What can be done about the USPS?

For 18 of the past 24 months, we haven't been able to drop mail in the drop boxes, because someone stole the key. They literally taped garbage bags over the mail boxes.

Stop hiring minorities and women for 80% of the workforce.

Have u seen what works there?

There’s your answer…. nothing

But they have great new commercials!!

“I’ve been err’where man. I’ve been err’where” (except to your house)

Thanks man! I’m not really an avatar guy.

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The Post Master at my location is a woman with 20 years experience. She mentioned that about 30 times as if saying it enough would magically make my mail reappear. She also may have been the dumbest person I’ve ever encountered in management outside of a retail setting. I’m convinced that 90% of the people employed by the USPS couldn’t get jobs anywhere else.

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We have a little small post office by us, but they don't process mail there (you can go buy stamps, mail things there, get a PO Box there, but the mail trucks don't deliver from there).

Anyways there is a young lady who works there, probably late 20s, attractive, and extremely nice. Always has a smile on her face. Always asks what she needs. Always willing to help. The opposite of just about every other USPS employee.

One day we were talking and she said her husband is military so she moved with him, and so she is able to transfer to other post offices when he transfers in the military.

She's the kind of person they need in a higher role but with her moving around maybe that is not possible.

Meanwhile, the "main" post office in Chalmette has been in heated battles with the parish over the USPS inability to keep the parking lot clean and the grass cut.

Years ago I looked into buying the building that houses the USPS near the NOC in the Nantahala Gorge, and one of the reasons I passed was because I was required to perform all maintenance including lawn care, trash pickup, etc. I didn’t like the idea of basically having tenants I had no control over. You may have a similar situation in Chalmette.

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Have you seen FedEx lately? UPS isn't much better either, and when you consider shipping costs, both of them are much WORSE than the USPS.

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Question, genius: have you ever seen a USPS plane or semi truck?

I’ve had a check sitting in my local distribution center since March 24th.