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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't undestand the outrage in this thread. The USPS normally take *days* to deliver mail. This is normal. Having ballot request cut-offs 4 days before the election will cause some of those ballots to not arrive back in time. This is simply a statement truth and facts, based on service level standards established in 2015 - under Obama. [/quote]

The outrage is the removal of sorting machines, which cuts productivity because then our postal workers have to sort by hand, which takes longer. Days longer. So, instead of getting mail in 3-5 days, it take 7-30 days. When you are depending on the USPS for medication, the difference between 5 and 30 days could be life and death. When you are sending your rent check in, the difference between 5 and 30 days could mean late fees, hit to credit rating or even eviction proceedings. For small businesses, it is the difference between a happy customer and an irate customer?

Get it?[/quote]

Unlike the rest of you idiots, I worked for USPS for 15 years, supporting mail processing/sorting/delivery operations. The removal of sorting machines is long overdue, as most of them sit unused, taking up space that could be utilized for package sorting, and expensive maintenance for the parts and IT systems that keep them alive. The removal of these sorting machines is a realignment of USPS mail/package handling infrastructure to better align the organization with the future. This will *NOT* impact mail delivery service level - any opinion to the contrary are scaremongering not backed up by data. The remaining mail sorting machines have plenty of capacity to handle the current first-class mail volume. The fact that you are pointing to "medication" delays as a possible outcome shows you just how ignorant people like you are. When was the last time USPS delivered medicine in a first-class sortable envelope.

What a dumbass. [/quote]

So then Mr. Clavin, why aren't people receiving their medication? Where are the 2 very important pieces of mail that were sent to us 4 weeks ago? Why am I only getting mail delivery 4-5 days/week? Why are the 2 collection boxes (which used to be 3) at my neighborhood post office so stuffed with mail t  hat you can't put anything else inside?[/quote]

The amount of stupidity and unearned confidence in this thread is astounding. USPS has had lackluster package service compared to UPS and FedEX, with lower service performance, becaus their business has traditionally been aligned toward handling and delivery of flat mail, and not packages. Medication is shipped via package service, not flat mail. The sorting machines being removed are flat mail sorters, so that they can make room to improve package sorting. So if you want more reliable medication delivery from the USPS, you would applaud the removal of the under-utilized flat mail sorters.

Yet you guys are here crying about removal of the flat mail sorters.

Because you guys are dummbasses. [/quote]

If the USPS is so bad at package delivery then why so UPS, FedEx, and Amazon contract with them to provide last mile services.  Considering that fact it is impossible for UPS/FedEx to be good at package delivery and the USPS bad because the USPS is the one delivering those packages to our homes.[/quote]

Because USPS is cheapest for last mile delivery in suburban/rural areas where the delivery density is low. Note that all of the services you noted provide their own last mile service in high density urban environments. Also, by using USPS only for last mile, UPS/FedEX/Amazon are not exposing their packages to the inefficient USPS package routing system - this is where most of the errors occur in USPS's system. [/quote]

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