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
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.
DonM Nice. Another clean, organized shop/bench. What is going on here???
Bravopilot
Oh not really. Just that corner for the photo. 
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.
Bravopilot do I need to show you my clusterfuck?
I'm down to just 1 package still missing/enroute 'to it's destination'. I contacted the seller and they are on it now. In the meantime, they are sending out another package, asking that I return 1 if they both show up. I told them I would not; I will gladly purchase it when the time comes, even if not needed.
This kind of service pretty much boils down to the quality, integrity, attitude and work ethic of the employees. The system is old, but it works where the folks with "the right stuff" make it happen. We know our carrier in VA very well and she busts her ass to do her job right. On days she's off work, it's easy to tell. Our gal in Florida.....same deal. I occasionally use a different post office for some drop offs and feel like my package just got abandoned.
sdandrea1 This kind of service pretty much boils down to the quality, integrity, attitude and work ethic of the employees.
That helps for sure. But currently the issue is the biggest shipping season in history. You can only pump so much water out of a particular size pipe. All the services have plans for normal seasonal shipping seasons. This one is different. The system is just overwhelmed.
Well, you guys jinxed me. I've one I shipped on the 10th "delayed" somewhere.
I took a priority package for Canada to the PO last Monday. Tues it goes 30mi. east to Lexington then back the other direction 50 miles to Louisville. It sits in Louisville 4 days until yesterday and is on to the next stop to sit a another 4 days I guess.
Talked to a friend last night who works for the USPS. They are running at 50% staffing due to COVID, and was telling me they aren't that bad off compared to some. I think it is Nashville that has close to 100 18 wheelers full of mail and packages waiting to get processed.
Fed-Ex and UPS also have passed stuff over to the USPS as they are focusing on vaccine distribution.
