re: USPS -- packaging moving along until it doesn't

I have no clue how they do their delivering or if there is any type of logic to it, but I once had something being delivered to be through USPS and it was delivered to Port Allen, then went to Baton Rouge, then to somewhere in Alabama, then to Donaldsonville then to me.

Like I said, I have no idea how they do thing, but I tried to wrap my head around that logic. Its brought to a town in Louisiana that's about a 20 min drive south from me, then it goes to the city right across the river, then it goes through one state and into the next, in some town then its brought back to Louisiana to a town that's about a 20 min drive north to me. I truly want to know how the post office logistics work.

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I have no clue how they do their delivering or if there is any type of logic to it, but I once had something being delivered to be through USPS and it was delivered to Port Allen, then went to Baton Rouge, then to somewhere in Alabama, then to Donaldsonville then to me.

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This happens to me all the time. I'll see the package arrive at my local post office then suddenly it is in Port Allen, then Phoenix, Arizona, then back to Port Allen then back to my local office and finally my mailbox. Generally 3 days later than the scheduled delivery.

Twice this month I've had small packages taking 5-7 days longer than original expected delivery date(4-5 days)

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I had one package sipped from California to Texas to Mississippi (destination) to North Carolina to Tennessee back to Mississippi.


I swear, people went completely retarded as soon as the term retarded became uncouth.

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Most of the mis-routings are a result of sorting machines not humans.


Several people have been complaining about BR sort center being a black hole. Most of our mail going to the camp comes through NOLA and almost always gets delivered the day after it arrives in NOLA. The rare package that goes through BR is almost always late.

I had the same thing happen last week with no movement showing that it even left the last hub for 3 or 4 days and then the package finally got received in OKC.
Got a popup from USPS asking me to take their survey and I blasted them finishing saying USPS is even worse than DHL.
I hate it when I'm waiting on packages that are coming through the Post Office.

In the first year I opened my business I had some touch and go moments financially. At one point I had about $3.50 in the bank. The USPS couldn’t find a $10k check that was logged in to the branch where I get my mail. It took them four days to finally find it. I went every day and was fulllu prepared to “go postal” on the last day when they found it.

I had two young kids and I think the jury would have been sympathetic if I had gone through with it.

Yeah I had a package show up in BR then all off a sudden it went to Philadelphia..... WTF

It was no where near me

Probably got ganked by an employee.

I used to work in logistics and there was a stretch where the same sort facility had 7 different packages check in and never check out. I documented each one and filed a complaint with a running tally.

Problem eventually stopped. Most likely because we weren't the only ones complaining, so they were able to bust the tPOS.

Made an order on 11/18
Shipped the next day
1. Original scan = Fort Smith, Arkansas

When I saw this I thought I'd have my package in about 3 days. NOT!
I live north of Lafayette.

2 Scan = Baton Rouge
3. Scan = Lafayette
4 Scan = Maringouin
5 Scan = Baton Rouge
6 Scan = Columbus, Ohio
7 Scan = DFW
8 scan = Baton Rouge
9 Scan = Lafayette
10 Finally made it to my house on 12/6

I figured that the label must have been scratch up and they were having trouble figuring out the address. Nope, The label was perfectly fine.

WTF?

You’re surprised?