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Lets think about the real world here for a second.

There is nothing the post office does better than any method of communication and their parcel delivery is substandard to UPS and FedEx. Trust me, never send a 2-3 package to any country using the USPS.

I know there are good and decent people who work for USPS. I know that every industry has its hard workers and dregs of the workforce.

But this enraged me when I opened my door to find this, and the USPS truck pulling away fast:

This was pathetic. NO explanation. NO instructions on how to proceed. No words of apology for this abortion of "service". This was a large box full of expensive hot sauces. It had been crushed, the box had been wrapped with plastic tape to try to keep it in one piece, then the entire mess had been shoved in a gray plastic bag to "keep all the juices in". There were several bottles still unbroken and usable inside, and after much careful cleanup to ensure I didn't get any habanero sauce in my eyes (opening the damn bag and merely looking inside made your eyes water) I was able to salvage them. This was the last bottle I pulled out:

When I called the post office, they denied all responsibility, and said it was between me and the seller!

That made me hopping mad. The shipper sure as hell didn't drop it off broken, taped and in a plastic bag. It was pretty easy to determine responsibility here.

But, they will be bailed out with MY hard earned money. How galling is that?

There is nothing the post office does better than any method of communication and their parcel delivery is substandard to UPS and FedEx. Trust me, never send a 2-3 package to any country using the USPS.

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I have had great service from the Post Office. I remember one year the parcel truck got in late Christmas eve and after closing the office the two postal desk ladies drove all over town delivering the packages.

I work with postal people, good hardworking (overworked) people caught in an antiquated seniority system that traps them. Jobs are not plentiful in our area and never were.