Miscellaneous
Complete & Accurate
Routing a Service Request
Service Standards
Products and Services
100

When you take your lunch and breaks on time.

What is adherence?

100

Information is given to customers requesting local post office information.

What is Phone, Hours and Location?



FYI: Educate the customer on visiting usps.com, quick tools, locate a post office.

100

The customer says she has not received mail in 5 days.

What is Daily Mail Delivery/Service?

100

Priority Mail

What are 1,2,3 days with a 5-day delivery standard? Not guaranteed? Trackable and insured up to $50 included.

100

This service allows either the sender or addressee for a fee, to have a domestic shipment that qualifies redirected to the original sender or held at the destination post office for pickup. 

What is Package Intercept?

200

The amount of time for a follow up on a Service Request.

What is 2-3 business days?

200

Required timeframe for a domestic insurance claim if your mailpiece arrives damaged or is missing items. 

What is to file immediately, no later than 60 days from the date of mailing?

200

Package scanned delivered, not received.

What is Package Tracking Inquiry?

200

Two to 8 days with 14  Day Delivery Standard.

What is Retail Ground or Parcel Select?

200

The convenience of printing postage from home.

What is Click n Ship?

300

This governs political wrongdoings within the USPS.

What is the Hatch Act?

300

Before transferring a call to IC3, this must be given to the customer.

What is phone number, email and hours?

300

The customer says she placed a pkg in our outgoing collection box by mistake from a competitor.

What is a Facilities Service Request?

300

Package scanned No Access.

What is package automatically redelivered on the next business day?

300

A visual snapshot of mail expected to be delivered to your home. 

What is Informed Delivery?

400

Responding to customer's emotional state when calling about a rude carrier.

What is...I apologize you had to experience that?

(As long as they respond appropriately, it can vary)

400

Inquiring about COA.

What is takes approx 7-10 Postal business days, you can change online, visit usps.com & pay 1x $1.05, Identity Verifcation fee, or go to LPO to submit or request pkt from mail carrier to mail in no charge..Please allow up to 72 hours to be entered into system...Permanent a year, Temp up to 6 months.

400

The customer moved 8 days ago and hasn't received any mail at the new house. Mail is still being delivered to the old house.

What is Change of Address?

400

Domestic registered mail sent two weeks ago. Customer is complaining about the delay.

What is....apologize for delay. However, there is no service standard with registered mail because it is the safest securest way of sending mail. If time is more important, for future reference I recommend that you do not send registered but instead perhaps our premium service, Priority Express that is both fast, guaranteed and insured may be a better fit depending on your needs. 

400

It is available to residential customers as well as businesses to pick up their mail from the post office window or loading dock in bulk and earlier than regular mail delivery service for a fee.

What is Caller Service?

500

BEFORE asking for a tracking number or anything else after a customer explains why they are calling, this should be done. 

What is respond to the customer's emotional state?

500

Customer calls, but you are experiencing technical audio issues.

  • What is....Increase headset volume, Repeat Opening, If there’s still no response, ask if the customer’s phone might be muted
  • If problem persists, apologize for the audio difficulty and state that you must end the call
    • Suggested Scripting: “I apologize for the audio difficulty we are experiencing. I’m unable to hear you, and must disconnect the call. Please visit usps.com for assistance, or call us back at 1-800-ASK-USPS (give business hours). Thank you for calling The United States Postal Service.”
500

The customer complains that she is not getting all of her mail. Her mail has been returned to the sender or misdelivered to her next-door neighbor.

What is Daily Mail Delivery/Service?

500
Three Service Standards we should render to every customer.

What is Courtesy, Respect, and Professionalism?

500

This service allows a domestic package to be delivered to a different address if it qualifies.

What is Delivery Instructions?