USPS messing it up...

Spent 18 long years with the USPS. Wifes job was scanning trucks as they were loaded/unloaded. There scanning system absolutely sucks. If whatever you use for printing/paying for labels is tied into that system I am surprised this is the first problem you have had. Was not uncommon for the system to be down for 6-7 weeks at a time....I know back then the delivery scanning was tied into the same system that we used in the facilities.
I know that many folks feel about the USPS....however...if they knew what really went on behind closed doors they MAY feel a bit differently...