I doubt it. Signature was obtained. If pkgs were not secured, I think that lands squarely on the postmaster and her employees. I highly doubt the postmaster would want it escalated any higher through their ranks.
Was I in the Wrong...
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badpal
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I actually have a good relationship with the post offices , try building a relationship by trashing amazon and the dirtball customers on your route.
HEFFERNAN
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You told them no one answered the door, they replied "sorry, we're shorthanded"
She signed for it.
It is THE POST OFFICE'S problem, not UPS.
If there was no signature, the driver could have been fired.
Outside of that, it's the Postmaster's job to make sure his/her employees open the back door for UPS.
She signed for it.
It is THE POST OFFICE'S problem, not UPS.
If there was no signature, the driver could have been fired.
Outside of that, it's the Postmaster's job to make sure his/her employees open the back door for UPS.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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So that justifies leaving a door blocking wall of packages 8' high, 3-4 rows deep?
Might be an a-hole thing to do but I have no sympathy for the post office if they're "shorthanded" and can't be bothered to secure they're pkgs beyond a signature.
HEFFERNAN
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Assumptions are not facts.
YOU ASSUMED the packages were blocking a door.
The OP did not say that, unless I missed something.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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The door was not blocked until the OP decided to block it with his wall of packages.
That is what they were most upset about.
PASinterference
Yes, I know I'm working late.
On top of a litter of puppies, blocking a fire hydrant and a school crosswalk. Let's assume the driver screwed up big time because he didn't wait an hour for proper staffing to show up. $10 says Dave would have signed himself and kept on running.
But he continued to ring the bell as he scanned and stacked.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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You would lose that bet. I admit to bending the rules a bit here and there but never at the Post Office.
Okay Mr Upstate, allow me to clarify for you... It is an overhead door at the the dock... it is motorized on a chain pulley... the person inside pushes the UP button and the door moves straight up... So 95% of the time I get there, ring the buzzer, and start stacking, and the door usually starts going up within a couple of minutes of being there... and once the door is up, the boxes just go inside these cages which are just on the other side of the door. right there at the back door, and its actually quite a bit faster then because I'm not having to stack anything.. and they'll usually be one person, sometimes a couple people to help me...and they just throw the stuff into the bins and pile it up, they sign, I leave, and its onto my next stop.
The door was not blocked, it just goes straight up... And when they dont answer I ring it again... and again... and normally by the 3rd time ringing the door goes up and the packages go in.
Some days they dont have any metal cages and they just pile them up in a pile, there on the floor.
I get a long fine with the employees... Most of them complain all the time about how stupid things are ran there...
Had the girl that signed for it, gone back, opened the door... then nothing more would have come of this... but because they more than likely went back to playing on the computer and just left everything back there as was... then hrs later someone was back there and saw it, and all hell broke loose
I've done this before... probably 5 or 6 times over the last couple years... never this big of a wall, but being the time of year, they have more volume now than they do the rest of the year. I stack it out, and ring the buzzer until the stop is complete, then if no one answers I then drive around, go in... find someone, tell them it's back there, they sign and off I go.
The door was not blocked, it just goes straight up... And when they dont answer I ring it again... and again... and normally by the 3rd time ringing the door goes up and the packages go in.
Some days they dont have any metal cages and they just pile them up in a pile, there on the floor.
I get a long fine with the employees... Most of them complain all the time about how stupid things are ran there...
Had the girl that signed for it, gone back, opened the door... then nothing more would have come of this... but because they more than likely went back to playing on the computer and just left everything back there as was... then hrs later someone was back there and saw it, and all hell broke loose
I've done this before... probably 5 or 6 times over the last couple years... never this big of a wall, but being the time of year, they have more volume now than they do the rest of the year. I stack it out, and ring the buzzer until the stop is complete, then if no one answers I then drive around, go in... find someone, tell them it's back there, they sign and off I go.
CoolStoryBro
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You were wrong for going back to the building and talking to the "secretary" and Postmaster. That was a waste of your and UPS' time.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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It would have been far worse had he not gone back.
UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
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Leddy, if you have done this before, why did you feel that you provided less than ideal service?
This was my first thought too.
You know folks, we can make complaints too. We had a driver who got sick of a receivers bad attitude. He went around to the front of the building, went in, and complained to the CEOs secretary. From then on, he was the nicest receiver ever.
BlackCat
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Screw the post office.
A couple of years ago the post master came out and tried to flex his muscles, giving me crap for being late.
I told him that I do not work for him OR the post office and I will get there when I get there.
He never seen a package before 3:00 after that exchange.
They wanted everything put in a cage. Sure. Just make sure the cages are ready when I get there. I am not walking around the PO looking for empty cages. If they do not have cages ready when I get there, it all goes on the dock.
Sort packages by zip code? Not going to happen.
A couple of years ago the post master came out and tried to flex his muscles, giving me crap for being late.
I told him that I do not work for him OR the post office and I will get there when I get there.
He never seen a package before 3:00 after that exchange.
They wanted everything put in a cage. Sure. Just make sure the cages are ready when I get there. I am not walking around the PO looking for empty cages. If they do not have cages ready when I get there, it all goes on the dock.
Sort packages by zip code? Not going to happen.
