I Freaking Hate The USPS

I don't know how to be any more honest about it, but I truly hate the United States Postal Service. On March 11, 2011 I mailed two packages (thick padded envelopes) from the Caledonia Post Office. One arrived safely and the other has vanished. Here are the details, which I'm hoping will blow your mind as much as they do mine.

Package A - The one that arrived safely:
Detailed Results:

Delivered, March 14, 2011, 3:02 pm, CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI 48035
Out for Delivery, March 14, 2011, 9:52 am, MOUNT CLEMENS, MI 48046
Sorting Complete, March 14, 2011, 9:42 am, MOUNT CLEMENS, MI 48046
Arrival at Post Office, March 14, 2011, 7:09 am, MOUNT CLEMENS, MI 48046
Processed through Sort Facility, March 12, 2011, 1:13 pm, ALLEN PARK, MI 48101
Processed through Sort Facility, March 11, 2011, 9:58 pm, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49512
Acceptance, March 11, 2011, 1:12 pm, CALEDONIA, MI 49316


Package B - The that is lost:
Detailed Results:

Acceptance, March 11, 2011, 1:12 pm, CALEDONIA, MI 49316


You have to start at the bottom of the details to see all the steps they go through, but I would like to point out the second step (which I have bolded for you) on the one that was delivered safe. Processed through Sort Facility, March 12, 2011, 9:58 pm, GRAND RAPIDS, MI.

Now, notice the second step on the lost package. Right, there is no second step. It did not even make it to the Sort Facility in GRAND RAPIDS, MI. This package was lost somewhere in the Caledonia Post Office or on the way to the Sort Facility in Grand Rapids. A DISTANCE OF 20.8 MILES...

I talked to the Post Master at the Caledonia Post Office this afternoon and she told me I'm pretty much out of luck because I didn't insure the package. Had I known it was going to get lost in the span of 20.8 miles...

And our postage rates keep going up and up.

How the Hell does mail get lost?