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Mail that was supposed to arrive by Au. 3 didn't arrive until Aug. 21 The USPS continues in its history of inefficient mail delivery. I have had many bad experiences over the year with lost mail, damaged packages and overnight deliveries that take several days to arrive. This incident is the latest in a string of countless failures of the USPS to do its job.  United States Postal Service Priority Mail Fail In July my friend C Norman sent me a time-sensitive package from Texas to Tennessee mailed Priority Mail. She sent it on July 31. The expected delivery was Aug. 3. When did it arrive? On Aug. 21.  “That’s not the end of the world,” one might say. No, but my friend paid extra for Priority because the timing of the gift’s arrival was important. If she wanted it to arrive the end of August, she could have paid less for standard postage.  If this incident doesn’t make you want to boo the post office, let me share that I was supposed to get married last September in Oklahoma...

In October I traveled to Oklahoma for my wedding and to spend a month on my honeymoon and with my new husband’s family. Because I was going to be gone so long, rather than simply hold my mail, on September 29, I filled out the temporary forwarding form online at USPS.com to have my mail sent to my husband’s Oklahoma address for the month of October.  I received a confirmation email a short time later. USPS Loses My Package Unfortunately, when I arrived in Oklahoma, I discovered my billfold with all my ID was missing. I had a hunch it might have fallen out of my purse in my car, so I had a friend check and overnight it to me. She sent it via the United States Postal Service and was told it was guaranteed to arrive by 3 pm on Friday. This would allow us just enough time to get to the courthouse, show my ID, get the license and make it to the nearby wedding chapel before it closed at 4. I waited on pins and needles all day, checking the mailbox while I got ready for my wedding,...