Think about it logically - you will either rely on a government employee to service you or a private sector employee to service you. Any day of any year for any purpose I would choose a private sector employee who knows that job stability is based on performance and success.
I have sold, bought, shipped and received many items in my life. I have had several problems with USPS, which typically results in 6-9 months before anything is resolved. The last shipment was from Germany to Michigan. The package ended up in Georgia??? How could the delivery person even try to deliver it when it was blatantly obvious that the address it was sent to wasn't even in the same State it was delivered. The person who received the shipment notified me and asked me what to do. They took it to the Post Office as instructed with the Post Office's reply being: "You signed for it, its now your responsibility". The guy had to ship it to me postage due. Fortunately, I have a pretty reasonable delivery person who let me take the box inside, cut it open from the bottom and take out the contents (replacing them with rocks). I gave the package to her and told her that I would not accept the delivery and gave it back to her. As it turns out, they lost the package on its way back to Germany and had to pay the insurance, which they finally did at less than the covered price, nine months later.
Every time I have ever received or sent anything via UPS, FedEx or DHL, any problems have been taken care of quickly and to my satisfaction. Never again will I ship anything of value via the Government of the USA (or Canada for that matter - they are no better).
Simple lesson in life - look at Amtrak. Look at our government's ability to manage things properly, reliably and at reasonable cost. It just isn't possible with the lazy ignorant people that they employ. Sorry if I offended anybody, but if you are a government employee you can relate better to these statements than non-government employees on a first hand basis.
