Coronavirus:

[chuck]

Daughter had to pick up some stuff at the Glendale Galeria that she ordered on line. She wore her mask and did her social distancing. She was appalled by the behavior of most of the people in and outside the mall. They were running around not wearing masks and not social distancing.

She didn't trust delivery because of some bad/weird shipping issues we have encountered. USPS is really having a bad time, much worse than previous years. I don't know if it's just the crush of mail because people aren't supposed to be moving around, COVID 19, or the dumb *'d Post Master DeJoy's grotesque incompetence in "retiring"/trashing sorting equipment.

I ordered her some doggie stuff and that is allegedly being handled by Priority Mail. Ordered 10 days ago. Allegedly somewhere in the local post office (North Carolina). I shipped her something on the 3rd of December. It was SUPPOSED to go from Plymouth, Michigan to the Detroit Regional terminal for transfer to Metro Airport to send to Glendale. It disappeared for something like 12 days, departure notification from Plymouth but no arrival scan for the Detroit regional center. I had to speak to the Post Master in Plymouth to get anyone to look into it. Within 24 hours I got an update, it was in Virginia? Then it went to regional facility in Santa Clarita (north west edge of the LA basin, way up in the San Fernando Valley) and arrived within 24 hours of that (Santa Clarita is about 25 miles away from Glendale).

I don't know what's going on but anything larger than an envelope I am shipping UPS or Fed Ex.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Daughter had to pick up some stuff at the Glendale Galeria that she ordered on line. She wore her mask and did her social distancing. She was appalled by the behavior of most of the people in and outside the mall. They were running around not wearing masks and not social distancing.

Pathetic.

She didn't trust delivery because of some bad/weird shipping issues we have encountered. USPS is really having a bad time, much worse than previous years. I don't know if it's just the crush of mail because people aren't supposed to be moving around, COVID 19, or the dumb *'d Post Master DeJoy's grotesque incompetence in "retiring"/trashing sorting equipment.

The latter seems probable given this has not happened at all in the past.

I ordered her some doggie stuff and that is allegedly being handled by Priority Mail. Ordered 10 days ago. Allegedly somewhere in the local post office (North Carolina). I shipped her something on the 3rd of December. It was SUPPOSED to go from Plymouth, Michigan to the Detroit Regional terminal for transfer to Metro Airport to send to Glendale. It disappeared for something like 12 days, departure notification from Plymouth but no arrival scan for the Detroit regional center. I had to speak to the Post Master in Plymouth to get anyone to look into it. Within 24 hours I got an update, it was in Virginia? Then it went to regional facility in Santa Clarita (north west edge of the LA basin, way up in the San Fernando Valley) and arrived within 24 hours of that (Santa Clarita is about 25 miles away from Glendale).

Something I ordered from Kentucky traveled to Ohio, then to the usual sorting station in MD, and then - surprise - off to Baltimore where it's vanished for the 2nd week now. This would have been in 1st class mail in an envelope.

I don't know what's going on but anything larger than an envelope I am shipping UPS or Fed Ex.

Probably end up in a freezer farm!

[chuck]

Probably end up in a freezer farm!

LOL!!!, Thanks!

[robert.]

If you go to the local mall. You will see people standing in the food court elbow to elbow eating. All the chairs and table were removed. So people stand and eat . Mostly chic-fill-a. That’s still indoor dining. Local small restaurant owners are angry about this. This is one specific reason have have opened their businesses.

[Neil]

"I don’t want to come across as a person that doesn’t care. I just think it’s overblown."

I'm glad you care, but you are tragically mistaken about corona virus being overblown. The major cause of hospitalization and disability in the United States at the moment is coronavirus. A death rate that is projected, without a benefit of vaccines to likely affect 1 in 300-500 Americans in less than a year. Hospitalization rates probably 5-10 times that. That's about 20 times greater than the rate of automobile related deaths and hospitalizations in a similar time period. With the vaccines, we'll be lucky if the death rate is more like 1 in 500-1,000. Still pretty dreadful, with many young, previously healthy children and adults dying. About 10 times worse than the usual flu season if that's your favored metric. Not the Black Death, but the worst pandemic in over 100 years, maybe longer.

[rogruth]

In our little town Fed Ex drops off stuff at the USPS for USPS to deliver.
Many packages we get from Fed Ex are actually addressed to the post office with our address added.

[chuck]

In our little town Fed Ex drops off stuff at the USPS for USPS to deliver.

