I was literally run off the road (rt 15 near the fort) a week after I bought my new truck: low curbed median - I was able to get myself out of my lane, let the douche canoe continue to rampage and merge back in. The next day I went to Costco and bought one for each car…

Upside I’ve gotten some great karma points on r/idiotsincars with the footage of all the chucklefucks around here doing stupid shit in front of me.

I was about ten cars behind you and holy shit I’m so glad you’re ok. It was horrendously scary to watch. I called it in, but alas i have no useful medical skills and several people who appeared way more equipped to assist stopped to help you. I hope you are doing ok now and will have a full recovery.

Here’s my unpopular opinion.

USPS needs to go private. Or at least start acting like a for profit organization.

They have a major customer service problem. They need to charge (mainly corporations) the actual cost of services. They need to up their wages - no one should be working uncompensated hours.

Focus on employee retention. All the carriers in my area are in the neighborhood of 55-60 years of age (if I guessed). All of them are among the friendliest, kindest and most genuine humans I’ve met. They’re looking at retirement- or they should be - in ten or so years. The USPS needs to be recruiting their butts off out of high schools. Pay people well. Give them incentives for performance and to grow with the company. Mentor them, promote them. Maybe be a little more expedient in the hiring and training processes.

I dunno USPS. Just be more like Costco.

Thank you for coming to my tedtalk.

Thank you. I agree with everything you wrote here. In the now times where I have to put a value on my time I’ve found myself ordering a lot of things I could go procure locally, but I’d have to remember that item next time I’m out, make a special trip, etc. So if I don’t need it immediately it’s such a time savings to just have “dish soap” delivered via Amazon.