[USPS] Any clutchfans work at the USPS blackhole in north houston?

ABC 13 reported that USPS has sent more people in to help turn things around at the Missouri City facility.

Heard confirmation of the USPS getting serious about the problem with additional help sent in. Some at USPS think that they will be caught up by the weekend while some think that is too optimistic and it might be until early February.

 

Yeah, I don't trust USPS's tracking. What this doesn't show is that it was 'Moving Through Network' for two weeks between N Houston and Missouri City. There's no way it was on a truck that long, meaning it was in a warehouse somewhere and not noted.

Moving Through Network
In Transit to Next Facility
January 23, 2024

Arrived at USPS Destination Facility
MISSOURI CITY, TX 77489
January 20, 2024, 9:59 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
NORTH HOUSTON TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 6, 2024, 3:56 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 27, 2023, 11:45 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 27, 2023, 10:01 am

Inbound Out of Customs
December 27, 2023, 7:41 am

Processed Through USPS Facility
ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS)
December 22, 2023, 3:05 am

Inbound Into Customs

Origin Post is Preparing Shipment
Processed Through Facility
LANGLEY HWDC, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

December 20, 2023, 8:02 am
Acceptance

UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
December 19, 2023, 3:02 pm​

 

And just what did you order from UK / Northern Ireland? That's the real question here! Some sort of imperial trinkets and/or fanfare, I'm certain.

 

Ah, my discerning confidant, from Northern Ireland's domain,
A shrewd souvenir, a hint of strategic gain.
A mysterious token, infused with Irish charm,
Yet to disclose its nature would dampen the intrigue's warm.

 

I hit like...then unliked it...just so I could hit like a second time.

 

In the Chicago leg of the journey, it shows both arrivals and departures.

Departed USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 27, 2023, 11:45 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 27, 2023, 10:01 am

Inbound Out of Customs
December 27, 2023, 7:41 am

Processed Through USPS Facility
ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS)
December 22, 2023, 3:05 am


In the Metro Houston leg of the journey, they appear to have cut corners and didn't note all departures.

Moving Through Network
In Transit to Next Facility
January 23, 2024

Arrived at USPS Destination Facility
MISSOURI CITY, TX 77489
January 20, 2024, 9:59 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
NORTH HOUSTON TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 6, 2024, 3:56 am

They likely lack the time/manpower to go around and scan things that are just sitting

* In a bin
* On a pallet
* On a shelf

at a warehouse.

It wouldn't/shouldn't be difficult to program the computer to show a daily report for the packages that are just sitting at the warehouse, but not sure if it would help the consumer much.

 

I heard today that they are still working through sending out things that have been in their system for close to two weeks.

So doubtful that they will be caught up by this weekend as some there had expected/hoped.

Even if they achieve their goal of getting the Missouri City facility cleared this week, things will bottleneck for a while at the destination Post Offices unless a huge amount of Overtime is authorized for their Clerks & Carriers.

 

The wind and the rain.
The wind and the rain again
and again. Ireland.

 

Another Texas congressman demands answers, action from USPS on Houston-area mail delays

Hadn't even thought about people's prescriptions being trapped in that mess. What a cluster.

Best quote : On Wednesday, we talked to a longtime postal employee who said a new piece of equipment that was too big to fit inside existing facilities was to blame.

I would have assumed "does it fit in the building?" would have been one of the early questions.

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

Hope they can sort the mail from the trash.

 

Another article I just found more serious for patients :

Major clinic advises patients not to use USPS mail deliveries

 

Wtf it went BACK to N. Houston????



Processing at Destination
Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
NORTH HOUSTON TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 29, 2024, 1:49 am

In Transit to Next Facility
January 24, 2024

Arrived at USPS Destination Facility
MISSOURI CITY, TX 77489
January 20, 2024, 9:59 am

Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
NORTH HOUSTON TX DISTRIBUTION CENTER
January 6, 2024, 3:56 am

Departed USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 27, 2023, 11:45 pm

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 27, 2023, 10:01 am

Inbound Out of Customs
December 27, 2023, 7:41 am

Processed Through USPS Facility
ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS)
December 22, 2023, 3:05 am

Inbound Into Customs

Origin Post is Preparing Shipment

Processed Through Facility
LANGLEY HWDC, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
December 20, 2023, 8:02 am

Acceptance
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
December 19, 2023, 3:02 pm

 

I mailed my Mom a late Christmas gift on 1/8 (no mom jokes, please) and she just got it over the weekend.

Took 3 weeks to get from Kingwood to Cypress. LOL.

 

Poof, delivered. Not complaining but it went from N Houston to my house in 77546 pretty fast.

Needless to say, I’ll be skipping USPS for parcels for a while.

 

Woman says undelivered package was tracked bouncing back and forth between north Houston, Missouri City USPS facilities

Kassy Garza said her package bounced back and forth between the north Houston and Missouri City USPS processing centers before being sent back to Dallas.

HOUSTON — Delayed and undelivered mail has been an issue that for months has plagued the north Houston and Missouri City USPS processing centers with little to no explanation as to why.

Kassy Garza shared her experience with KHOU 11 News on Sunday.

"I’ve submitted my missing mail requests ... not a thing," Garza said.

She said she ordered a Christmas sweater on Nov. 29 and tracking showed it arrived at the north Houston center on Dec. 11.

"It looks like it was bouncing from Missouri City to north Houston until it just stopped tracking around Dec. 27 and then it started moving again the 24th of January and it stalled," Garza said.

It's now sitting in Dallas.

"The person I had ordered it from through Poshmark, they were located in Dallas so what I’m thinking is oh, no, they are sending it back and that is the last thing I need," Garza said.

The back and forth in similar cases has prompted an open letter from Rep. Troy Nehls to Postmaster General Louis Dejoy requesting a congressional briefing with his staff to address what's going on as people like Garza lose faith in what they're calling a once dependable federal service.

"Essentially, at the moment, I’m just saying I’m just going to not order anything until this gets, you know, figured out because a lot of online retailers do use USPS," Garza said.

USPS said it's adding an additional facility to improve services, meanwhile, Rep. Al Green plans to tour the facilities before the end of the month.

 

got me gold shillelagh!

 

Yet another classic, real world example of government providing vastly inferior services than the private sector. Amazon has rapidly stood up a delivery business that now is larger than FedEx, yet good ol' USPS, with its 250 year head start, fails the test regularly. There is no longer a need for USPS -- get rid of them and their incompetence! USPS, TSA, the DMV and many other government-run "businesses" are essentially jobs programs for the unemployable. These government-run businesses would not exist in a truly competitive market.