Speaking of DeJoy: I recently mailed my old phone to my daughter by USPS, just one state away. It took 10 days! And when she finally received it, there was a “Return To Sender” sticker on it, that was then overruled by her neighborhood carrier. Unbelievable. Pony Express would have been much faster. I checked its tracking and saved it - …
Speaking of DeJoy: I recently mailed my old phone to my daughter by USPS, just one state away. It took 10 days! And when she finally received it, there was a “Return To Sender” sticker on it, that was then overruled by her neighborhood carrier. Unbelievable. Pony Express would have been much faster. I checked its tracking and saved it - it ricocheted all over the place! Their mission to privatize USPS is well underway.
It is, indeed. The GOP has been after this for 30 years. Putting in DeJoy finishes it. I still have NO IDEA why Biden has allowed this to continue but rich people are not nearly as dependent on the USPS as the rest of us are!
I too have been tracking packages and seeing them bounced back and forth between stations for no apparent reason.
I’ve been curious too why DeJoy is still there. His conflict of interest is glaring, along with his possible sabotage of ballot mailing speed during the pandemic.
I’m having a glimmer of memory that there might be a reason, but I can’t remember it. Sigh. So much corruption, so little time to follow it.
The stated "reason" is that only the Board of Governors can fire him so Biden can't touch him. I call BS on that, as Biden could presumably remove the Board of Governors. Yes, of course, the GOP would just do it as soon as they got in, tit for tat, but the GOP will do it ANYway, as that is what they DO. And Biden has chosen one or two new members who have fallen into line with DeJoy.
So I do not know who is getting paid off for what but I do know that both parties are destroying the once-great USPS -- though the destruction started with half-privitizing it and then making it fund an unrealistic insurance/retirement program 75 years in advance.
Well there it is. I knew about the unrealistic and political demand that they fully fund their retirement program for 75 years. It’s upsetting to hear that Biden appointees are falling in line. What the heck?
My daughter was surprised that I got so upset at the poor performance, and I explained that to me and people of a certain age, the Postal Service is almost a core piece of Americana. It was a triumph of a young, huge, can-do country. Delivery employees wore uniforms and were part of the fabric of the neighborhood. (Same thing was true of milkmen! Hard to imagine home delivery of dairy products today.). Seeing it perform so poorly felt like another stab of the knife of our unraveling.
Yes. And for rural Americans it is an actual lifeline, for medicine and checks and other essential s. It ranks up there with social security for seniors. Essential. Trusted. Relied on. Unraveling.
That’s what I hear. I guess Amazon delivers using USPS, and I use Amazon a lot. But Amazon returns are handled by UPS and it’s very smooth and easy. Maybe Amazon is spreading out their business? Other than that, I’m surprised to realize I rarely use the regular mail - so much now is done online, like communicating, bill paying and direct deposit (which is how I get my Social Security). But definitely I’ve always relied on it being solid. The unfortunate experience mailing the phone came as a shock. Maybe it was a fluke.
I remember during the DeJoy scandal, there was a fair amount of coverage how the Postal Service business has changed rather dramatically in the past couple decades. As they say, change is the only constant. But I’m old! It’s my job to object!
Amazon has a "last mile" contract with usps so they drop their packages at local post offices for delivery. Though sometimes my rural area has Amazon trucks deliver and i haven't figured out the difference. My carrier says his route is two hours longer daily with Amazon , with no extra pay.
Okay; I’ve heard that phrase “last mile”. I’ve also seen the Amazon trucks when I go to the big city - once it was a steady stream, so I must have been near a transfer point.
That’s terrible about the unpaid work! How is that legal?
I get my mail delivered to a UPS Store. It seems like the bulk of their business is Amazon returns. They have the process down, with QR codes. The whole process takes less than a minute.
Speaking of DeJoy: I recently mailed my old phone to my daughter by USPS, just one state away. It took 10 days! And when she finally received it, there was a “Return To Sender” sticker on it, that was then overruled by her neighborhood carrier. Unbelievable. Pony Express would have been much faster. I checked its tracking and saved it - it ricocheted all over the place! Their mission to privatize USPS is well underway.
It is, indeed. The GOP has been after this for 30 years. Putting in DeJoy finishes it. I still have NO IDEA why Biden has allowed this to continue but rich people are not nearly as dependent on the USPS as the rest of us are!
I too have been tracking packages and seeing them bounced back and forth between stations for no apparent reason.
I’ve been curious too why DeJoy is still there. His conflict of interest is glaring, along with his possible sabotage of ballot mailing speed during the pandemic.
I’m having a glimmer of memory that there might be a reason, but I can’t remember it. Sigh. So much corruption, so little time to follow it.
The stated "reason" is that only the Board of Governors can fire him so Biden can't touch him. I call BS on that, as Biden could presumably remove the Board of Governors. Yes, of course, the GOP would just do it as soon as they got in, tit for tat, but the GOP will do it ANYway, as that is what they DO. And Biden has chosen one or two new members who have fallen into line with DeJoy.
So I do not know who is getting paid off for what but I do know that both parties are destroying the once-great USPS -- though the destruction started with half-privitizing it and then making it fund an unrealistic insurance/retirement program 75 years in advance.
Well there it is. I knew about the unrealistic and political demand that they fully fund their retirement program for 75 years. It’s upsetting to hear that Biden appointees are falling in line. What the heck?
My daughter was surprised that I got so upset at the poor performance, and I explained that to me and people of a certain age, the Postal Service is almost a core piece of Americana. It was a triumph of a young, huge, can-do country. Delivery employees wore uniforms and were part of the fabric of the neighborhood. (Same thing was true of milkmen! Hard to imagine home delivery of dairy products today.). Seeing it perform so poorly felt like another stab of the knife of our unraveling.
Yes. And for rural Americans it is an actual lifeline, for medicine and checks and other essential s. It ranks up there with social security for seniors. Essential. Trusted. Relied on. Unraveling.
That’s what I hear. I guess Amazon delivers using USPS, and I use Amazon a lot. But Amazon returns are handled by UPS and it’s very smooth and easy. Maybe Amazon is spreading out their business? Other than that, I’m surprised to realize I rarely use the regular mail - so much now is done online, like communicating, bill paying and direct deposit (which is how I get my Social Security). But definitely I’ve always relied on it being solid. The unfortunate experience mailing the phone came as a shock. Maybe it was a fluke.
I remember during the DeJoy scandal, there was a fair amount of coverage how the Postal Service business has changed rather dramatically in the past couple decades. As they say, change is the only constant. But I’m old! It’s my job to object!
Amazon has a "last mile" contract with usps so they drop their packages at local post offices for delivery. Though sometimes my rural area has Amazon trucks deliver and i haven't figured out the difference. My carrier says his route is two hours longer daily with Amazon , with no extra pay.
Okay; I’ve heard that phrase “last mile”. I’ve also seen the Amazon trucks when I go to the big city - once it was a steady stream, so I must have been near a transfer point.
That’s terrible about the unpaid work! How is that legal?
I get my mail delivered to a UPS Store. It seems like the bulk of their business is Amazon returns. They have the process down, with QR codes. The whole process takes less than a minute.