Need to put a sticker on his SUV
âMove your car and trash, or you become my next hobbleâŠâ
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We had about 3 inches of snow today. Needless to say the roads are plowedâŠ.my street is plowedâŠmy mailbox is clearâŠ.my driveway is shoveledâŠmy walkway is shoveled. Itâs been this way since before noon.
Typically usps doesnât get here until 3:30pm.
This is more âwe didnât get to your address today because youâre near the end of our route, it took us too long today and we clock out at 5pmâŠâ
Handed my packages to my postal worker Monday. Itâs Wednesday and they are still not showing as scanned. Called the trashy manager at my local post office and asked what was going on. She said it could be days before I get an update. I asked how do I ensure a scan. She said come into the office. I said I have been in the office and they donât scan them.
Her response this time is âscanning is a luxuryâ.
So I checked usps policy.
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âTo obtain a receiptâ is I think the ace up our sleeves here. Most of the time when Iâm shipping something itâs for work and Iâll get in trouble if I donât get receipts. We have to have the paper trail for taxes, audits, and liability for the stuff we ship because a lot of times what weâre shipping isnât even ours, it technically belongs to our customers. I know Iâm âpreaching to the choirâ here but that receipt is worth its weight in gold.
I guess the point Iâm making is donât press them about scanning the item, press them about getting a receipt. It just so happens they have to scan the item to give you a receipt and you can both commiserate about your âbossâ demanding it.
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My problem with the getting the receipt is our post office is very poorly ran. One person working the counter 10 people wondering around like zombies. You wait in line forever while the clerk is flirting with women. You finally get up there and there is no guarantee that you will even get it scanned because as the post master said, itâs a luxury.
Maybe itâs worth the effort to drive to another post office where itâs easier to request that receipt so theyâre scanned immediately and you have proof of drop off.
Iâm with @agentpoyo, if you can go to another post office not too far away, do so. When Iâve dealt with mean post office locations Iâve purposely avoided them for the spots with nice employees.
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There are two post offices around me. One is local and terrible. The other is a smaller post office but not practical to get to. And the one by my office at work is a big city post office. I try not to go there.
Time to just move⊠
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Is there a self-service kiosk at either location? Those can be a godsend - wish more were around.
If you require a receipt, they have to scan it. Itâs not a
Luxury.
Stand there in line and wait. Stare at them. Bring Print outs and show them their own requirements if they try to tell you different. Basically remove any excuse they give you.
I bring 5-10 packages at a time at my PO. If thereâs no one else in line Iâm out in 2 min. Thatâs with them struggling with the scanners and scale. I think I see 2 people working at my PO at mostâŠonly one is ever at the counter. It can be done, itâs not hard.
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Thatâs the problem. There are never 0 people there. They move so slow there is a line from beginning to close. They also donât always keep their hours. Will close early. Itâs terrible.
Sounds like they hired a bunch of DMV rejectsâŠ.
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I said they were just like the DMV to the post master.
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So I keep checking my packages for updates. I noticed that USPS is now claiming âregional weather delaysâ for why they were not updated. This is all my packages from the past two days.
Mind you itâs been sunny and close to 50 degrees.
I think my local post office is trying to cover their asses.
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I literally just looked this a.m. at something I shipped - and yep - same message (Regional Weather Delay)
I think if your package passes through any region that has any type of extreme weather notification it gets it automatically assigned.
I have a few that have this red note. And Iâm not sure what exact qualifies as a regional weather delay.
My guess is itâs so nice out after being horribly cold the past
Few weeks employees are taking time off to enjoy it.
Or maybe so many fell on ice and claimed injury/short term disability that itâs effecting their efficiency.
It all tied back to weather!
DMV here is now pretty efficient. You have to setup appointments and they donât mess around. You donât sit around and wait like you use to. You can walk in without an appointment but they warn you, you might sit there all day and never get in.
I kid you not. I literally just walked out when the mail man was there. My mailbox is still somewhat covered in ice. I grabbed the packages and handed them over. I asked if he could scan them. He looked at a note on his dash board (probably the note from the post master to scan my packages) and said yes. I waited. He was annoyed. Pulled out the scanner and literally pretended to scan them. No noise. No light. I said are you kidding me? And said I would call the post master again tomorrow.
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That is unbelievable. DO YOUR DAMN JOB!!! Itâs like an inconvenience to do what they are supposed to do.
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