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Tuesday, March 05, 2019

The USPS Logic

Or lack thereof.

When I lived in Minnesota, if I had a package and the post office had to come to the door to deliver it, they would bring all my mail with them and hand me everything. The Georgia USPS (at least in the two cities I've lived in down here) do not do this! It makes me crazy!

But I've become accustomed to this lack of service, so the USPS decided to add a new level of annoyance to their repertoire.

I recently ordered a new ergonomic keyboard and a set of cutting blades from Amazon. In their infinite wisdom, they shipped them separately rather than putting them in one box. Maybe it's because they shipped from two different places--I don't know--but whatever. Since the keyboard will not fit in the mailbox, the post office had to come to the house. I found it next to the front door when my phone popped up alerts that my packages had been delivered.

Do you think the post office put both packages next to the front door? Of course not.

Despite the fact that they had to come to my house anyway, they stuck my blades in the mailbox. Why? Why wouldn't the driver just put it next to the door, behind the keyboard? My mind boggles at this especially since I know they were delivered at the same time thanks to my alerts.

No, it's not a big deal to go to the mailbox and get it, but I don't understand why anyone would deliver one package to the door and put the other in the box. Logic doesn't live at the USPS.