i find the post office is efficient…and i had a lot more to say but i am astonished i knew how to spell efficient…wow both times without the red wavy line under the word..go post office…
I tracked a package last month. It went from California to Indiana, back to CA then to two more stops getting back to Indiana for the second time. After that three days in Atlanta and finally to Florida. Fourteen days.
I got in a short line in the post office once, just as the place filled up at noon. I was behind a guy who was sending a bunch of packages to India. Some he wanted to insure, some he didn’t. And the guy didn’t speak English. I have never really complained about a line since.
I live in a town of 6000 people. The DMV and post office are a dream. I went to the DMV the other day. There was one person there waiting. I walked up to the front counter where there were 3 different workers. I started to ask one of the clerks a question. She says, “You have to get a number.” So I go get a number. I am beginning to sit in a chair and she calls my number over the address system. I’m literally 20 ft away in an empty waiting room. I was going to ask if she was screwing with me; but realized she might really really start to screw with me. Politicians don’t run the world, bureaucrats do. I thought it was a skit you might see on Carol Burnett.
It is no wonder the P.O. is losing money—anytime you send a letter to another town and it comes back just to go across the town it was originally mailed in(i.e. when I lived in Tallahassee, FL , a few years ago, letters mailed there for delivery in Tallahassee routinely were sent to Jacksonville for processing so it took 5, yes 5 days to go from the east side of Tallahassee to the west side of Tallahassee) how is that saving money ????
Where I live, we don’t have postal delivery. Everything is either picked up at the Central Post Office or delivered my messenger service, UPS, FedEx etc. Surprisingly, the fastest, most efficient, and cheapest method of shipping packages and documents here from the States is by USPS.
If you think waiting at the P.O. takes a long time, just try your local Social Security office — at least here in the big city where I live. A 5-minute transaction can take 2.5 hours’ waiting!!
In Ecuador we have lines specifically dedicated in all government buildings, utility offices and banks, for handicapped persons, senior citizens, and pregnant women. It shortens the length of the line but not necessarily the wait. You can’t rush bureaucracy !
The Post Office doesn’t do all this bad, though there will always be exceptions to the rule. I wonder if @Bob was tracking a package through the order and shipping process, which could easily take place in several locations. Surprisingly, many carriers (e.g., FedEx) for online purchases turn the package over to the Post Office for delivery to your door – because USPS can do that more efficiently! We have our local mail, in a city of 150,000, sent to a metro area for processing, because that’s where the sorting machines and high-speed operations are available. 70 miles there and 70 miles back, and letters are typically delivered the next day. What’s wrong in Jacksonville?@JShort, this may be an example of “you get what you measure.” It affects the private sector too. (The classic example for this is the Dilbert programmers who are going to be paid for every glitch they find in the software: They expect to become wealthy because they will simply introduce their own errors – and then “find” them.)One final thought: The USPS has a number of contract stations, at least in our area; mailing services that sell postage and ship through UPS, etc. There are almost never any lines in those stores.BTW, I am not a USPS employee, but I have friends who are. We occasionally joke about the public perception of USPS, but my friends are capable people who do their job well. For their sake, I wanted to respond to some of the remarks above.
Prayer, its caused by Increasing Solar Activity, and prayer is the only way humans can have any effect on that. BTW, solar activity forecasting actually says we should soon start a 30 year cooling cycle.
Did you know that El Nino and La Nina are really caused by variations in the amount of vulcanism along the Pacific Ring of Fire?
Columbus recently pushed back carrier start times, AGAIN, because they have closed plants in Lima and Dayton.Now, those cities’ mail is shipped to Columbus, and back, while local mail, for a much larger city, is delayed.You’d think Lima’s mail could have gone to Dayton (closer than Columbus), or Dayton’s could have gone to Cincinnati (Ditto!)!BTW: When was the last time anyone used ditto, other than in Family Circus?
Conveniently ignoring the fact that even fudged data from true believers show that “global warming” already has slowed. Just remember, these are the same people who were breathlessly warning us about the imminent ice age. Perhaps that’s why they abandoned “global warming” for the easier to fudge “climate change.” Goal’s the same: wrest from you control over what you do, when you do it, and how you do it.
phylum over 8 years ago
i find the post office is efficient…and i had a lot more to say but i am astonished i knew how to spell efficient…wow both times without the red wavy line under the word..go post office…
Bob. over 8 years ago
I tracked a package last month. It went from California to Indiana, back to CA then to two more stops getting back to Indiana for the second time. After that three days in Atlanta and finally to Florida. Fourteen days.
clayusmcret Premium Member over 8 years ago
Make it stop being a natural occurrence.
wizzo10 over 8 years ago
I’ve always said, you can’t roller skate in a buffalo herd
Old Texan75 over 8 years ago
I got in a short line in the post office once, just as the place filled up at noon. I was behind a guy who was sending a bunch of packages to India. Some he wanted to insure, some he didn’t. And the guy didn’t speak English. I have never really complained about a line since.
