I haven't gotten mail delivery since Friday. Most of the roads in my area are clear and DRY. WTF? Pussification of America continues....
"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds." My ass!
In my experience, whether or not that old chestnut applies to directly employed postal workers, it definitely does not apply to the folks that rural mail delivery is contracted out to.
I get rural mail delivery also. The current one does pretty well. We had mail every day through the last little white stuff bout. I did have a stuck Prius in my driveway one day, but the mail came through. In the past, however, it has been more like "Oh, look! A snow flake. No Mail Today."
Hi. As someone who used to work with the usps daily at amazon.com. I take offense to your comments. The men and women of the postal service are damn good people. Instead of acting like a child, why don't you call the local post office. Maybe they have deemed your driveway or delivery point to be unsafe? Have you shoveled your walk or around your mailbox?
Money, money happened. Also the death of paper correspondence hasn't helped.
Same thing is happening to Australia Post. Low revenue means less wage growth and more cost cutting. That usually results in crap service.
Ever stop to think that maybe you got lucky, and no bills or junk mail have been sent for two days? 
Since I've been paying bills online and selecting "go paperless", I've noticed a drastic reduction in the amount of stuff in my mailbox.
I don't think my mailman has ever missed a day due to weather.
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: Hi. As someone who used to work with the usps daily at amazon.com. I take offense to your comments. The men and women of the postal service are damn good people. Instead of acting like a child, why don't you call the local post office. Maybe they have deemed your driveway or delivery point to be unsafe? Have you shoveled your walk or around your mailbox?
You complete and utter loon! Of course I shoveled out my mailbox! It's not just me that isn't getting mail. No one in my entire neighborhood has seen a mail carrier since Friday! And how dare you call me a child? I've good reason to stamp my feet and throw poopies at you!
My mail showed up yesterday at 9 pm, about 6 hours late. This is on a day when schools were closed, most businesses shut down around 3 pm and even the mall closed. But USPS soldiered on, chained up, working way late to make it happen.
Can't ask for more than that.
Wall-e wrote: I don't think my mailman has ever missed a day due to weather.
I was just going to say, in all my nearly 47 years on this planet, I can't recall ever not getting my mail.
We had 3" of snow come down a week ago and yesterday was the first time we've gotten mail since. Yes we are on a small road that has a bit of a hill. But that hill has been opendiff rwdriveable since Wednesday. Mail carrier waited until all traces of ice were gone before coming up to fill the mailboxes.
maybe they have the same people in charge of rural mail delivery that are in charge of deciding when to close the schools down? seems like the kids get a day off every time more than 3 snowflakes accumulate in a 2 square mile area or the temps get below about 20 degrees.
In reply to 1988RedT2:
If you truly have an issue send me a pm. I still have people at postal hq who shudder when I call.
I used to move millions of packages a day for them. Even the postal shop stewards like me.
95% of my mail goes straight in the recycle bin. The other 5% can wait a day or two if its icy/snowy.
I honestly think having multiple forms of every-day delivery to my house is inefficient (mail, ups, fedex, etc.)
USPS has good employees and bad. I worked there for a few years and I took the job seriously, as did most of my coworkers. We worked late, and weather didn't ever matter.
I wouldn't work there now though. People are delivering mail as late as 9pm most nights, doing walking routes after dark in the snow, and working 7 days a week too.
If you want to talk about pussification, the mailman is a bad place to start.
I did my Stint as a mail carrier here in the ghetto of L.A.
If you are not getting mail its coming from the powers above.
I have to add it was the worst job I have ever had.....
It all comes down to safety, if you saw the amount of paperwork that needs to be done for an accident, you would understand. Then there's the investigation, if the carrier is found to be at fault, nothing good will come out of it. Then again maybe your carrier is a bum!
While they dont ever not deliver, my local postal delivery system has a bad habbit of leaving important mail on a shelf at the post office resulting in me having to go up and show them the tracking just too have them dig it out.
Fueled by Caffeine wrote: In reply to 1988RedT2: If you truly have an issue send me a pm. I still have people at postal hq who shudder when I call. I used to move millions of packages a day for them. Even the postal shop stewards like me.
I appreciate the offer, but as someone mentioned above, I'm probably just being spared the chore of carrying junk mail to the recycle bin. You know me, I just like to stir things up and serve as a catalyst for spirited discussion. 
MulletTruck wrote: I did my Stint as a mail carrier here in the ghetto of L.A. If you are not getting mail its coming from the powers above. I have to add it was the worst job I have ever had.....
When my dad taught school in Compton, he said that the mailmen would get robbed on the 1st and 15th of the month.
A good friend is a mail carrier, and he has worked the last 8 days in a row and is working 10 hour days. (The joy of not being a permanent carrier!) They're not bob costas-fied.
We got over a foot of snow on Saturday and that was maybe the second time I can ever remember not getting mail. Yesterday afternoon I saw the mail truck as I was leaving my neighborhood at 6:15. When I got home my wife told me the mailman came to our door at 7:45 to deliver a certified letter. The town had mailed certified letters to EVERYONE in our neighborhood, probably about 80 houses, poor guy probably didn't get home until midnight.
MulletTruck wrote: I did my Stint as a mail carrier here in the ghetto of L.A. If you are not getting mail its coming from the powers above. I have to add it was the worst job I have ever had.....
My grandfather was a rural mail carrier. He may have been the laziest man on earth. At his daughter's funeral(my aunt), people were commenting on how they knew we would read their mail. My cousin told me at the funeral that he never took my grandmother anywhere because he would gamble away his money. Funny the things you find out about people after they are dead.
dculberson wrote: A good friend is a mail carrier, and he has worked the last 8 days in a row and is working 10 hour days. (The joy of not being a permanent carrier!) They're not bob costas-fied.
Exactly, We were forced to work 7 days a week, no bennies, Had to buy our own uniforms. The motto is dont do a good job, Do a fast job. And they piss and moan about money, but they are clearing billions.
Dr. Hess wrote:MulletTruck wrote: I did my Stint as a mail carrier here in the ghetto of L.A. If you are not getting mail its coming from the powers above. I have to add it was the worst job I have ever had.....When my dad taught school in Compton, he said that the mailmen would get robbed on the 1st and 15th of the month.
My uncle lasted three weeks as a letter carrier in Bushwick, Brooklyn and was robbed twice.
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