One of the Post Offices in the area made a big deal a couple of years ago about having “extended hours” and staying open until 6 pm for the convenience of their customers.
Except any mail gathered after 5 pm is processed the next business day.
They may have fixed this since I noticed it, but I doubt it.
I agree entirely about the FedEx experience. I’ve not had any notable trouble with UPS.
In this area Fedex is a problem. I cringe when someone ships Fedex. The problem is you can’t get here from there. Although there’s a physical address, thank you WV, there is no road to get to the house. UPS knows to put the shipment on the steps going up to the foot bridge. Fedex uses a private courier and it ends up going back to the office unless I call Fedex before hand and go through the littany of previous misdeliveries. Don’t get me started on DHL. Total disaster.
UPS is a godsend for shipping overseas and providing decent tracking.