The sad part is when you have no choice.
Last week I ordered items from two places. Both had no other shipping option than USPS.
One item (thankfully it was the time-sensitive one) arrived on time and intact. The other was due to arrive the same day, but took an extra seven days due to being re-routed to different hubs multiple times.....and all it had to do was go fro SC to GA.
its even worse if your address is a po box as you are way out in the country. only USPS
they all suck, but it really does seem like some hubs are just trash, if it has to go thru one of the bad ones, its just bad.
I just recently had a next day air delivery that only had to go about 160 miles take 4 days. It was from seattle to portland. so not exactly small hubs.