Your shipping wrecks. USPS,FED-EX and UPS

This is multifactorial.  Holiday rush, COVID making everyone buy online thus double if not triple the usual business, etc.  A single administrative policy or change in leadership could easily slow things to a halt in times like these.  I'm sure just about every UPS worker is doing their best to get everyone their mail and packages on time.  For goodness, we have had 2 Amazon drivers arrested in our area for throwing packages out of the truck because they realized they couldn't meet their delivery expectations.  Everyone is stressed.  Producers, orderers, and delivers. Happy Holidays to you all. 

I want to state my support for the USPS. Chronically underfunded, yet essential for so many communities. FedEx really seems lost, they used to be the gold Standard. I am impressed with UPS, they have really stepped up. Overall, most folks I have dealt with in shipping have been doing their level best, even where there has been failure.
In a previous life, I had a lot of experience in international shipping in support of a globally ranging scientific drill ship. 

The USPS would be profitable if not for the fact the GOP Congress required them to fund future pension liability 30 years out, a requirement no other organization suffers. Could be fixed fairly easily if the will was there.

Article 1, section 8 gives Congress authority to establish post *offices* and postal roads. That did not include postal carriers, which was originally done by independent contractors.

I don’t see an Amendment that gave Congress authority to change the Constitution. But like 95%+ of what Congress does, it creates bureaucracies that expand the Federal Government beyond what is specified and mandated, and worse, funds it without having that authority.

I’m more a Libertarian than anything else, so don’t get me started how both parties have screwed up the Federal Government and it’s out of control spending by establishing agencies, laws, programs, etc. way beyond their scope of legislative Constitutional authority.

Anyway, I see no correlation between pension liabilities and the current problems.

I told myself not to get involved in this silly political nonsense, so I’ll leave it there.

I bought a vinyl album off ebay and it was shipped on 11/30 via USPS. I received it yesterday 12/19. It was lost stuck or whatever in Austin, Tx for 12 days. I used their online form to inquire what gives and I got a call within 3 hours form our local postoffice here in Fredericksburg, Tx. The lady was very friendly and sorry for my issue. She sent an email inquiry to Austin and I had the album in two days. It was damaged but not the fault of USPS. The seller shipped a vinyl album in just a plastic sleeve, not a cardboard mailer like every other album I have bought lately. I could not believe it. The album cover was a mess but the album itself seemed to survive. I was very pleased with the postal service.

it is heart breaking to watch Americans argue about this issue. 

A subsidised mail system in America would be a tremendous benefit to the manufacturing strength of the country.  look at what Germany has done with DHL.  some activities (mail distribution) can naturally be monopolistic and hence may  fall under purview of Government operation.  this is not communism.  it's just sensible.