J Short over 8 years ago
I live in a town of 6000 people. The DMV and post office are a dream. I went to the DMV the other day. There was one person there waiting. I walked up to the front counter where there were 3 different workers. I started to ask one of the clerks a question. She says, “You have to get a number.” So I go get a number. I am beginning to sit in a chair and she calls my number over the address system. I’m literally 20 ft away in an empty waiting room. I was going to ask if she was screwing with me; but realized she might really really start to screw with me. Politicians don’t run the world, bureaucrats do. I thought it was a skit you might see on Carol Burnett.
IndyMan over 8 years ago
It is no wonder the P.O. is losing money—anytime you send a letter to another town and it comes back just to go across the town it was originally mailed in(i.e. when I lived in Tallahassee, FL , a few years ago, letters mailed there for delivery in Tallahassee routinely were sent to Jacksonville for processing so it took 5, yes 5 days to go from the east side of Tallahassee to the west side of Tallahassee) how is that saving money ????
Linguist over 8 years ago
Where I live, we don’t have postal delivery. Everything is either picked up at the Central Post Office or delivered my messenger service, UPS, FedEx etc. Surprisingly, the fastest, most efficient, and cheapest method of shipping packages and documents here from the States is by USPS.
Elizabeth C Premium Member over 8 years ago
If you think waiting at the P.O. takes a long time, just try your local Social Security office — at least here in the big city where I live. A 5-minute transaction can take 2.5 hours’ waiting!!
Linguist over 8 years ago
In Ecuador we have lines specifically dedicated in all government buildings, utility offices and banks, for handicapped persons, senior citizens, and pregnant women. It shortens the length of the line but not necessarily the wait. You can’t rush bureaucracy !
dsom8 over 8 years ago
The Post Office doesn’t do all this bad, though there will always be exceptions to the rule. I wonder if @Bob was tracking a package through the order and shipping process, which could easily take place in several locations. Surprisingly, many carriers (e.g., FedEx) for online purchases turn the package over to the Post Office for delivery to your door – because USPS can do that more efficiently! We have our local mail, in a city of 150,000, sent to a metro area for processing, because that’s where the sorting machines and high-speed operations are available. 70 miles there and 70 miles back, and letters are typically delivered the next day. What’s wrong in Jacksonville?@JShort, this may be an example of “you get what you measure.” It affects the private sector too. (The classic example for this is the Dilbert programmers who are going to be paid for every glitch they find in the software: They expect to become wealthy because they will simply introduce their own errors – and then “find” them.)One final thought: The USPS has a number of contract stations, at least in our area; mailing services that sell postage and ship through UPS, etc. There are almost never any lines in those stores.BTW, I am not a USPS employee, but I have friends who are. We occasionally joke about the public perception of USPS, but my friends are capable people who do their job well. For their sake, I wanted to respond to some of the remarks above.
bobviously over 8 years ago
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303480304579578462813553136
falcon_370f over 8 years ago
Prayer, its caused by Increasing Solar Activity, and prayer is the only way humans can have any effect on that. BTW, solar activity forecasting actually says we should soon start a 30 year cooling cycle.
Did you know that El Nino and La Nina are really caused by variations in the amount of vulcanism along the Pacific Ring of Fire?
edward thomas Premium Member over 8 years ago
Columbus recently pushed back carrier start times, AGAIN, because they have closed plants in Lima and Dayton.Now, those cities’ mail is shipped to Columbus, and back, while local mail, for a much larger city, is delayed.You’d think Lima’s mail could have gone to Dayton (closer than Columbus), or Dayton’s could have gone to Cincinnati (Ditto!)!BTW: When was the last time anyone used ditto, other than in Family Circus?
JP Steve Premium Member over 8 years ago
For a time all Canadian mail went to Montreal for sorting. It wasn’t efficient, but maybe it helped keep Quebec in Confederation?
Mikmaq over 8 years ago
Or Walmart in Williston, ND
K M over 8 years ago
Conveniently ignoring the fact that even fudged data from true believers show that “global warming” already has slowed. Just remember, these are the same people who were breathlessly warning us about the imminent ice age. Perhaps that’s why they abandoned “global warming” for the easier to fudge “climate change.” Goal’s the same: wrest from you control over what you do, when you do it, and how you do it.