USPS why you so bad at shipping?

"You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much" (youcantellafinn) 02/09/2015 at 14:37 • Filed to: None

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You've been doing it almost since the United States were founded, how can you still be so bad at it? My wife ordered two things. Item 2 shipped the day after Item 1. According to tracking info Item 2 is in the mailbox and Item 1 is in Wisconsin. Both items were in St. Cloud MN this weekend. At the same time. They were both in St. Cloud at the same time. How do you get one to its destination and one 5-1/2 hours the wrong way when they were sitting IN THE SAME BUILDING AT THE SAME TIME?

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 14:45

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I hate going to the post office. I wonder if it's the job that sucks your soul out and leaves you a worthless unfeeling husk of a person, or if it's a requirement for employment. Never have I been around a larger group of people who just. don't. care. Except maybe at the TSA checkpoint

That said, the guy who delivers my route is great. But he also works for a private contractor and doesn't wear the uniform.

TheJWT > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 14:47

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I'm waiting for something which should have arrived today, and has been sitting in a post office in my city for the past 3 days. Except they can't be bothered to deliver it today, so they just pushed the "expected delivery" to tomorrow on the tracking website, and continue to say that it's on time.

crowmolly > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 14:49

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Not mine, but it's a shipment from Dell in Round Rock to Portsmouth NH.

So it goes from Round Rock TX to Austin TX.

Austin TX to Woodway TX.

Then Back to Austin TX.

Then to Nashua, NH.

Then back down south to Philadelphia PA.

Then OH SHIT get this back up to Jaffrey NH to Nashua NH

WHOOPS WHOA SHIT TOO FAR NORTH it's in Maine now, fire that bitch back down to NH.

Then Nashua, then delivered.

~14 days to ship from Round Rock TX to Portsmouth NH. First class mail should be what, 3-5 days MAX?

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 02/09/2015 at 14:52

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I don't know. I suspect it's the people just hit a point where things reach critical mass and everyone says "eff it". My local post office only has one person at the counter and most of the people who've been there are decent. If you go to the bigger post offices around where there are multiple people in the office it just sucks.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > TheJWT 02/09/2015 at 14:54

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Their tracking is so horseshit. To be honest, until I actually see the package I won't believe it actually got delivered. I've had stuff show as delivered for 2-3 days before it actually gets to me. I've also seen stuff in transit days after I've received it.

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 14:54

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There was one post office I used to go to where the counter people were fast, efficient and friendly. I would drive 10 miles out of my way just to go to that location. It was worth it. My official branch is one of the worst places you could imagine. Dirty, messy, dingy. I'm a fairly liberal guy, but if privatization will help, I'm all for it.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > crowmolly 02/09/2015 at 14:55

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That's just sad.

davedave1111 > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 14:59

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One of my neighbours runs an IT consultancy from home, and fairly often gets deliveries of, e.g., multiple new computers for one of his clients, worth Łks. The delivery information always says 'do not leave with neighbour' after one time the stuff was left with a neighbour but the delivery guy didn't note which one or leave a 'we left it with the neighbour' card.

Most of the delivery companies will ring my bell and try and leave packages with me which say that, but at least they'll take them away when I point out the special instruction. UPS, on the other hand, tried to leave a bunch of laptops with me, and when I pointed out the instruction the guy took them away - but instead of loading them back on his van, just left them outside my neighbour's door. Lucky everyone in the block is honest, really.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 02/09/2015 at 15:02

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Congress needs to butt out and let the Post Office leadership do what they see fit. Every time the PO try's to do something to cut costs Congress says "nope, can't close things in my district" so you end up with 5 Post Offices within 10 miles of my house that serve a grand total of ~5,000 people. Throw in the requirement to fully fund their pension 75 years ahead and it is just stupid after stupid piled onto yet more stupid. Seriously, what is the logic in requiring the Post Office to fund the pension for people that won't be born for 30-40 years?

450X_FTW > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 15:04

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USPS is the only shipping company who deliver the package before the online tracking is even available. The shipping isn't that fast, it's just that the online tracking update is that slow.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > 450X_FTW 02/09/2015 at 15:06

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Very true, sometimes I wonder why they bother to offer tracking.

Mercedes Streeter > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 15:08

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Could be worse. I had an expensive eBay item (iPhone) that was coming from California. It made a stop in Nevada; left Nevada, then never made it to my mailbox...The tracking number read "Departed ____, NV" indefinitely.

The USPS spent two weeks "searching" for it.

In the end, I got my money back from PayPal and the bloke in California was allowed to keep his money as well. I hope he got the phone blacklisted...

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Mercedes Streeter 02/09/2015 at 15:19

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At least everyone got their money back out of that deal. Still sucks though.

Mercedes Streeter > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 15:25

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My favourite instances have to be when it goes to my local Post Office, then back to the processing centre (why? it was already at the Post Office!!), then back to the Post Office.

Another one is when the package arrives so fast that their tracking system can't keep up, but I don't complain about those ones.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 15:27

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Last week I had a package shipped to me from NJ. It left at 8:00 pm on the 3rd, and was scanned in at Providence RI at 1:30 am, on the 6th. On a bad day that trip is only a six hour drive. I have no clue what happened.

HideyoshiJP > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/09/2015 at 16:04

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Add to that their limits they place on the post office with regard to pricing, and you're setting them up for failure. Then we can privatize the husk that's left of the gutted post office and claim its a win for business and America.

jariten1781 > ttyymmnn 02/09/2015 at 16:23

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My mother-in-laws husband (they married long after I married) was a career carrier before taking early retirement. He was, for the longest time, a rural carrier and loved his job and the folks he delivered to. Then he and the MIL moved into a mid sized town (~80k) and it pretty much destroyed any interest or care he had previously had in the job. Apparently the only interactions he had then were customers screaming at him and throwing stuff at him because their disability checks weren't in his satchel. He was constantly accused of stealing them. He pretty much told me that once he had absorbed enough abuse he just stopped caring about anything other than getting through the day and being one step closer to retirement.

He also said that the desk workers fielded the same tirades and people right along the 90-10 rule (90 percent of time dealing with 10% of the folks problems). Apparently morale was significantly better at the UPS/FedEx spots because they didn't have to deal with the first class mail problems (tax forms, checks, etc.)

ttyymmnn > jariten1781 02/09/2015 at 16:29

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That's some good insight. Thanks.

pip bip - choose Corrour > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/10/2015 at 03:06

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you're lucky , you haven't had to deal with Australia Post.

Australia Post are lazy fuckers.

Destructive Tester > HideyoshiJP 02/10/2015 at 16:33

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I came to say exactly what you guys said. Well done!