United States Postal Service

Post offices across the metro area are short-staffed. There is fairly high turnover because the schedule can be very demanding. If someone calls in sick, has a family emergency, or is out on vacation ... depending on the circumstances that day ... not every route is going to be fully covered. That being said, if you know anyone who is looking for a secure job with great income and the opportunity to work outside and get plenty of exercise, the USPS is always looking for dependable people! It's not a bad gig at all if you are OK with working long hours.

Probably nothing that you can do almost all USPS services have no guarantee, including tracking. Mail can get lost at points and then found again and continue the journey. Even if you had a tracking number, all that you or the people at the Edina post office could see is the last place that it was scanned. But that doesn't even mean that was the last place that it actually was. Also, if you had a tracking number AND insurance (if it has value), unless something like two weeks has passed, then they would still ask for you to wait a reasonable amount of time to see if it was just in one of the million black holes of the USPS. As long as you are not talking about an insured or guaranteed service, your best bet is to wait and see what happens for a couple of weeks. If you try to do anything else, then you are at risk of having your head explode out of frustration and still go home no better than you were before going to the Edina office.

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If you have paid postage and printed a shipping label using Click-N-Ship on the postal web site. Postal carriers must be able to scan the package to begin the journey.