What are they thinking?

Without knowing its ultimate destination, it's difficult to determine what's going on other than it's getting frequent flyer points.

They are busy shipping your package!

Scenic route?

Hey maybe they're taking the phrase "going the extra mile to satisfy our customers" literally?

Why pay attention to that crap? It has little to no correlation to reality. Unless it's insured or something, I don't even look anymore.

USPS Loop-da-loop........LOL

The mail is like a game of Roulette in my neighborhood...never know on what number the packages are gonna land. Apparently they can't correspond the number written on the package with the matching number prominently displayed on my mailbox.

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Originally posted by kb377:
The mail is like a game of Roulette in my neighborhood...never know on what number the packages are gonna land. Apparently they can't correspond the number written on the package with the matching number prominently displayed on my mailbox.

Could you just imagine the poop storm if that metric became a factor on real estate/ neighborhood ratings?

It would be just awesome to see a 0-stars rating for a whole delivery person's area.

Some years ago I ordered some stuff. Small amount, little weight, small package.

The shipping information posted by USPS got to be a freaking joke here on the forum!

Shipped back and forth between the same 2 facilities for nearly 2 weeks! Even after I contacted the USPS and complained, it still bounced back and forth a few times.

Bought a couple of boxes of cigars from Don Kiki in Florida. NEVER got them, so called and they reshipped. Got that order in a week.

SIX months later a package came with all sorts of customs stickers and stamps and forms pasted all over it. They had sent my package to MONTENEGRO, not Montana.

Amazingly the package and the contents were in great shape despiite being opened and retaped several times.

Since dog racing has been outlawed, the Mob has moved into "Parcel Pony Express", wherein parcel tracking numbers are selected at random, then the numbers fed into a hopper and "Benny the Crank" turns the handle and then the BINGO balls are tossed onto a room filled with small fishbowls, each with a USPS Office location, when the ball drops in the bowl, that is the next stop for that package. People can bet on low payout by date of delivery. Higher payouts the more stops you can guess along with the actual delivery date.

Not sure how it all works to the end, but there is some serious money being moved on this gig. But you don't want to get too many guesses correct on any one package, or you may sleep with the dead letters...

I like the part about it being on the road in Jacksonville for a half hour before returning to its point of departure.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
I like the part about it being on the road in Jacksonville for a half hour before returning to its point of departure.

Well, you're not supposed to fiddle with your parcels on office time....and back in the day, they used to even tell us to just throw them in the back of the truck, and start the route, like they would magically be in order, and you knew who got what "Sort them on the street". So, what do I do with this parcel that isn't mine?
THEN, they'd tell you that you were spending to much time at your vehicle, diddling with packages.

I never paid attention to that. All my sorting happened on office time.

Posted this story a couple of times. My sister sent a Christmas gift that I never received. October of the following year, 11 months later, the gift was returned to her as 'refused delivery'. I am certain that the delivery notice was never put in my box. I picked up many packages during those 11 months.

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Originally posted by FN in MT:
They had sent my package to MONTENEGRO, not Montana.

Amazingly the package and the contents were in great shape despiite being opened and retaped several times.

There it is! That's the laugh I've desperately been needing today! Thank you.

Montenegro... /snigger

I thought Montenegro and Montana were next to one another?

 
I usually have good experiences with our regular carrier, but yesterday took the cake, with a substitute carrier.
 
I was tracking a new pair of glasses from ZenniOptical, and they were due yesterday (Saturday). Out for delivery at 06:29. At 09:51, "Held at Post Office, At Customer Request". Yet I never talked to anyone at USPS. And of course I did not see this additional tracking note until after they were closed for the day. The "Held" message must be one of the choices they can select when they scan the item. It's there just for carriers who don't feel like delivering the package, I guess.

And USPS is not even charging you extra for the excursion, so what's the problem?