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USPS [Rule] (files.catbox.moe)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Edit: At least it's not as bad as DHL, they just drop that shit wherever the hell they want after running it over

UPS it shows up late but in great shape

FedEx it's on time but damn I wish they took the extra time to be more careful

Edit 2: Image transcription

Depicted is a comparison of 2 lines, 1 straight and the other spiraled and curled much like a bowl of spaghetti. Each line connects it's own pair of X's. The straight line has the words, "USPS delivering my bills," above it. Whereas the tangled mass of line has the words, "USPS delivering my packages," above it.

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[–] puchaczyk@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 2 years ago

You should thank Louis DeJoy for that. He was appointed postmaster by Trump and gutted USPS while possessing an equity stake in XPO, a subcontractor for USPS.

[–] Froyn@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

USPS has a fantastic service available to those that wish to use it. Free of charge, they'll send you pictures of each piece of mail being delivered and the day to expect it on. You can tag mail as undelivered right through the site.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah, honestly. A lot about our systems, services and infrastructure sucks but we mostly got the postal service right. It's one of the few things I'm genuinely proud of (which is saying a lot).

It's not perfect, and sometimes it's hell dealing with bureaucracy no matter the alphabet organization but fuck is it wild that we can nearly guarantee postal service across our almost 10,000,000 km^2 land mass.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

Fantastic unless you're sharing a residence with someone that uses it and is nosy as fuck about everything you get in the mail.

[–] anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

link plz

[–] Froyn@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Informed delivery is amazing

And it's super easy to setup

[–] ares35@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

alternate labels:

top: amazon prime shipping
bottom: amazon standard free delivery.

whenever we have prime (trials, always), orders come almost always from the nearest distribution center, which is also the city where all our mail goes for sorting and is postmarked at.

when we don't, orders are held for a full day before processing on their end, and then they ship from far-distant distribution centers.. like florida--1500 miles away. packages travel from d.c. to d.c. on amazon trucks, as many as five or six stops, before arriving at the 'local' d.c. where the prime shipments originate from.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

USPS is by far the most reliable and competent delivery service. It's even more reliable than the trucks Amazon runs. Maybe your area is different, but the amount of late and lost packages I have from the others .. sigh.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

USPS is definitely the most reliable in my area, everything else sucks in various ways.

My package may bounce all over the country in really weird ways but in the last year I've only had 1 from them actually be late and only 1 that was damaged.

All the others were a mixed bag at best.

[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Based nationalized essential service.

The main reason it hasn't been totally privatized already is that the country would fall apart without it. The USPS can deliver to unprofitable locations that the private sector would never cover. Even then, it still makes a profit naturally. Even though some ideologue Republicans want it totally privatized, enough of the GOP recognizes that they rely on the rural voters who vote by mail from unprofitable locations. If they get rid of Democracy, it might become privatized by dumbass fascists, but even then, the economy and federal government would unraveled as a result.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You get your bills delivered?

We don't even get the delinquent notices over here.

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago

Usually I get the late notices before the actual bill

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 years ago

i ordered something from etsy who was in literally the next town over but they sent it an hour away to the city before coming back to me

[–] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

USPS has been incredibly reliable for me

UPS has dropped my box off so say, only for there to be nothing, twice. The second time they provided "proof." It was a form that said delivered with no image.

Fuck UPS lol