USPS won't deliver packages to my house anymore. They said that their union REQUIRES them to not deliver to any house where a pet could have access to the delivery person or vehicle. They signed the agreement and feel they have to abide by it. So if the box won't fit in the mailbox at the road they won't come up the driveway and put it on my front porch. Yes, my dog roams the grounds in the bounds of his underground fence, but he does not have access to the area where they deliver (front porch area).
I don't blame them and can see why liability is an issue. The responsibility is definitely mine to find a way for my USPS carrier to become my dog's new best friend to try to fix this scenario.
I have had lost packages and USPS has NEVER stood behind a lost package or honored the insurance policy. They always say that it must have got delivered 'because they don't have it' When I ask to prove tracking they then say their system can't track, can only find layover spots along the way and gets scanned at time of delivery. But if they scanned it and I don't have it then they say you are on your own.
My last order of Scuds (time and temperature sensitive!!) went USPS 2 day delivery guaranteed. It started in Minnesota, took a turn to the West instead of the east and ended up in sorting facility in Missouri (Huh???) then went to Chicago, then to my post office. (already late) then without telling me the mail driver wouldn't deliver it, back to the post office for another night, then finally I was able to leave messages with the driver and arrange for another delivery location, by that time 5 travel days.
I doubt the USPS will ever make their system efficient or effective. They have too many barriers in place including the fact that they have little accountability to their customers and have unlimited budgets as long as congress keeps upping their budget.
I support competition, more competitors, and ultimately see quality and cost issues only being solved by autonomously driven vehicles that aren't driven by lazy humans and are not turned away by a few inches of snow by my mailbox (their union says they don't have to deliver if there is a little snow by the mailbox), or by friendly pets in the driveway... They could deliver at night etc. Or what probably is more realistic is 'Drone Delivery' coming soon.
Last edited by canyoncreek; 04/26/16 03:55 PM.
