In reply to MulletTruck:
Maybe that's why my mail(wo)man never shuts my mailbox door. Precious seconds!!!
In reply to MulletTruck:
Maybe that's why my mail(wo)man never shuts my mailbox door. Precious seconds!!!
My carrier seems to deliver in any weather, at all hours, and even on Sundays a few times recently.
But get the berkeley out of the car to deliver a package? Hell no. I have yet to receive a package via USPS at my new house, ostensibly because the front steps are unsafe. Which they probably are, according to whatever standard a government agency would judge such things by, so I don't dispute that. What pisses me off about it is that they can't walk 20 ft further to the side door.
I have no complaints about our carrier. She has only missed a few days with bad weather in years. She drives an official mail truck. The people before that drove their own vehicles and they didn't seem to be as dedicated as this lady.
Well, I just got home a little after 5 pm EST. The last of the snow is melting away in 54 degree air. I check my mailbox and find a huge pile of mail. First delivery since last Friday. We've been driving to work since Monday, but apparently a little snow is too much for mail delivery. I'm gonna write a letter. We need to make the USPS great again.
So you started this thread yesterday to complain that you weren't getting mail. Today you got mail, and you're complaining. You're a tough man to please.
1988RedT2 wrote: Well, I just got home a little after 5 pm EST. The last of the snow is melting away in 54 degree air. I check my mailbox and find a huge pile of mail. First delivery since last Friday. We've been driving to work since Monday, but apparently a little snow is too much for mail delivery. I'm gonna write a letter. We need to make the USPS great again.
Please post back their response.
I find that most people have valid reasons for not performing their assigned duties. Few have poor excuses. I would like to understand what the Post Office manager would tell you about what happened. I have had bad postal workers service my home (As in he tried to scam me into having to come pick up a large package by just not bringing it in his truck to deliver, I met him at the door and he didn't know what to say about only having the attempted delivery tag. The supervisor was pissed) and good ones that had to follow the guidance of not delivering some medical supplies to my area due to requests by the State Police to not travel the roads, on the route to my neighborhood, that were not cleared. We were his first stop the next day as he said he knows we get regular shipments of medical supplies and didn't want us to be in trouble without them.
I will state that I am extremely pro USPS as I hold them as the most secure, unbiased, way for me to communicate with my government. I hope they are funded appropriately to continue to serve as that vital link.
I will state that I am extremely pro USPS as I hold them as the most secure, unbiased, way for me to communicate with my government. I hope they are funded appropriately to continue to serve as that vital link.
They have not been a part of the Govt since the mid 70s. All their funding comes from stamp sales and package delivery.
They've been financially in red for many years. Where do you think they get all the funding to continue operating? They don't get all that from stamps.
The USPS lost only $1.6 billion in the third quarter of 2016.
rande wrote: They've been financially in red for many years. Where do you think they get all the funding to continue operating? They don't get all that from stamps.
My experience with their exec's tells it that they would be profitable if they were not required by congress to pre-fund pensions for people who don't even work at the postal service yet. They're required to pay about $5-6B per year into a fund. If congress got rid of that law requiring the pre funding, they would be in the black.
Fueled by Caffeine wrote:rande wrote: They've been financially in red for many years. Where do you think they get all the funding to continue operating? They don't get all that from stamps.My experience with their exec's tells it that they would be profitable if they were not required by congress to pre-fund pensions for people who don't even work at the postal service yet. They're required to pay about $5-6B per year into a fund. If congress got rid of that law requiring the pre funding, they would be in the black.
Interesting... I kind of like that though, from a financial stability standpoint. Obviously has many other negative ramifications that likely overshadow it from a financial standpoint alone (like it forcing them to be in the red), but it has taken away what is likely their largest financial liability.
In reply to mtn:
The Postal Service has all of the hallmarks of a government beuaracary without the safety net of government funding. It is set up to fail. They can't even buy new equipment faster better equipment without going through the government. It's painful.
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: In reply to mtn: The Postal Service has all of the hallmarks of a government beuaracary without the safety net of government funding. It is set up to fail. They can't even buy new equipment faster better equipment without going through the government. It's painful.
Yep, I usually see the mail lady every day when she parks across the street to deliver our block. And for the last 3 weeks, every day she gets out a stick to prop the hatch on her van open so she can get the mail out without getting hit on the head.
When they went private the government was worried they would fold so they made them agree to carry 75 years of retirement since they are the nations largest employer.
They get lazy and farmed out most of the package delivery to companys like UPS, FEDEX. When the internet fired up and people stopped sending letters and paying their bills through the USPS their numbers began to plummet.
Since then they have come up with a position called CCA, City Carrier Assistant. They are slowly replacing the regular carriers with them. They pay the CCA 15 dollars an hour and its not a full time position even tho they worked us 12 hours a day most days. We were required to work 6 days a week to start then when they added the Amazon Sunday delivery we had to work 7 days a week, Mandatory. Since its "part time" there were no benefits. We also had to buy our own uniforms if we wanted them. The area I worked was the Ghetto, It was the # 1 station for dog bites, We got held up regular enough that it was not a big deal, I left when I was doing a route in the dark and the guy I was helping out got shot by an old lady that thought someone was breaking in as he put the mail in the door slot. He died on the way to the hospital.
The regulars hated us since we took their overtime away so they messed with us every chance they could. Managers knew this and they were no better. We had 3 managers and they were all sent to this station as punishment. One guy had so many complaints about him both from customers and the women in the stations. One used to own a small business, He would clock in then when all the carriers left for the street he would go work at his place then come back in the afternoon. The last got caught using the postal credit card to fill his gas tank and buy stuff online.
So if you notice the mail service sliding you have to blame the way its being run now.
There is a reason the Govt. has a fedex number.
The only thing I have to add is those little mail trucks are RWD with an open differential. Some of them were bouncing around like popcorn when we had snow last week. I felt bad.
Went to mail a package yesterday. Woman behind counter says can't take and ship my package. Hunh?
"The Internet is out and I can't look up what I need to."
Me, "Um, what did you do before the internet?"
Roll eyes and walk out.
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