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Mail delivery for many Americans will slow starting on Friday, part of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s blueprint for overhauling the U.S. Postal Service in order to slash costs. But critics say the slower delivery standards could cause problems such as late bill delivery while more broadly undermining the public’s faith in the USPS.
Almost 4 of 10 pieces of first-class mail will see slower delivery, according to Paul Steidler, senior fellow at the Lexington Institute and an expert on the postal service. That “means mail delivery will be slower than in the 1970s,” he said, calling DeJoy’s plan “disastrous.” More
Slower? I’m happy if they can manage to deliver my mail to the correct address.
They’re just giving themselves more time to loose stuff.
The only way our neighborhood get together these days is when we are exchanging misdelivered mail.
Only the government can come up with “suck more” as a business solution.
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How about we do away with mail-in voting? That might possibly free up some resources. Iām just guessing here.
“…not prepared for the change could incur late fees, for instance, if their checks don’t arrive on time.”
Um, maybe not wait so long to pay the bill? Often times I have 10 or 15 days to pay the bill. If people can’t reconcile the bill in a couple of days and then put the check in the mail they may have bigger problems. Not trying to be harsh or mean. On the other hand, I’m not sure how taking 2 more days to deliver the mail will make much of a difference in saving money. I bet there are better ways to slash costs (like not rehiring ex-employees as consultants at top dollar – I read where that was commonplace, maybe not any more).
It’s a fairly common business practice to work the “float” on receipts and payments (speed up receipts and slow down payments to keep as much money in the business’s accounts as possible for the longest time). Slowing delivery time means having to pay soon and waiting longer for receipts losing float on both side cash transactions. – Dr. Tar
I don’t have a mailbox at my house, I can’t recall the last time I used a postage stamp. Junk mail made up a big part of mail revenue. Now with online banking, no need to get a check in the mail. Junk mail still shows up at my PO, it gets dumped into the PO garbage can.
And these are the people who want to run healthcare.
Thatās what public unions will get you.
Most of the money collected by the USPS goes to fat lazy employees and fantastic, yet undeserved, retirement benefits.
IF the USPS wanted to become affordable and efficient they should fire all politically correct and Affirmative Action slugs. A frind served 2 tours Viet Nam. Earned a Bachelors degree while working for the PO at night. Impeccable record. Never able to promote to higher position. Always beat out by non accomplished homos, or illiterate, unqualified black lesbian high school drop outs or worse.
I guess this will put the kibosh on Bernieās dream of Post Office banking. Or maybe it will make it more likely. Government incompetence is usually rewarded.
I know why it’s being done, and I don’t give a shit.
And the price of stamps went from 50 to 53 cents.
Nobody noticed because we’re all buying “forever stamps.” – Dr. Tar
It’s already called “Snail Mail” – what’s it gonna be now?
“Fail Mail?”
izlamo delenda est …
Business deliver should be Mon, Wed and Fri.
Residential should be Tues and Thurs.
Learn to mail early.
Then cut the delivery staff.
Labor makes up most of the costs.
My mail first goes 225 miles east of me regardless whether it’s coming from the west or going to the west. That’s a 2 day delivery delay in it’s self
not that they were ever fast, now they are half fast.
but you dont like this speed…
Our Saturday mail came on Sunday last week. She was delivering mail until 9:00 pm Saturday and had to finish her routes on Sunday.
Turns out nobody want to work part time for the post office so she’s covering 3 routes on the weekend.
So Overnight delivery becomes overnights delivery. I see. When it absolutely positively has to be there overnight, it aint gonna happen with the USPS.
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“Efficiency”
They keep using that word…
Just in time for vote by mail. Golly, theyāll have to hire special contractors to deliver and collect ballots!
Its not like I use the Post Office now!
Dr. Tar: not enough applicants who check the right box on the EEO form.
I had packages sit at the local PO for a week and a half with tracking info and labels I purchased that specifically said “2-day delivery.”
I called the PO after a week and asked WTF. The dude said “We’re experiencing delays from COVID.”
I said “I get that, but I’ve sent packages AFTER those from the same PO and they have already been delivered. Why aren’t these moving?”
His boilerplate response again, “Covid.”
I asked, “So this is normal. You don’t see anything wrong?”
He said, “Nope, it’s all as it should be.”
It took 2 weeks for those packages to get delivered. For something I bought that says 2-DAYS all over the labels.
What if those packages contained something time sensitive like medication or live critters or whatever??
Government work. smh.
Even with a monopoly the govt can’t compete.
Stamps just went from 55 cents to 58 cents.
And that is without being required to get Joeās Covid jab, postal union came through.
Maybe, and I’m just spitballin’ here, but if they hadn’t drastically, “progressively” lowered their hiring standards over the decades, in order to provide more “diversity” in the workforce, we might still have a decent Postal Service.
I honestly don’t know how Amazon stays in business, with so much theft by postal employees that Amazon has to cover.
Whenever given the choice, they always come in third. It’s been that way for a long time now.
how will I notice?
seriously, mailed a check, via snailmail, to my sister to cover my portion for my mom’s Christmas present (new Iphone) … it finally arrived 2 1/2 months later! … from Merryland to NC
… this was 3 years ago
this year I’ve been getting no mail on about 3 out of 6 delivery days … I say deliveries on Monday, Friday for residential mail … I can live w/ that
There should be no doubt that the hell-bound Joe Biden satanic cult is behind this just as he’s behind slow shipments of goods, food, and merchandise to bring ALL Americans to our knees. Add that the Postmaster General DeJoy was also behind the USPS voter postal ballot tampering and adulterating.
The junk mail seems to make it on time…