Hi Everyone! I'm passing on some info I got from my postmaster......not trying to tell anyone how to do things.........just passing along information......my disclaimer is that I worked for the USPS for almost 15 years as a city carrier and my husband is a 36 year city carrier so I'm just getting that out there...I know how hard some employees work to give the best service possible, I also know there are dredges in every workplace...........this may not be the thread for this but it's one of the only ones I post on and I care about Icelandic eggs getting places safely.
I received three different shipments of eggs the week of May 16. I called my postmaster (town of 2400) and told her I would be expecting three boxes of eggs to arrive, from where and to call me when they arrived, left my work number (I work one block from the Post Office on M, T and W and go to the PO each of those days) and cell number. The first two to arrive were unmarked boxes and when the second one got there, the postmaster asked why they weren't marked fragile if they contained hatching eggs. I told her that many people are afraid they may receive harsher treatment from some employees and choose not to mark them. She told me that unmarked packages for our town are put in large bags and loaded/unloaded that way until reaching the local offices. Packages marked as Fragile get to travel on racks with shelves that keep them from being tossed about. They could still be sent on conveyor belts in large facilities but the jumbling that they would receive would always be less if the box was marked. I said thanks for the information and brought them home. The third package was marked "Fragile! Do Not Stack" on all four sides with large font printered paper. When I went to pick it up, my postmaster remarked that it had a nice ride on a shelf and not in a bag. I thanked her, left and brought the eggs home to set. The last eggs to arrive had only a very short rest before going into the bator because the others were ready to go in. I got more eggs developing from the box marked fragile. This is a VERY unscientific study and what happens in the mailstream to my town may be completely different in others.... I'm just letting you know what my postmaster told me. This is the first and only time I've received shipped eggs. I'd like to hear if anyone else has had experiences like mine.
Seinna, The Other Mary
