"I like to say that we got thrown overboard and into the water. But, instead of tossing us a life jacket, we were thrown an anchor," the postmaster said.
The USPS is an archaic spam delivery and doxxing enablement system. I definitely would have rather seen it overhauled and modernized, but I’m not particularly upset. I just don’t like that the only alternatives Americans have are corporate.
Every time I’ve griped about USPS on here, it’s gotten well down voted. My assumption is that it’s because:
The current American administration has also been critical of the USPS, and any type of opinion crossover is somehow triggering
There aren’t currently any better solutions, and any type of criticism of the only current option is somehow triggering
Lemmy has a notable population of American postal workers, who are feeling like their jobs are on life support, and the criticism is (more understandably) triggering
It’s difficult to discern, because they aren’t willing to have dialogue. They’re not even willing the make weak accusations, as is the Lemmy way.
I would be fine if they stopped delivering and just held it all at the post office and just notified me when something other than spam arrives, which is maybe 2 times per year.
But I suppose that creates a new issue as they would have to have a place to store everyone’s mail…maybe a bad idea.
all they got to do is jack up the advertising rates
you can blanket a city of 1m with an advo hand-delivered to every door for less money than a local billboard charges to put an ad up over the highway for a week, shits dumb as fuck
When you perform an address change in the US, the USPS site actually tries to trick you into signing up for predatory company offers, I’m assuming because they get some sort of kickback. Not a great look.
EDIT: 7 downvotes so far, but not a single person willing to tell me I’m actually wrong. Because it’s true.
You can have your mail sent to a mail service, they’ll filter out anything not specifically addressed to you. For anything still showing up at your house sign up for DMAchoice, it’s a few bucks, but worth it.
My mailbox has cobwebs and a dead hornet that’s been there for almost a year. The only time I see USPS is when they’re dropping off packages.
The USPS is an archaic spam delivery and doxxing enablement system. I definitely would have rather seen it overhauled and modernized, but I’m not particularly upset. I just don’t like that the only alternatives Americans have are corporate.
It’s often the only way to get things in rural America when the requirements of corporate profits prevent competitive deliver.
Need meds for an aging parent, there’s a solid chance they go through the USPS in lots of America.
Not sure where you got downvoted. You are right.
Every time I’ve griped about USPS on here, it’s gotten well down voted. My assumption is that it’s because:
It’s difficult to discern, because they aren’t willing to have dialogue. They’re not even willing the make weak accusations, as is the Lemmy way.
I would be fine if they stopped delivering and just held it all at the post office and just notified me when something other than spam arrives, which is maybe 2 times per year.
But I suppose that creates a new issue as they would have to have a place to store everyone’s mail…maybe a bad idea.
all they got to do is jack up the advertising rates
you can blanket a city of 1m with an advo hand-delivered to every door for less money than a local billboard charges to put an ad up over the highway for a week, shits dumb as fuck
When you perform an address change in the US, the USPS site actually tries to trick you into signing up for predatory company offers, I’m assuming because they get some sort of kickback. Not a great look.
EDIT: 7 downvotes so far, but not a single person willing to tell me I’m actually wrong. Because it’s true.
You can have your mail sent to a mail service, they’ll filter out anything not specifically addressed to you. For anything still showing up at your house sign up for DMAchoice, it’s a few bucks, but worth it.
My mailbox has cobwebs and a dead hornet that’s been there for almost a year. The only time I see USPS is when they’re dropping off packages.