If it's any consolation, you're far from alone; I couldn't begin to tell you how many times I've read the same or similar stories. Like Mark says, on Shark Tank, "For that reason, I'm out"! I refuse to deal with USPS for anything concerned with shipping eggs or live chickens.
But for most people, USPS is their only choice. How else can someone get a dozen eggs across the country for $20?
Personally, I think they do a good job.
After all, what other enterprise in the world delivers 154 billion items including 5.2 billion packages a year and the only enterprise that ships live animals from nematodes, to honeybees, to alligators, to swans as quickly and efficiently for such a low cost with zero $ tax input? None.
They deliver half of all mail in the world.
Their retail enterprise is larger than
Walmart, McDonalds and Starbucks combined.
Since most of the time a package is in transit, it is out of the hands of people, occasionally a box will tumble farther than desired from the end of a conveyor into an empty bin but that's what we get for the price.
One can pay extra for special handling if they want it hand carried throughout the route.
