'Splain this to me Lucy!

[Thumper]

I ship a TON of packages via USPS and include Tracking with all of my shipments. I've noticed, most everything that is addressed to the East Coast, goes out of the USPS Distribution Center in Orlando. Everything else goes out of the Distribution Center in Tampa. I live between Tampa and Orlando, so whatever I mail here, goes to those distribution centers before leaving the State. I live along the Interstate Hwy that runs between Tampa and Orlando (it runs from Tampa to Daytona). I'm approx. 35 miles East of Tampa and 55 miles West of Orlando. Now here's where my confusion comes in. Whenever I mail something that is going to the East Coast, it goes from here, 35 miles WEST to Tampa ... THEN turns around and goes 90 miles EAST to Orlando ... passing through HERE on the way.

Seems like a strange way to run a railroad!

P.S. I'm pretty sure I know why they do it, it just looks really stupid when you follow the tracking. I can wave bye-bye when it leaves here, then wave at it again when it comes back through!

[quercus alba]

Elementary my dear Watson, you see the United States Postal Service is a branch of the U.S. government and they do everything bassackwards. I figured a sharp guy like you would have picked up on that fast quick and in a hurry, you must be slowing down

[BarryBobPosthole]

Too bad the Post office doesn’t have you two geniuses to run it.

BKb

[airbud7]

that's where the high-tech Distribution Center is....they don't care if you sent it to your neighbor or to California...overall efficiency for everyone.

[airbud7]

Too bad the Post office doesn’t have you two geniuses to run it.

BKb

could you imagine a food item that Thumper had to deliver?

[quercus alba]

Too bad the Post office doesn’t have you two geniuses to run it.

BKb

Somebody is crotchety this morning. Naw, I'd have to turn it down. I think I need to be the Illustrious Potentate of the NCAA, they need an enema with common sense

[BarryBobPosthole]

Y’all wake up bitching about the post office and call me crochety

Get off my lawn!

BKB

[Thumper]

Get off his lawn!!!! Then get off of it again!!

Sounds like how many times I see my mail come through town!

[Thumper]

Ummm, A/B, both Tampa and Orlando have the same "high-tech" distribution centers.

[BarryBobPosthole]

I’ll bet Amazon caused them to make those decisions.
BKB

[quercus alba]

Y’all wake up bitching about the post office and call me crochety

Get off my lawn!

BKB

Somebody is itching to get there yard rolled next Halloween sounds like to me

Don't speak evil of Amazon. I've got a buddy that works for them and he buys me breakfast regularly