year; right after we got last Christmas cleaned up Covid hit and it was go time right up until now. The package delivery industry has never seen anything like this, and they straight up can’t hire enough people to deal with it.

I have friends that work for UPS and those guys have it so bad man; they walk into a badly loaded truck with upwards of 250-300 stops a day, and they’re out 14-16 hours a day, 6 days a week. They make $ but every one I know is just straight divorced. It’s gotten so much worse for them in the last year I can’t believe it.
 
LP Freak said:
Have you ever tracked your package and watch the route it takes? It will go from one end of the earth to the other, passing your house 5 times. No wonder they‘re broke
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Right now packages are being routed anywhere. Better to keep the sewer moving rather than let it get plugged. Again we are seeing a 43% increase over last year. Just do that math!
 
Jeff Hilligan said:
Right now packages are being routed anywhere. Better to keep the sewer moving rather than let it get plugged. Again we are seeing a 43% increase over last year. Just do that math!
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This is a common practice and has nothing to do with what’s going on right now. My plumbing to the septic tank isn’t routed throughout the neighborhood before it goes into my backyard.
 
Wow, I'm shocked. I can't believe the USPS isn't performing well after Trump put De Joy in charge of it specifically to knee-cap its ability to deliver mail-in ballots (along with the rest of our packages) this year.

BTW I don't even consider this a political post at this point, just "known, provable fact."

LP Freak said:
Have you ever tracked your package and watch the route it takes? It will go from one end of the earth to the other, passing your house 5 times. No wonder they‘re broke
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The USPS is "broke" because in an effort to have it privatized, Republicans forced a bill in 2006 making the USPS pay 75 years worth of employee benefits in advance over a 10 year time frame, a financial burden no other government service has had to come close to bearing before or since, to paint the picture that it was "losing money" and "needed" to be turned over to private entities. Before that, they were absolutely profitable. However, the goal was never for it to be profitable in the first place. It's a utility.


At any rate, I don't think it's fair to blame most carriers for late packages this year during a global pandemic, where there's been such an astronomical influx of product for them to handle.
 
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I'm fortunate that my next door neighbor is a UPS employee. UPS left a note on our main entrance that "We" will have to
come to the hub to pick up our packages and he saw it. Without hesitation he grabbed mine and everybody else's packages for us and brought them
to where they belong. I totally get it and I've never liked shipping anything this time of year. Too much breakage as the hired freight throwers take their job literally and actually throw the freight..lol! not funny but...you know
 
TheGreatGreen said:
Wow, I'm shocked. I can't believe the USPS isn't performing well after Trump put De Joy in charge of it specifically to knee-cap its ability to deliver mail-in ballots (along with the rest of our packages) this year.

BTW I don't even consider this a political post at this point, just "known, provable fact."



The USPS is "broke" because in an effort to have it privatized, Republicans forced a bill in 2006 making the USPS pay 75 years worth of employee benefits in advance over a 10 year time frame, a financial burden no other government service has had to come close to bearing before or since, to paint the picture that it was "losing money" and "needed" to be turned over to private entities. Before that, they were absolutely profitable. However, the goal was never for it to be profitable in the first place. It's a utility.


At any rate, I don't think it's fair to blame most carriers for late packages this year during a global pandemic, where there's been such an astronomical influx of product for them to handle.
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this times a MILLION!!
Awesome post speaks the truth!!
 
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