Palerider Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Postal service considers cutting delivery day - U.S. business- msnbc.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I don't have a problem with them cutting out a day of delivery.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miztrniceguy Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 then it will take 2 weeks to get mail delivered....for those things left to snail mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbybug Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 wow, mail 6 days a week? we only get mail monday-friday here. it's been like that for probably...15+ years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 wow, mail 6 days a week?we only get mail monday-friday here. it's been like that for probably...15+ years? I think it should be that way here .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidakota Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Years ago, I had a dream where services began to erode from the government to the state. I guess it will come to pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 You have strange dreams. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pam Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I would not have a problem either with one less day of mail. Though my opinion would be to have that day cut during the middle of the week vice 2 days in a row without mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 they are talking about tuesdays.....I understand why they want to do that....I wonder why not saturday.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Curmudgeon Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 they are talking about tuesdays.....I understand why they want to do that....I wonder why not saturday....Two days in a row. I just joined NetFlix, so I have an interest in the other day (other than Sunday) being mid-week. Things would work better than with a two-day hiatus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilered Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Am I the only one that wonders why they can't run the Post Office more effiecently. The cost of using snail mail is becoming prohibitive, with no end in sight. It would seem logicial to me that with the advent of email usage, the volume should have taken a dramatic drop. Couple that with the continued rise in cost of using snail mail, would seem that volumes should be down, so why do they need so many postal workers, etc.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenamarie Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I think one way they could cut costs is to have all streets (except for ones out in the country of course) on nieghborhood boxes (like one large, divided box per block). In my town many of the postal workers still have to walk door to door to deliver mail, and I'm sure that takes a LOT of time and requires a lot of employees to cover the whole town in one day than if they only had to pull their truck up to ONE box and deliver all of the mail for the street into that one box (except for packages of course). A single worker could probably cover a lot more streets in a single day that way. This is the way it is in my parents' neighborhood, and the postal worker spends maybe 5 minutes loading mail into the box, whereas it takes my mail carrier about 20 minutes to cover my street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Curmudgeon Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) The Post Office has a tough row to hoe. It must provide universal service but it no longer has any kind of monopoly. So, they've got to cover their complete routes six days a week and their competitors can cherry pick. UPS goes ONLY to the houses where it has a package and picks up ONLY where they want to. Imagine if you had to drive ten or fifteen miles if you wanted to mail something and the carriers would only deliver when they had a full load for your neighborhood. Edited January 29, 2009 by Captain_Curmudgeon mail MAN? Go to plural to avoid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Raise postage to 50 cents and cut out a delivery....they would save alot by doing that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelLynn Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Stop putting ads in the classifieds stating that you're hireing for one. lol Seriously on my job search I keep seeing ads in my local paper that the postal service is hireing, if they are doing that badly why aren't they scaleing back on hireing and on the ads. It's just weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Some places claim...they are in need of help.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwen Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 paying attention would help them a lot. my stepson wrote a letter to his grandparents who live an hour away. he wanted to mail it but we were out of stamps and we suggested he just hand deliver as he would be there the next day. to our surprise a few days later we get the letter in our mail with "returned to sender for postage" written on it. we asked him what was going on. he wanted it to be a surprise for his grandparents so he stuck it in their mailbox, he did not raise the flag saying there was anything to be picked up. he figured it would get mixed in with the other mail and they would get it, and be surprised. apparently the mail carrier opened the box, saw a letter and took it. didn't bother to look that it was already at the right address, that the flag was not up, or that it had no stamp. and then when it got to the post office they returned it to our house an hour away. lol worst part is the first thought all of us had was if we are ever needed to we can reverse the to and return addresses and send something for free. lol not going to but aparently we could. the next thought i had was what if you didn't check your mail one day, that mail carrier would take it back even though the flag is down, and it's already where it belongs. lol weird system if you ask me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelLynn Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 paying attention would help them a lot. my stepson wrote a letter to his grandparents who live an hour away. he wanted to mail it but we were out of stamps and we suggested he just hand deliver as he would be there the next day. to our surprise a few days later we get the letter in our mail with "returned to sender for postage" written on it. we asked him what was going on. he wanted it to be a surprise for his grandparents so he stuck it in their mailbox, he did not raise the flag saying there was anything to be picked up. he figured it would get mixed in with the other mail and they would get it, and be surprised. apparently the mail carrier opened the box, saw a letter and took it. didn't bother to look that it was already at the right address, that the flag was not up, or that it had no stamp. and then when it got to the post office they returned it to our house an hour away. lolworst part is the first thought all of us had was if we are ever needed to we can reverse the to and return addresses and send something for free. lol not going to but aparently we could. the next thought i had was what if you didn't check your mail one day, that mail carrier would take it back even though the flag is down, and it's already where it belongs. lol weird system if you ask me.LOL Gwen. Paying attention should be important espically when we keep getting mail from everybody else. Sometimes it's just a few houses down but worse was the time we got the mail from a woman we visit teach. Now that was just crazy as our addresses were no way alike or similar in appearance. Oh well it was a good excuse from the postal service to go out and do our visiting teaching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Its not in their contract to pay attention..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenRaines Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Hey I am all for it. Change it to every other day. MWF. Just adjust pay accordingly also. Ben Raines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palerider Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Look at all they save.....cuts back on overtime....wear and tear on vehicles for one day.....injuries to postal workers from doggie bites....etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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