[CommunityDiscussion]Tired of USPS Sloppiness (Rant)

Ugh, just a rant, nothing more. I've just noticed that USPS has gotten extremely sloppy lately. Packs are coming later than usual and the worst - misdeliveries. This has always sketched me a bit. Anyway, I had a pack in flight and it was aroudn the time it would potentially arrive. I go out and check my mail and not there. A few hours later I hear the doorbell and see someone standing out I don't recognize. I open it up and she asks if I'm "TheEconomist1" and I'm like yeah, she then proceeds to tell me she received a package at her house and started to profusely apologize that she opened it not realizing it wasn't addressed to her and said once she saw the contents knew it wasn't for her.

So I'm thinking the worst. Holy shit, this lady has opened my DNM pack. She seemed kind of nervous. The only consolation is that she didn't seem to have called the cops, so maybe I'm in the clear. but to be ultra safe I shouted that I didn't order anything and was not expecting anything and to return to sender. I then slammed my door and bolted it.

Okay, the very last part is not true. So she goes to retrieve it from her car and THANKFULLY I can see its a big box. She had opened a clearnet package that I had been waiting on for 2 weeks. But holy shit, it gave me a scare b/c this is happening more often than I'd like. I've already had one DNM pack mis-delivered (not opened thankfully). But this pack was way mis-delivered. Not even the right street. Fucking USPS. I guess she was nervous b/c she felt really bad for accidentally opening it. She was so apologetic. I was like if you only knew how I am so grateful this is the pack you opened. LOL.

And one thing to note for people who get worried about shit taking a long time - this clearnet pack that this lady got - I checked the tracking b/c I ordered this back in March. the company actually shipped it late March and it got transferred to my local city in great time (in a couple of days) but then NOTHING until the day before it was delivered to the wrong home. So if you see a pack just sitting there, its more than likely nothing and just USPS sucking.


Comments


[3 Points] givemeoil420:

USPS sucks... nothing new... they have lost billions in funding over the past few years... blame congress ..... have had packages take weeks instead of days and miss delivery and "undeliverable - business closed" problems when the mail gets lazy and runs out of time.....


[2 Points] myDNMburner:

USPS marked a clearnet package as "undeliverable - business closed" a while back for me; there isn't a single business within 3 miles of me.


[2 Points] MLP_is_my_OPSEC:

Didn't you just recently comment in the thread about the dude who got his pack sent to his cop neighbor too? Bet that was one hell of a scare hahaha


[1 Points] None:

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[1 Points] rogueXleader:

This seems all too common. Would say I feel better knowing others have been through the same, but it's still a shitty situation. My next door neighbors...ok I get that. Maybe someone a street over with a similar name and the same house number...honest mistake. But when every piece of information on the address label tells you that the location you're delivering a package to isn't correct, and your profession is delivering things to the right place, I have to question the system. I know they rotate drivers in some places depending on the day. Still blows my mind though. It's a government job with what I would consider pretty stringent drug testing and pretty decent pay. If you can drive a vehicle from the damn passenger seat like you're driving an import from Japan or the UK, how hard is it to verify an address? I know those folks have lives and want to get their route over with as quickly as possible, but come on. People say don't use UPS because they check packages, but I can attest from loading trucks for them for a few years there isn't a damn drug dog in sight, much less any LE. This was in a major hub in the biggest city in the state, including the secured Air Mail wing, and not once did I experience anyone getting caught. I'd regularly smell that familiar aroma in the hot trailers, but I never really could tell which package it was. If you use their overnight, it gets to the hub around 7-8 at night when the delivery drivers come back with outgoing packages, and you literally have an hour or so to get it onto the very tail end of the truck to be the first thing out of the door. Heard of a couple cases of employees busting open packs and stealing it for themselves, but never once in two years there did I see one single package even be remotely questioned. They're all about speed. Still would USPS because of the protections it provides given the choice, but the other options aren't unfeasible. Probably 80% of the employees at UPS are on something, so they could give a shit what you're shipping. If only we could start our own carrier service