Those have a decent chance of making it through in a timely fashion. It's the stuff going (allegedly) straight through USPS that is questionable.

I just got an email from the dog company. USPS finally "accepted" and pushed the package on to the regional distro center. It MAY get to Glendale in time for Christmas. Not that the dog knows that but he does enjoy ripping open boxes. I needed to order him a new harness, the one he has got skunked!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

In our little town Fed Ex drops off stuff at the USPS for USPS to deliver.

Those have a decent chance of making it through in a timely fashion. It's the stuff going (allegedly) straight through USPS that is questionable.

I just got an email from the dog company. USPS finally "accepted" and pushed the package on to the regional distro center. It MAY get to Glendale in time for Christmas. Not that the dog knows that but he does enjoy ripping open boxes. I needed to order him a new harness, the one he has got skunked!

You may get lucky. My stuff has vanished into Baltimore now for 11 days after the delivery date. If it gets here this year I'll count myself fortunate.

[gregj410]

Are they even open for such nonsense?

It was reported in the TV News in this area that some malls felt they had to ready themselves for a perceived onslaught, which has already begun, apparently.

Amazing......and how does that get reconciled with the limits on people in closed in spaces? Wait.....never mind. They don't care about themselves and they don't care about others. Pretty much sums up today's society across the board.

You ever thought about the store owners? The people that work them? The people that produce products for them? Their families and how they make a living and survive through this?

You ever had to produce, make, manufacturer or install a product for a profit? If you did you may understand why the malls and stores are opening.

Regardless, I believe they are regulating how many people are permitted in a store at one time. Then again if the masks were so effective than we should be able to go anywhere we want so long as we have it on.

[robert.]

Restaurants in Pa. had to shutdown indoor dinting. 2 weeks before Christmas.Merry f**king Christmas. Her is your pink slip. It takes 14 days before you can file for unemployment in Pa. that would be Sat. Dec 26. Then 10 days for a deposit into your account. The 6 of jan till you see a dime. If and that is a big . Everything goes smoothly.

[gregj410]

Restaurants in Pa. had to shutdown indoor dinting. 2 weeks before Christmas.Merry f**king Christmas. Her is your pink slip. It takes 14 days before you can file for unemployment in Pa. that would be Sat. Dec 26. Then 10 days for a deposit into your account. The 6 of jan till you see a dime. If and that is a big . Everything goes smoothly.

Yep.People are getting pissed and I don’t blame them. You have all the ruling class elitist collecting pay checks telling everyone else what to do all the while they live their lives out unchanged. If your scared or vulnerable than wear your mask and stay home, otherwise let people do what they need to do to support their families and live out happy productive lives.


https://youtu.be/QZMTwk99XTY

[v8vega]

In Calif. the unemployment offices have been closed for half a year, phone calls don't work, filing by computer dosn't work, they were so overwhelmed they stopped everything for a month.
Prisnors though lesrned how to game the system and 1 billion was given to them.

[up148]

Deliveries have been pretty good in my next of the woods, but I've had a few shipments misdirected, rerouted and delayed.

But, I had an exceptional experience with our FED-X driver a few weeks ago.

I bought a desk for my new hobby room and the quality of it is far superior to any "you assemble it" furniture I've ever purchased in the past. Believe it was Mfg'd by Bush office furniture and most pieces are 1" thick and everything fit together like a glove. CAD has really upped the game on this type furniture from the old days.

Anyway, it came in three separate boxes. 1st shipment (2 boxes) included a heavy large flat box and the driver offered and helped me move the heavy box into the house.

2 days later the 3rd box arrived and was even larger and heavier than any of the others. The same driver delivered and not only put it by the side door we used before, but range the doorbell to ask if I wanted help. This time he helped me move it into the hobby room. It weighed well over 100 lbs and was 6 x 3 feet and I most likely wouldn't have been able to move it by myself without pulling something or worse.

This was the only time in my life I've given a Fed-X driver a tip, but he earned it. Drivers became owner/operators a few years back and personal service really suffered. So, there are still some good delivery workers out there.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

This was the only time in my life I've given a Fed-X driver a tip, but he earned it. Drivers became owner/operators a few years back and personal service really suffered. So, there are still some good delivery workers out there.

Good to read that there are still good people out there.

[robert.]

Fedex drivers may not be allowed to help. Those people are pushed real hard on time. Amazon hod to shut a distribution center in mercer county NJ. They had a covid outbreak.