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Post# 1156046 , Reply# 1 8/5/2022 at 12:04 (628 days old) by ea56  (Cotati, Calif.) |
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 Neither rain, nor snow nor dark of night is supposed to imped the delivery of the US mail.
I’ve also noticed when I pickup our mail that outgoing mail hasn’t been picked up by the postal carrier, even after they’ve just delivered the mail. I think that some of the newer carriers or subs on the route aren’t familiar with the location of the outgoing mail receptacle and they overlook it.
I’d call you local USPS office Tom and let them know about the outgoing mail not being picked up. Personally, I never leave any outgoing mail in the receptacle at our mailbox kiosk. I drop it in the blue USPS box on the street a few steps away from our front door.
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Post# 1156051 , Reply# 2 8/5/2022 at 13:07 (628 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI) |
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i get daily mail, junk but mail. If I have something to go out I use the old method and raise the red flag on my big old galvanized mail box that has been there for over 50 years...
I do use informed delivery where I get an email showing any first class mail coming to my box on any given day. | ||
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Post# 1156058 , Reply# 3 8/5/2022 at 13:39 (628 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 1156060 , Reply# 4 8/5/2022 at 13:44 (628 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1156066 , Reply# 6 8/5/2022 at 14:50 (628 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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My mail slot is in my front door. | ||
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Post# 1156115 , Reply# 8 8/5/2022 at 22:29 (628 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1156124 , Reply# 9 8/5/2022 at 23:49 (628 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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"Informed delivery isn't reliable as it once was. "
When it works it's nice, but... it's spotty. It depends on the office. Sometimes it will be really good for a month or two and then suddenly there is no scans even though there is mail. It's like you can tell when an employee has moved on. How are the delivery trucks in your area? In my rural area the mail trucks are actual USPS trucks from like the 80s. They are often quite faded and don't run well. Sometimes the carrier has to crank the engine several times to get it started. I think this is a state by state thing. In VA. the rural carriers seem to have their own vehicles. I've also over heard carriers talking among themselves about "lucrative rural routes". My guess is they are contractors while those who work in the building are employees.
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Post# 1156125 , Reply# 10 8/5/2022 at 23:51 (628 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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I'm sure
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Post# 1156143 , Reply# 12 8/6/2022 at 09:41 (627 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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My understanding is that USPS isn't required to pick-up on walk/drive routes if there's no incoming mail to the address, or perhaps if there is none on the entire span of the street such as could conceivably occur on my street of 12 residences outside the city-proper. Someone correct me if that's incorrect. | ||
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Post# 1156145 , Reply# 13 8/6/2022 at 09:49 (627 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC) |
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Welcome to the world of Louis Dejoy! | ||
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Post# 1156146 , Reply# 14 8/6/2022 at 10:04 (627 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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You Said It Greg!
I walk daily for 45 -60 min in our little town of about 7,500 pop and I’ve come to know a few of the old time USPS carriers and will sometimes strike up a brief conversation with them. The old timers all say that since DeJoy took over the job has become difficult to the extreme. They have longer routes and are told that if they can’t get the mail delivered on time, let it be late. This goes against the grain of these old time carriers who take pride in what they do.
As a result the old timers are quitting in record numbers. The USPS has been sending post cards to every postal customer regularly about hiring opportunities with the USPS. This has never happened before in my recollection. Getting a job as a USPS carrier used to be a coveted position, a civil servant job with great benefits that you could work at for 20 plus years and retire from with a secure, defined pension. Now the carrier slots are being filled with new carriers that can’t keep up with the the workload, have no intention of making it a career and don’t have the same work ethic as the old timers. This is the main reason for the problems with the mail. And it all boils down to that Trump appointed POS DeJoy, who has BTW instilled anything but joy into the USPS. Eddie | ||
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Post# 1156163 , Reply# 16 8/6/2022 at 13:32 (627 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Hey, I just had another mail movement at 2:35. I am as proud as the parent of a toddler making a poop. | ||
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Post# 1156167 , Reply# 17 8/6/2022 at 13:50 (627 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1156173 , Reply# 18 8/6/2022 at 14:22 (627 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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| Post# 1156185 , Reply# 19 8/6/2022 at 16:13 (627 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
No one remembers these. | ||
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Post# 1156197 , Reply# 20 8/6/2022 at 18:24 (627 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Reply #10 I remember those from long ago. Thanks. | ||
| Post# 1156201 , Reply# 21 8/6/2022 at 18:58 (627 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
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