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I mostly agree. I would actually pay UPS a monthly fee to takeover my mail delivery if it were an option. Do you live in a city? In my (albeit very anecdotal)

I mostly agree. I would actually pay UPS a monthly fee to takeover my mail delivery if it were an option. Do you live in a city? In my (albeit very anecdotal) experience, folks in cities HATE the USPS, while in the suburbs they seem to be great. I live in Philadelphia but work in a small suburb just across the bridge in New Jersey, and it's like night and day. I absolutely hate dealing with USPS in the city. Service is slow, they are miserable, say they leave packages when they don't. They "attempt" delivery so I ALWAYS have to go to the post office to pick up my packages (which takes usually an hour or two of my time). Then you have to worry about things like packages being stolen. But in the suburbs it's the complete opposite. The woman (it's always the same woman) at the post office is super friendly, very nice, service is fast, there's never a long line. Incidentally, I have the exact same experience with liquor stores in PA (which are state run).

johnward 10y ago
My small town post office is actually great but I tried to go to one in Pittsburgh and wanted to off myself. So inefficient and slow. The employees clearly hate their jobs but know they can do the bare minimum and not be fired. Same is true of my local DMV vs the regional one.
flavor8 10y ago
I live on a mountain half a mile up an unpaved road (there are a half dozen or so houses on the road, not just us). UPS will drive to our door. Fedex will drive halfway up and leave packages by the side of the road (there is a gate and a turnaround there.) USPS won't even bother putting packages on the delivery truck; instead I need to drive 15 minutes to the post office to pick them up. The most infuriating thing is that when they put a slip in our mailbox, it generates a "Sorry we missed you, delivery attempted" email which is utter and clear BS. This might be a relatively extreme situation, but they have also sucked in the prior suburban and urban places I've lived.

johnward 10y ago

My small town post office is actually great but I tried to go to one in Pittsburgh and wanted to off myself. So inefficient and slow. The employees clearly hate their jobs but know they can do the bare minimum and not be fired. Same is true of my local DMV vs the regional one.

flavor8 10y ago

I live on a mountain half a mile up an unpaved road (there are a half dozen or so houses on the road, not just us). UPS will drive to our door. Fedex will drive halfway up and leave packages by the side of the road (there is a gate and a turnaround there.) USPS won't even bother putting packages on the delivery truck; instead I need to drive 15 minutes to the post office to pick them up. The most infuriating thing is that when they put a slip in our mailbox, it generates a "Sorry we missed you, delivery attempted" email which is utter and clear BS. This might be a relatively extreme situation, but they have also sucked in the prior suburban and urban places I've lived.