I like to think of myself as a level headed and forgiving individual. I've been taken way past my limit and I feel like going postal. The US Postal service has become an aging dinosaur that should be put out of it's misery. Lately their service has gone so far downhill that I can't even rely on them to handle a simple letter. That's only the latest part of the rant. In the last 3 months, I have had to deal with the following: Received a damaged swaybar, a lost box of wheel spacers, damaged steering rack, incorrect and late delivery of a box of brake rotors, damaged gauge bezel, damaged and undeliverable letter containing Fred's check for the mufflex, lost teddy bear sent as a gift, damaged computer software (although lucky it is still useable) and above all, crappy customer service.
That in itself is bad, however what will get everyone's blood boiling is the internal unethical issues that are wasting tax payer's money. I have two individuals that work at my shop, their wives work for the Post Office. I hear them joking about the things that go on and I am appauled. Things like during an audit time, (That's when each job is audited as to how long it takes to do a certain route or to handle a customer at the counter over the course of a day) the employees go as slow as humanly possible. On a delivery route they are paid according to how long it takes to do that route. If normally it would take 4 hours, during audit time they make damn sure they drag it out to 8 hours.... that way they are paid for 8 hours. Never mind that any day after the audit, they do the same route in 3.5 hours and spend the rest of the day sitting at home watching the TV while still getting paid.
If the employee behind the counter can handle a typical customer in 3 minutes, they purposely slow down everything and hold the customer as long as possible, again to up their pay rate. It is infuriating to stand in line for 45 minutes to mail a package because there is a line literally out the door and you can easily see the clerk is purposely slow. I won't even get into the issue of not delivering the mail in a timely manner, finishing their route completely in a day or the bickering between themselves over who collects tips during the holiday season. To add insult to injury is the joking about going slow during the audit period to make sure they get the highest pay.
No wonder the cost of doing business with the post office is so high, we the consumer are getting ripped off. If this angers you, send a letter (via FedEx)
to your congressman, senator and the postal inspectors
....anyone who will listen about the abuses of funds by the US Postal Service.
That in itself is bad, however what will get everyone's blood boiling is the internal unethical issues that are wasting tax payer's money. I have two individuals that work at my shop, their wives work for the Post Office. I hear them joking about the things that go on and I am appauled. Things like during an audit time, (That's when each job is audited as to how long it takes to do a certain route or to handle a customer at the counter over the course of a day) the employees go as slow as humanly possible. On a delivery route they are paid according to how long it takes to do that route. If normally it would take 4 hours, during audit time they make damn sure they drag it out to 8 hours.... that way they are paid for 8 hours. Never mind that any day after the audit, they do the same route in 3.5 hours and spend the rest of the day sitting at home watching the TV while still getting paid.
If the employee behind the counter can handle a typical customer in 3 minutes, they purposely slow down everything and hold the customer as long as possible, again to up their pay rate. It is infuriating to stand in line for 45 minutes to mail a package because there is a line literally out the door and you can easily see the clerk is purposely slow. I won't even get into the issue of not delivering the mail in a timely manner, finishing their route completely in a day or the bickering between themselves over who collects tips during the holiday season. To add insult to injury is the joking about going slow during the audit period to make sure they get the highest pay. No wonder the cost of doing business with the post office is so high, we the consumer are getting ripped off. If this angers you, send a letter (via FedEx)
to your congressman, senator and the postal inspectors....anyone who will listen about the abuses of funds by the US Postal Service.
.. so They are pretty much useless... and the insurance does not guarantee that they will even pay you out 
of them having to do with money.
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