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.

  • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
    3·
    11 months ago

    Straight up this morning FedEx dropped my package off at a random apartment in my complex

    I had to walk around the complex until I found the flower pots in the picture just to get my stuff (thank goodness they actually had a picture this time)

    Yeah the shipper didn’t put the apartment number on it, but that’s when it should be returned to the distribution center as “non-valid address: undeliverable” not just put in front of a random apartment

    And UPS just sent me an email saying my package is running late, which I know already as it was supposed to be delivered last Wednesday. And I had already started the “lost package” thing through them.

    Flat rate USPS shipments ship so bloody well it’s crazy though. I literally shipped some film off to be developed and it crossed the country and was delivered in just under 72 hours. The film developer didn’t ship it flat rate and it’s been all over the country since then, it even went to Florida twice. I’m on the west coast and the developer is in Alabama.

    • candyman337
      2·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, I don’t fault the drivers tbh it’s a shit job, they need better pay and support, and I feel like, despite the right thing to dismantle it, USPS is still the best to work for and it shows. Mail service is just that, a SERVICE. It doesn’t need to be a business, I wish we’d stop talking about USPS like it needs to be profitable. It’s necessary! Sure optimize it where you can without fucking over workers, but it doesn’t matter if it’s profitable because it’s purpose is to deliver mail not make a profit.

      The mentality of profitablity over everything else is so toxic. Even a business should want to provide a service and profit enough to grow at a reasonable rate, not maximize profit and everything else second.

      • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
        4·
        11 months ago

        I work in the ltl freight industry, shipping blows

        I agree that we should be treating USPS like it is, a service

        It needs support for sure