{"id":30276,"date":"2021-03-05T11:43:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T16:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=30276"},"modified":"2021-03-05T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T16:43:11","slug":"usps-still-seeing-huge-backlog-on-unsent-packages-complaints-on-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2021\/03\/05\/usps-still-seeing-huge-backlog-on-unsent-packages-complaints-on-service\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS still seeing huge backlog on unsent packages, complaints on service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%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%3D%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) \u2014 3\/4\/21 &#8211; We\u2019ve heard from several viewers who say packages are either late or never arrived. News 8 spoke with the woman who sent cake pops a month ago and the package is still sitting in Hartford.<\/p>\n<p>The Post Office message says Kim DiBlanda\u2019s package was supposed to arrive in Tampa on Feb. 18. It\u2019s still in Hartford. The cake pop package was meant for her boss. She spent $55.20 and was told they would be treated with, \u201ckid gloves.\u201d She says every time she calls, it\u2019s an hour and half wait.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve called many times and I\u2019ve just yelled to myself in my office and my boyfriend is sick about hearing about my cake pops,\u201d said Kimberly DiBlanda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know we\u2019re not giving the best service that we want to give. We were experiencing delays over the holidays, we had historical volumes as we discussed earlier. You know right now it\u2019s not normal times,\u201d Amy of USPS explains. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtnh.com\/news\/connecticut\/u-s-postal-service-still-seeing-huge-backlog-on-unsent-packages-complaints-on-service\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29891\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Delayed-Mail-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Delayed-Mail-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Delayed-Mail-123x70.jpg 123w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Delayed-Mail.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) \u2014 3\/4\/21 &#8211; We\u2019ve heard from several viewers who say packages are either late or never arrived. News 8 spoke with the woman who sent cake pops a month ago and the package is still sitting in Hartford. The Post Office message says Kim DiBlanda\u2019s package was supposed to arrive in Tampa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30277,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30276\/revisions\/30277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}