Stupid postal employees

[Mr.Fred]

Obviously I have no dog in this fight, but I have known a few postal carriers. (only my local carriers at work)
Most work 10-12 hrs without even a bathroom break or lunch. Average pay for their delivery route pays for only 7.5-8 hrs... not the actual hours worked. Sorting time also does not get equated into delivery time.... it is just something they have to do before they can deliver. Have you noticed they are always rushing around if they have to hand deliver anything?

A lot of these carriers would welcome getting fired so they could draw unemployment pay and not have to work their tails off.

Knowing this I give my carriers a lot of slack and always thank them.

This isn't an excuse for poor service.

No one forces you to take the job you do. If you dont like it, quit.

I'm sure someone else will be willing to do it the right way.

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[MrPrena]

Lucky for you guys to have a main post office at 120th and WA . I live in same city, and I gotta drive all the way to Brighton Bridge street for mine.
BTW, that specific post office is one of the ONLY post office which I never lost mail sending it. I ship a lot of stuff.
Frederick office- lost twice in 4yrs
Mead office- lost once in 4yrs
Longmont office- lost none
Firestone hub-none
120th & WA- none in 6yrs
Westminster @ 104th and Federal- Once around 2005 or 2006. (i think i know who did it)

The only real guaranteed way for a postal employee to get fired is if they get caught stealing, and I mean caught red handed. The postal inspectors have lots of job security and could spend their entire career just chasing theft from mail cases. The local post master may or may not take an interest in your complaint. We both have our mail coming out of the same office south of 120th on Washington.

If it happens once or twice a month, it is likely a sub. If it happens more often, it is quite possible it is your regular carrier. Surprisingly, most long term carriers are competent and are a great source of information on what is going on in their neighborhoods.

If you get your mail on time more than 70% of the time, you are beating the odds for most government services. While the postal service is only quasi-government, their employees actually have better conditions than most federal employees and their union is a force to be reckoned with inside the postal service.

Consider a loop video camera focused on your mail box for a week or two. Review it to see if there is anything else going on, like kids messing with your mailbox.

[sniper7]

My dad's neighbor got new garage doors after their postal driver screwed up and accidentally rammed into his 2 car garage door. Then...drove away without saying anything. One reason right there that cameras pay off. Employee was fired and new garage doors paid for. The employee tried to deny it. Even said she knew the rules about not pulling into people's driveways. Video showed otherwise.

[Dave]

Aurora does this all the time. I had a box go into limbo, no tracking update for a week, found it in the Buckley/Alameda post office with some brazen lie about an address they couldn't figure out. It was a perfectly typed, clear and legible rendition of my address.

Yep, same post office I deal with. I've had to swap mail with my neighbors a few times in the last 3 months. Bad part is, one time my credit card bill was in his box.

[cofi]

At least yours show up I'm lucky to get mail 3 days a week

[balyon885]

I'm having issues with my carrier as well. I live on a route with the stupid centralized boxes. Well I'm diabetic and have insulin delivered. It comes in a box through priority mail with a cooler and freeze pack in it. My shipper has a note in the special instructions to leave at door. Well the post office claims if it fits in the box there is nothing requiring them to leave it at my door, even a special comment section. Now the box says perishable and common sense says when its 100 plus outside you shouldn't leave a box that says perishable in a giant oven. Right? My complaint fell on deaf ears, heck the guy I tried to complain to just hung up when I asked him if he'd replace nine bottles of my insulin at non insurance covered rates if I lost it. Luckily no insulin has been lost......yet.

[cstone]

I don't think I would trust my life to the USPS. Maybe you could get your insulin delivered by a more reliable source or you could pick it up from a pharmacy with a refrigerator?