The Post Office Should Be Embarrassed With Their Service (or lack of)

I had a panic attack with the post office last week. I’ve had three credit cards not get delivered. (Additionally, if I hadn’t been in my front yard one day when the mailman came by, my car title would have been misdelivered, but I told him there was another piece of mail and he searched through the stuff and found it in the stack to be delivered to another house ). When my replacement credit card was overdue I went to complain; however, there was a woman there stating that the system was down and there “are no supervisors in the building.” I went to another post office and talked to a supervisor there. Turns out, she is in charge of the branch I’d just left, and she cringed every time I mentioned the branch’s name. We swapped war stories for a few minutes, and she told me that, these days, if there is a breathing body that’s warm they’ll hire it. That’s a FAR cry from when I worked at the post office, when it required testing and a long wait to be hired. It was also an envious job. No more. She said they almost get the people on the street corner begging for money and hire them. The saddest thing is you can’t “blame” this on any administration. The post office is its own entity, and it’s a disaster. Nobody seems to want to see it improve, either. I have a feeling that, within ten years, our mail service will be Amazon or UPS. Speaking of which, I got my other credit card shipped via UPS and it arrived nice and quickly. No fusses.

That is terrible service. You would think that it could at least have stayed in your own country.

Oh, goodness. That is pathetic. I remember sending a package to Mississippi earlier this year, and it ended up in Florida. But that’s nothing compared to Puerto Rico! They really should be ashamed of themselves. And you know my history with them. They need an overhaul, or at least some accountability.

Wow! I'm curious why it ended up in Puerto Rico. If you do get the answer, please share it here.

I no longer get regular mail only email but recently had to ask my bank to reissue my debit card because the other I use is damaged the chip is hard to read, They wrote on email today that they have shipped my new card but whould take up to 7 days to reach my address,

Puerto Rico? WTF?

Wow, I haven't had any misadventures like that. I sure hope the poor lady gets her blanket

It seems to take forever for a package to get to the person you mail it to.

The mail makes no sense anymore. I have had packages jump between 2 places a few times before getting to me.

yeah they suck, they have lost my packages multiple times

Technology advancement cannot offset human shortcomings. We get anxious about such things when they go wrong and result in delay. At times, it can prove quite costly too.

I've been through fiascos such as this. Why your package went to PR is a case in point.

It is a constant nightmare. I never know what I will receive, or when, or most importantly, IF I will ever receive what I am expecting to. I constantly get other people's mail. At least once a week, a neighbor will bring something by that has my name and address on it, but was in their mailbox. And the frustrating thing is, I've lived here for years! We all have locked mailboxes! And they still can't get it right. So many of us have trekked to the post office and complained. It does no good at all. To mail anything via Priority Mail, you need a loan from the bank! I sent some papers to the lawyer for my son the other day. I never, ever send anything important without at least sending it certified and tracking. Funny how it always gets to it's destination if the receiver has to sign for it. It's just insane and I don't see any improvement coming. Very sad.

I'm with you on the mail service we all are getting if you have something your looking for at a certain time & they give you a date don't expect it to be there till a few days after cause it's done traveled some where god knows where to get to you.

Goodness, those are some stories. Our postage rates have just gone up - again! Who knows when it will stop - and the service doesn't get any better.