Community Chat

[mormel20]

I live near Atlanta, Georgia.  There is a new Post Office Facility that has a massive amount of mail undelivered.  The local news flew a helicopter over it and there are  trailers full of mail that has not been delivered. Not only a few trailers mind you, but trailer after trailer like a parking lot. The news has interviewed people whose business is affected because there are packages that were sent that are still sitting at the facility. They interviewed a lady who sent her wedding invitations, again not delivered but sitting at the facility.  I know a woman personally who paid a bill and she was contacted that it was overdue.  There is not an explaination forecoming to tell why it is backed up. So, if you plan to mail a package to the Atlanta area please choose a different carrier.

[Marp]

Thanks for the information @mormel20.  I'm in NC and a lot of my mail and packages are routed through Atlanta.  Packages especially seem to get delayed, even those from Amazon.

Because of Amazon now sends so much through UPS to USPS for last mile delivery I order a lot less from them.  Walmart+ is competitive and I always get my order in two to three days via FedEx.

[Laura14]

They closed a consolidation center in Duluth. Trying to do more with less is not something any government agency should attempt. 

[cheriere]

Seems like our poor post office has nearly been whittled down to nothing.  It's a shame too. 

[gidgetgh]

@mormel20 - I live in Marietta and have read the same things you have.  So far, so good for me.

Though my sister (in Tucker) is still waiting for the Valentine I mailed her in 2022, 2 years ago, LOL. 

[Squirrels Are Trash]

I wonder why Biden doesn't push the Board of Governors to get DeJoy out. He's destroying USPS by choking the major sort facilities.

[mormel20]

I was reading online that a woman in Georgia was expecting an order of eggs to be hatched into chicks.  She said the window of time has past so they will never hatch.  I can just imagine the smell that will be coming from this.  

[kaydee50]

We were in the local PO the other day.  At least half a dozen people on line and one worker.  USPS should be privatized.  The government is failing on this.

[Marp]

@kaydee50,  what are you willing to give up to have USPS privatized?  Daily delivery to your home no matter where you live?  Local post offices? 

How long do you think it would take to pass an amendment to the Constitution which gives only Congress the ability to establish post offices and postal routes?

How long do you think it would take a private entity to match the current postal facilities for receiving, sorting and delivering mail, including packages?

FYI (as of 2022):

On average, the Postal Service processes 50,227 address changes each day.  On average, the Postal Service adds 5,844 new addresses to the delivery network each day.

On average, the Postal Service processes and delivers 23.8 million packages each day.

On average, the Postal Service processes 4,877 pieces of mail each second; 292,628 pieces of mail each minute.

The Postal Service processed and delivered an average of 421.4 M mail pieces daily in 2022.

Employs nearly 750 million individuals.

[Still Raining]

I have lived in countries where all mail was picked up at a PO.  No home delivery at all.  We were just fine with that system.

Maybe it is time do pare down daily home deliveries.  Seems to be a little excessive.