What Good Is USPS Tracking?

I have packages (letter size) that made it to the US from Germany, Ukraine, Latvia and Estonia in less time than the USPS has had them in their sweaty little hands. They are all in the ether.

Another USPS Problem is over processing...

Jan 28, 2022
1:42pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
PORTLAND, OR 97215

Jan 27, 2022
10:50pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
PORTLAND, OR 97215

Jan 27, 2022
10:48pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
PORTLAND, OR 97215

Jan 26, 2022
11:15pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS MD DISTRIBUTI, 21090

Jan 26, 2022
10:07pm
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS MD DISTRIBUTI, 21090

Here's mine, lost in space.

Jan 21, 2022
3:04pm
PACKAGE RESEARCH CASE CLOSED 34593408
SAINT JOHNS, FL 32259
Jan 15, 2022
7:42am
PACKAGE RESEARCH CASE CREATED 34593408
SAINT JOHNS, FL 32259
Dec 10, 2021
6:08am
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS FACILITY
WHITE PLAINS NY DISTRIBUTION CE, 10610
Dec 9, 2021
3:21pm
USPS IN POSSESSION OF ITEM
MIDDLETOWN, NY 10941
Dec 9, 2021
12:10pm
PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT USPS AWAITS ITEM
MIDDLETOWN, NY 10941
Dec 9, 2021
8:59am
Tracking number provided

Here we go again with the over swiping. I'm just getting started on a long journey....
January 29, 2022 08:46 CAROL STREAM,IL,60197 ARRIVED SHIPPING PARTNER FACILITY, USPS AWAITING ITEM
January 29, 2022 06:10 CAROL STREAM,IL,60199 DEPARTED SHIPPING PARTNER FACILITY, USPS AWAITING ITEM
January 29, 2022 01:57 CAROL STREAM,IL,60199,US SHIPMENT ARRIVED AT CARRIER FACILITY
January 29, 2022 00:26 CAROL STREAM IL DISTRIBUTION CENTER DEPARTED USPS REGIONAL DESTINATION FACILITY
January 29, 2022 00:26 CAROL STREAM,IL,60199 ARRIVED SHIPPING PARTNER FACILITY, USPS AWAITING ITEM
January 28, 2022 16:49 CAROL STREAM IL DISTRIBUTION,60199,US SHIPMENT ARRIVED AT CARRIER FACILITY
January 28, 2022 16:23 CAROL STREAM IL DISTRIBUTION,60199,US ARRIVED AT USPS REGIONAL FACILITY
January 28, 2022 16:21 CAROL STREAM,IL,60199 ARRIVED SHIPPING PARTNER FACILITY, USPS AWAITING ITEM
January 28, 2022 16:21 CAROL STREAM IL DISTRIBUTION CENTER ARRIVED AT USPS REGIONAL FACILITY
January 28, 2022 16:21 CAROL STREAM IL DISTRIBUTION,60199,US ARRIVED AT USPS REGIONAL FACILITY
January 28, 2022 15:25 CHICAGO IL LOGISTICS CENTER,60502,US SHIPMENT DEPARTED CARRIER FACILITY
January 28, 2022 12:28 CHICAGO IL LOGISTICS CENTER,60502,US SHIPMENT ARRIVED AT CARRIER FACILITY
January 28, 2022 10:28 CHICAGO,IL,60688 ARRIVED SHIPPING PARTNER FACILITY, USPS AWAITING ITEM
January 28, 2022 10:28 CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER ARRIVED AT USPS REGIONAL FACILITY
January 28, 2022 10:28 CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DIS,60688,US ARRIVED AT USPS REGIONAL FACILITY
January 28, 2022 02:07 SAINT PAUL,MN,55131,US SHIPMENT DEPARTED CARRIER FACILITY
January 28, 2022 00:09 SAINT PAUL,MN,55131 ARRIVED SHIPPING PARTNER FACILITY, USPS AWAITING ITEM
January 27, 2022 17:41 MINNEAPOLIS,MN,55427 ARRIVED SHIPPING PARTNER FACILITY, USPS AWAITING ITEM
January 27, 2022 00:00 PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT TO USPS, USPS AWAITING ITEM

We all see more and more of this "looping". Most of it has to do with bar code issues but if your letter/package gets into the wrong bin (bin overflowing etc.) it will start an endless journey until a human intervenes. I would say that fully 80% of my tracked mail does this now. How about instead of new delivery vehicles the USPS fix problems that have been around for a decade and which are only getting worse with an acute labor shortage.

I am tracking a package from Latvia that took 8 days to make it to LA and has now been looping in LA for 9 days and counting. The US is becoming a laughingstock.

Watched pot effect?

Adding more data collection points (i.e. several machines in a single line each scan the bar code) and then pushing the scans into the tracking report is not helping anything. USPS could add some code which filters these extra scans in the report but I assume that this is not a priority.
Don