USPS Sucks.

[MrPrena]

I have a package which is MIA for 7 days st denver facility.
Buyer is unhappy. If not found, I would have to refund the buyer. Then usps collects shipping fee from me anyways.
Fk..

[Hummer]

So, what, did they find the package hiding behind the time stamp machine?

Beautiful piece! You have an artful eye.

[HunterCO]

Living where I do I prefer fedex and ups. Not saying any are better than the other but USPS does not deliver to my house. My mail box is 2 miles away and if a package wont fit I have to go to town to pick it up at the post office. I have a huge mail box so most of the time it fits but not always at least UPS and Fedex come up the drive way and drop it at my door.

[buffalobo]

So after several days of providing constant application of middle-aged dad rage combined with 20-odd years of employer-subsidized desensitization to the soul-crushing repetition of administration and bureaucracy on my part, Jeremy called me today to tell me that they recovered my package and it would be waiting for me on his chair in his office. The kid at the counter who ran back to get it apologized to me on behalf of the post office several times, so I suspect, briefly, I was the talk of the office.

Not a great picture because the sun had already set by the time I got home with them, but here they are:

Very cool. Those grips are worth the effort.

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[ChickNorris]

: )

[Irving]

I feel like this story isn't over yet. So usually they just say "sorry" and wash their hands of the matter, but lean on them hard enough and stuff gets found. That feels like evidence of much larger problems. I'd continue to bark up the chain. I'm sure even Ken Buck's office will just want you to take your win and go away now so they don't have to deal with anything.

[Hummer]

In a post above I mentioned a package from France that was lost in the mail. Yesterday, it arrived back in France, returned after 3 months and 4 days. It was a book my friend had authored and dedicated to me. It had to be handled manually for the USPS to return it and one can imagine the real cost to both country's mail systems to return it. So why wouldn't the postal employee simply look up my address and forward it? It's not like I'm a John Smith, my name is unique in the world.

[JohnnyEgo]

Not that I meant to be away from this thread for a couple days, but work is hell. One of my harassment techniques was to send my email correspondence to every flavor of potential individual USPS.gov email I could think of. Stuff like johnny.ego@usps.gov, johnnyego@usps.gov, jego@usps.gov, j.ego@usps.gov, etc. The USPS is tricky about only giving out the generic contact box address, but I figured if I spammed it with enough derivations, at least one format would find the mark. I threw several flavors of Louis DeJoy in there for good luck, as well. Every day, twice a day.

Anyways, when Jeremy called me back, he told me that it was 'misdelivered', but didn't specify much beyond that. Now that a couple days have passed, I can't recall what else he specifically said to me, but I do remember one thing that stood out. He did a masterful job of implying that there would be serious consequence for the route carrier, without specifically stating what action, if any, would be taken. As a guy who's job it is to choose my words very carefully, I recall being impressed by the non-commitment commitment. Something about an entry into a log or personnel file that was already fairly robust and/or this one might be the last straw. Or maybe nothing, I don't know. I left the conversation feeling like I achieved something, only to later doubt it. Anyways, game respects game. Well done, Jeremy.


Mildly better light today, though these grips are polished so smooth that it is hard to get a picture without glare.

[Irving]

Those are damn good looking grips. You should send those pictures to Jeremy.

[Hummer]

And to your postal carrier.