sdandrea1 or "in transit backwards to a facility that is farther away than it was today"

This happened.

The package disappeared from my local P.O.. Had the wife call them yesterday and she talked with the person who, obviously, puts out all those 'famous' sayings on the USPS website. I will give the gal credit as I do think she checked the scanning on their website and found it was 'in transit', so she didn't have to go check to see if it was there hiding somewhere. Anyway, it must have lit a fire as it did show up last might. In Des Moines. Again. And is "on it's way to it's destination", having left there. Again.

ima send someone an old meatloaf, with some fresh onion slices, just laying in a box. Let's see how long it is "on it's way to it's destination"!

    mikeintopeka
    My theory is that the mailman feels swamped so he quickly throws a few dozen of his packages into the bin that’s going back to the distribution center. Kicking the can down the road.

        DonM - one of the really good guys in my Monday golf group just took off for his winter home in Robson Ranch. When it's safe to travel again, I plan to visit them and will give you a heads up so we can tee it up together. They love the area and he tends to head to Tucson to find golf alternatives to the local club when he's looking for something different. Sorry for the thread jack...

        • DonM replied to this.

            mikeintopeka
            No, that's great. Yeah, please do, I'm up for that. I golfed out there a couple of weeks ago. I went to their range the other day, it's beautiful. Our course is in a sale pending mode, and has been run down to dead grass and dirt. The prospective buyer has money and experience so we are hoping it works out.

            OK, back to the mail woes.

              Same complaint here....I'm waiting for a package of heads from Steve. Acc. to the USPS website, they were "In Transit for TEN days. Then yesterday the tracking changed to tell me that they had arrived in Toledo and were
              'in transit' to my suburb (about a 15-20 minute drive, at best). This morning I got up expecting to see "Out For Delivery" on their tracking site. Nope.....still 'in transit' from Toledo. That mailman must be walking! I understand their problem, but still frustrating!!! We'll wait and see what today's mail brings...

              I mailed a USPS International flat rate box today to Canada. Tic, toc........

                DonM Hate to 1up you.... 😆. It was at my home P.O., to be delivered, 6 days ago. WTH?
                Dec 18, 2020
                6:10am
                OUT FOR DELIVERY
                EAST MOLINE, IL 61244

                Dec 18, 2020
                3:27am
                ARRIVAL AT UNIT
                EAST MOLINE, IL 61244

                Dec 17, 2020
                4:54pm
                DEPART USPS FACILITY
                MILAN, IL 61264

                Dec 17, 2020
                4:49pm
                DEPART USPS FACILITY
                MILAN, IL 61264

                Dec 17, 2020
                4:03pm
                ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
                MILAN, IL 61264

                Dec 17, 2020
                3:58pm
                ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
                MILAN, IL 61264

                Dec 17, 2020
                11:31am
                DEPART USPS FACILITY
                DES MOINES, IA 50395

                Dec 17, 2020
                12:34am
                PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
                DES MOINES, IA 50395

                Dec 16, 2020
                10:35pm
                PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
                DES MOINES, IA 50395

                Dec 13, 2020
                6:10am
                ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
                EAST MOLINE, IL 61244

                Dec 13, 2020
                5:27am
                DEPART USPS FACILITY
                MILAN, IL 61264

                Dec 13, 2020
                5:13am
                DEPART USPS FACILITY
                MILAN, IL 61264

                Dec 12, 2020
                10:20pm
                ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
                MILAN, IL 61264

                Dec 12, 2020
                5:11pm
                ARRIVE USPS FACILITY
                DES MOINES, IA 50318

                Dec 12, 2020
                4:24pm
                DEPART USPS FACILITY
                DES MOINES, IA 50395
                Dec 12, 2020

                3:51pm
                DEPART USPS FACILITY
                DES MOINES, IA 50395

                Dec 12, 2020
                2:13am
                PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
                DES MOINES, IA 50395

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                  I worked a few years, recently, doing 10-12 hr. days/7 days a week. Manual labor, dirty labor, on my hands/knees on concrete floors a lot, making a lot less per hour than the P.O. people do, with absolutely no benefits whatsoever. I was well into my 60's doing this.

                  WTF are the problems these pussies are having, with "doing their job, and doing it quickly/accurately"?????????

                  Yeah, "old school", that's me. And I get extremely pissed off with those that think differently. Fucking Unions. And pussies.

                    Par4QC WTF are the problems these pussies are having, with "doing their job, and doing it quickly/accurately"?????????

                    Fuckin' union backing, that's the problem.

                      sdandrea1 I mailed a USPS International flat rate box today to Canada. Tic, toc........

                      I did that Monday. 4 days later it is 50 miles west at another USPS terminal.

                        Par4QC I worked a few years, recently, doing 10-12 hr. days/7 days a week. Manual labor, dirty labor, on my hands/knees on concrete floors a lot, making a lot less per hour than the P.O. people do, with absolutely no benefits whatsoever. I was well into my 60's doing this.

                        WTF are the problems these pussies are having, with "doing their job, and doing it quickly/accurately"?????????

                        Yeah, "old school", that's me. And I get extremely pissed off with those that think differently. Fucking Unions. And pussies.

                        Rex, the system is just more overloaded than it has ever been. I won't say that the USPS is perfect but online shopping due to covid has buried the USPS and they are shoveling it out the best they can.

                            Bravopilot Just wait til that pineapple moonshine hits the market. Everything will go straight to hell then.

                              Rickochet Yeah, yeah. I had some of those postal worker types as my co-workers when I was doing all of those hours/days. It's why I did them. Most times by myself.