"Semi Express" delivers for the postal service

@reinydawn (11642)
United States
October 17, 2008 8:40am CST
OK, I've seen this a couple times and it really hits my funny bone. I've seen these very bland looking trucks on the road that just say SEMI EXPRESS on the sides, and on the back in smaller letters it sads Contracted by US Postal Service. Well, how named this company? The name can be taken 2 different ways... SEMI (as in not always) EXPRESS or SEMI (as in 18-wheeler truck) EXPRESS Every time I see it I think of "not always" EXPRESS. Today is the first time I notice the US Postal part and think that it's really funny now because our mail is always being delivered late or to the wrong people. Do they have these trucks around you or is it a local thing here?
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@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
17 Oct 08
I have not seen any of those in our area and I guess it is a good thing because our normal mail delivery gets the mail delivered wrong, tore up, opened and late also. I guess the Semi Express means that they might be fast some of the time. hahahahaha
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@reinydawn (11642)
• United States
18 Oct 08
"they might be fast some of the time" --- I LOVE IT!!!! Our mail can be so hit-or-miss too. It's very frustrating...
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Hey reiny, That is kind of funny! No we don't have them, at least not yet! But, we do have our mail being delivered late and to the wrong addresses! I guess that's all just part of the postal service. They only know how to keep charging us more money for their wonderful door to door service? I have a "regular" mailman. If it is his day off or God forbid, his vacation! We just never know where our mail will end up! Could be anywhere in the city! I wonder if we will get these trucks. I kind of doubt it very much because the city that I live in is very poor. All the money goes to the politicians! They make very big salaries while the city is falling apart! And it is one of the largest cities in NYS! It is also one of the biggest one for not knowing where the money that should be here is! So no trucks for us!
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@reinydawn (11642)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Seems to be a common thread with the mail - very poor service. At work, we don't get the mail until aroun 4pm. That's almost time to go home, we need it way earlier than that!
@GardenGerty (169439)
• United States
17 Oct 08
I think it is a local thing. For the postal hauls from major city to smaller city, people can bid on the route. They have to have a big enough truck. I know where the one parks in our city to make the 30 mile runs back and forth with our bulk mail. It sounds as if the Semi Express company has bid on, and gotten, the contract where you are living. I would be like you, though, and play with the name. I had a hard time with the name and logo of a trucking company for a long time. The company was Dart, and it had a large diamond superimposed on the name. Due to that diamond and my kinda tricky vision, those trucks always said "Barf" because the points of the diamond intersected the D and T. Just thought I would throw that in.
@reinydawn (11642)
• United States
18 Oct 08
Oh, that's priceleess!!! You'd think someone woulda noticed that in the design phase? I'm sure you're not the only one that sees it that way. That's just too funn!