I am married to a rural USPS postal carrier in a small town. These people are salt of the earth types who go out of their way to ensure their customers are taken care of, they check on their elderly customers and do things above and beyond. My carrier has a sixty mile route and works 6 days a week, getting every other Monday off. Not all of the postal staff are idiots, rural carries have scanners that track their every move just like UPS. Most do not even take lunch and are on the road most of the day. I love my carrier!
Exactly!! Lots of generalities being thrown around here! Are there bad employees at the USPS? Sure. Just like everywhere. Is it heavily burdened with management who never touch a piece of mail? Absolutely. How many of you have a gps chip tracking you all day long on your job? With FedExand UPS offloading more and more of their “ last mile” deliveries to the USPS, the USPS now deliver more packages every day than those two combined. New employee turnover is close to 50%. You can’t find anyone who wants to be a carrier. They are worked to death and treated like sh$t. It’s an organization that operates like a private business but managed by government blowhards. Privatize it totally, not just half assed!!
I live in a rural area, small village, and my closest neighbor works at the post office which is only 1/4 mile away.
She and the rest of the people at the post office are great!
My carrier still carries stamps with him. If I don’t have a stamp and don’t feel like going to the PO, I either leave the change for a stamp in a jar lid with the letter or tape a dollar bill to it. Problem solved, letter mailed.
I once ordered an electrical part for a home appliance. Wasn’t home the day it was delivered. The box was too big to put in the mail box and it was raining so the carrier left it propped against my side door inside my enclosed porch.
Good people.
Rural and city people have different needs and there are different solutions to meet those needs.
A one size fits all approach won’t satisfy anyone.