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I've seem to have noticed more of my Amazon deliveries being carried by USPS. Which I wouldn't have any issue with, but I've had the experience that USPS posta

I've seem to have noticed more of my Amazon deliveries being carried by USPS. Which I wouldn't have any issue with, but I've had the experience that USPS postal carriers are, well, less physically able to handle large packages. We order both Amazon Pantry and Subscribe & Save items, meaning we have 40lb boxes of dog food or cat litter coming in, sometimes several times per month. I get a complaint almost every time from the postal carrier. I don't necessarily blame them, especially when Amazon puts 80lb of goods in one box. At the same time though, I end up feeling guilty just for ordering these types of items online.

fenwick67 9y ago
This isn't your fault. This is the Post Office's fault.
jasonpeacock 9y ago
USPS has weight limits, their carriers are trained to deliver anything within those weight limits. If they can't deliver an item that meets their own USPS requirements then that's their own fault not yours.
- chimeracoder 9y ago
  > USPS has weight limits, their carriers are trained to deliver anything within those weight limits I know multiple people in different cities who have been told that their particular USPS mail carrier couldn't carry some reasonably-sized packages, so they wouldnt deliver them to the home. This is not a case of "these packages are above the limits we allow for home delivery" - it was very clearly a matter of the carrier for that particular route not wanting or being able to carry those packages.
  - jasonpeacock 9y ago
    The proper follow-through is to file a complaint with the postmaster general for your area, they take it fairly seriously. They carrier is literally refusing to do their job.
losteverything 9y ago
< At the same time though, I end up feeling guilty just for ordering these types of items online. Inside the mind of a carriers is part "it pays my job" but most is this: If you are not an old shut-in or a brand-spanking new mother, then go to the store yourself, dammit! We did.

fenwick67 9y ago

This isn't your fault. This is the Post Office's fault.

jasonpeacock 9y ago

USPS has weight limits, their carriers are trained to deliver anything within those weight limits. If they can't deliver an item that meets their own USPS requirements then that's their own fault not yours.

chimeracoder 9y ago
> USPS has weight limits, their carriers are trained to deliver anything within those weight limits I know multiple people in different cities who have been told that their particular USPS mail carrier couldn't carry some reasonably-sized packages, so they wouldnt deliver them to the home. This is not a case of "these packages are above the limits we allow for home delivery" - it was very clearly a matter of the carrier for that particular route not wanting or being able to carry those packages.
- jasonpeacock 9y ago
  The proper follow-through is to file a complaint with the postmaster general for your area, they take it fairly seriously. They carrier is literally refusing to do their job.

losteverything 9y ago

< At the same time though, I end up feeling guilty just for ordering these types of items online. Inside the mind of a carriers is part "it pays my job" but most is this: If you are not an old shut-in or a brand-spanking new mother, then go to the store yourself, dammit! We did.