Comments on: USPS — United States Parcel Smashers

By: The Wandering Minstrel

The Wandering Minstrel — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:59:16 +0000

You ought to see some of these a*holes in traffic - it’s a wonder that most packages don’t go up in smoke or get demolished one way or the other. I got cut off by a Fed-Ex truck that (I swear) had a driver on a cellphone (with his girlfriend?), and dropped the phone trying to avoid a collision with a motorcycle - there was no collision, but I ran over the phone (I think) since i heard the crunch.

By: Damsel

Damsel — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:34:02 +0000

My take on it is that many people in “service” positions are “servicing” us - and without so much as a reach-around.

By: Cap'n Bob

Cap'n Bob — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:25:59 +0000

It would not surprise me that all service organizations are increasingly finding it more difficult to find personnel who are performance-oriented. I think the basic problem is that more of the X and Y generation are interested in entitlements more than pride and performance.

By: Yatalli

Yatalli — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:11:39 +0000

I have the problem with USPS more than once. Boxes have shown up split and contents missing. Usually there is an apology slip. Maimed Mail comes with its own body bag AND an apology slip. Increasingly though I note problems with UPS as well beginning about the time they went public with their stock. I am just saying….