https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-missouri-city-texas-usps-mail-delays/285-c3b30ce9-5c89-4fc6-a3ae-c39c4ebfc952

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The 30-plus year postal worker said the problem is with a key piece of equipment -- a new parcel sorting machine that was set to be installed during peak season, just before the holidays.

"Supposed to be a massive machine," the employee said.

So big, he said they had to remove two other machines, but the big issue was that the new machine didn't fit inside the facility.

The employee said without any large sorting machines, mail is piling up everywhere.

"It's a whole mess," the employee said. "Every open space, aside from the hallways, has mail or trash sitting there."

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SIAP but did not see any discussion of this on the front page here.

This has been going on for a while and based off this article the simple press releases and the congressmen starting to get involved is not actually going to do anything to help correct the situation.

I have a Christmas return that I sent right at the beginning of January and it has not been updated since saying it arrived at the carrier facility several weeks ago. It's currently preventing me from getting a refund but my problems are nothing compared to the people that don't have their medicine or other essential items (one lady had her wedding dress get delayed past her wedding date...). The incompetence leading to very harsh real world impacts is stunning.

from the article, postal employee thinks it could be April at the absolute earliest to get the sorting machines up and running.


Just amazing that they bought a machine too big for their facility. I guess they didn't have the 'see it in your' room option when ordering.

We're the government and we're here to help...

Unless I have no other choice, I don't ship anything through USPS these days.

Flashdiaz said:

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from the article, postal employee thinks it could be April at the absolute earliest to get the sorting machines up and running.


Just amazing that they bought a machine too big for their facility. I guess they didn't have the 'see it in your' room option when ordering.

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Really curious on the money flow and thought processes of the contractors/employees that did all the following:

- made decision to replace old machine(s) that seemed to be working good enough to not have the current situation … right before Christmas
- order a presumably expensive machine as a replacement without checking that it would actually work
- removed the old machine(s) still with no knowledge that the new one would not work
- tried to install the new machine and presumably this is when the mistake was realized
- not do anything to fix it in the weeks since … new machine? Fabricate the top big machine to make it work?
- let mail pile up to a point that it's not possible to get back ahead on all while not informing the public of how or when it'll be fixed
- bring in extra people (presumably getting loads of overtime) that won't even begin to make a dent in the massive backlog that needs a machine

Also what happens to the expensive but too big machine now? Is it just wasted?

Did literally no one think to check the measurements at any point in this entire ordeal? That's literally step one. People ask me measurements on random crap I am selling online but no one thought to check on this thing that will presumably impact millions of people and hundreds of million pieces of mail?

How many people in the impacted footprint want more govt in our day to day lives but won't make the connection that this is what more govt looks like?

Flashdiaz said:

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from the article, postal employee thinks it could be April at the absolute earliest to get the sorting machines up and running.


Just amazing that they bought a machine too big for their facility. I guess they didn't have the 'see it in your' room option when ordering.

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tell me this is a government operation without telling me it's a government operation.

Further proof Idiocracy is a documentary.

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I mailed stuff 2 weeks ago that needs to be in SD by end of month. Still sitting in Mo City.

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San Dimas high school football rules!

Have y'all ever been to a post office in the city? It's amazing anyone gets their mail.

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Did literally no one think to check the measurements at any point in this entire ordeal? That's literally step one. People ask me measurements on random crap I am selling online but no one thought to check on this thing that will presumably impact millions of people and hundreds of million pieces of mail?

How many people in the impacted footprint want more govt in our day to day lives but won't make the connection that this is what more govt looks like?

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Reminds me of this episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where the new kitchen oven didn't fit. Tried to find a gif of Ray trying to force it in. I can just imagine the Post office workers doing the same!

My son's freshman year, his marching band had these very large props as part of the show. They got to the region competition (or whatever it's called) and most of the props wouldn't fit through the gate that led to the field.

I was rushing to get there in time to watch and thought I'd made it in time when saw the props on the grass outside of the stadium. Oh, no…I missed the entire performance, as did the main props.

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This has been a disaster. We ship dozens of prescriptions daily.

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Dude, your weed shipments are getting stolen and smoked.

"Lets put them in charge of our healthcare" (Democrats)

What's funny, well really kind of sad, is that I've started to notice on social media (Facebook neighborhood groups, Nextdoor, etc.) when these topics come up the obvious Democrats have been commenting on every thread with "First world problems".

It's like they've gotten the leadership in the city they wanted and standard expected services have gone to **** (trash, mail, etc.). They know it's gone to **** and can't defend it so just redirect as if these things aren't important (and who cares if taxpayers are paying for services we aren't getting).

Yeah, they are first world problems because WE DAMN WELL BUILT THE FIRST WORLD AND MADE IT A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE.

We don't want to be third world. Those MFs hate the first world and all the "oppression it has caused around the world."