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Trying to understand the logistics of the Postal Service
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:48 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:48 am
Package was supposed to arrive on Saturday. Still don't have it. I checked the tracking this morning, and its just bouncing around the New Orleans area:
So in a span of three days it went from New Orleans to St Rose back to New Orleans then to Metairie then back to St Rose then back to New Orleans then back to Metairie. I live in Metairie, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't just have stayed in the Metairie location.
Make it make sense
quote:
Arrived at USPS Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
November 7, 2026 10:21 AM
Arrived at USPS Facility
SAINT ROSE, LA 70087
November 7, 2026 7:34 PM
Arrived at USPS Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
November 8, 2026 2:31 AM
Departed USPS Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
November 8, 2026 4:44 AM
Arrived at USPS Facility
METAIRIE, LA 70001
November 8, 2026 5:07 AM
Arrived at USPS Facility
SAINT ROSE, LA 70087
November 8, 2026 7:11 AM
Departed USPS Facility
SAINT ROSE, LA 70087
November 8, 2026 10:09 AM
Departed USPS Facility
NEW ORLEANS LA DISTRIBUTION CENTER
November 9, 2026 3:05 AM
Arrived at USPS Facility
METAIRIE, LA 70001
November 9, 2026 3:05 AM
So in a span of three days it went from New Orleans to St Rose back to New Orleans then to Metairie then back to St Rose then back to New Orleans then back to Metairie. I live in Metairie, so I'm not sure why it wouldn't just have stayed in the Metairie location.
Make it make sense
Posted on 11/9/26 at 8:59 am to boxcarbarney
That’s a feature, not a bug.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:04 am to boxcarbarney
Er, it’s a little known fact there Boxy that the Postal System’s logistical system is mostly far ahead of the logic capabilities of a normal citizen.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:07 am to boxcarbarney
Just go walk into the post office and you'll see and hear everything you need to know.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:08 am to boxcarbarney
quote:
Make it make sense
Impossible. UPS is pretty much the same. I sent my son some shoes that he left at home when he went back to school. UPS Ground said it should be delivered next day.
10/28-10/29 Shreveport --> Jackson, MS --> Gray, LA
Address problem. Not deliverable
10/29 - 11/2 Gray, LA --> Goodyear, AZ
11/2-11/3 Goodyear, AZ --> El Paso, TX --> Midland, TX --> Arlington, TX --> Shreveport, LA --> Monroe, LA --> Jackson, MS
11/4 Gray, LA, delivered to Thibodaux.
I learned through this experience that UPS doesn't guarantee delivery for anything but Overnight. All other shipping methods are not guaranteed, so you can't file a claim unless the package is lost/not delivered.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:10 am to boxcarbarney
The only thing I reliably get in the mail is junk
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:10 am to boxcarbarney
Having worked in the parcel industry many years ago my guess is the system is incorrectly reading the zip code.
Very likely 70001 is being read 70087 and St. Rose is kicking it back. The Nov 8th Metairie to St. Rose was likely just a
stop over and the item was never scanned in. I’d expect it today given the most updated scan.
Very likely 70001 is being read 70087 and St. Rose is kicking it back. The Nov 8th Metairie to St. Rose was likely just a
stop over and the item was never scanned in. I’d expect it today given the most updated scan.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:13 am to LSUGUMBO
They're all bad at times. I shipped two boxes out west ahead of a trip we had planned out there back at the beginning of the summer. Tracking was identical on both, up until it hit Seattle. Smaller box was delivered, and the larger one said out for delivery on a Monday. It never arrived, so Tuesday morning I checked the tracking and it said it was back in Nashville. There's no way. I forget the dates, but it was BHM, Nashville, Chicago, Seattle, Nashville, Denver, Seattle again, and finally was delivered about 4 days after we got back. So we missed out on something we needed for the trip but made it work. Either it was never in Seattle to begin with and tracking was off, or somehow this 4 foot long box weighing about 100 lbs was loaded on a plane back to Nashville.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:15 am to IndianPower
quote:
Just go walk into the post office and you'll see and hear everything you need to know.
Why don't you just tell them Yogi?
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:18 am to boxcarbarney
quote:
Trying to understand the logistics of the Postal Service
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:22 am to Marlboro Smooth
We've been getting handfuls of Royalty checks returned each month for UTF Unable to Forward by USPS. Had issues with our old check stock with MICR getting rubbed off, so we made the change to a higher quality stock thinking that was the issue. It was not. Royalty Owners calling in because they haven't gotten their checks and they haven't moved are going up. The addresses are legit, I make it as clear as possible for them to read the address, and yet 10-20 get returned each month. My pleading to management to do away with checks goes unheard. "Meemaw likes her checks". I think at this point everyone in the Post Office is on Fentanyl.
This post was edited on 11/9/26 at 9:23 am
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:22 am to boxcarbarney
They went from reliability being able to deliver a letter within 3 days anywhere to a Federal DEI jobs program that will open and steal anything that looks like it contains a gift card.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:35 am to SquatchDawg
According to Gemini, the USPS handles an average of 360 million pieces of mail per day. Look it up yourself to see their accuracy rates.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:40 am to boxcarbarney
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:45 am to Sal Minio
Or this.
Thanks for the correction.
Thanks for the correction.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:45 am to boxcarbarney
The government does such a good job at delivering the mail, I think it would be a great idea if we let them also take control of our healthcare system. I mean, just look at the bang-up job the VA does.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:48 am to boxcarbarney
And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 9:56 am to boxcarbarney
It's govt, there is no logistics plan
Posted on 11/9/26 at 10:06 am to boxcarbarney
Why hasn’t Trump abolished the USPS yet?
It’s the one thing he hasn’t done that I really wish he would do
I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but the USPS in New Orleans is worse than a postal service in a Third World country.
It’s the one thing he hasn’t done that I really wish he would do
I can’t speak for the rest of the country, but the USPS in New Orleans is worse than a postal service in a Third World country.
Posted on 11/9/26 at 10:07 am to boxcarbarney
Several years ago I ordered a brass propane fitting from a company in Montgomery (+/- 100 miles away).
It made 11 stops including 4 days in GUAM.
GUAM!!!
It took 17 days.
It made 11 stops including 4 days in GUAM.
GUAM!!!
It took 17 days.
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