tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402082.post1395322718261164800..comments2023-09-21T02:50:23.155-07:00Comments on HolyCoast: Postal Service Unions Refuse to be Part of the SolutionRick Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06087847892047296117noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8402082.post-62918028086710815732011-08-13T12:40:44.277-07:002011-08-13T12:40:44.277-07:00I wonder if I'm in the minority these days, as...I wonder if I'm in the minority these days, as a heavy, heavy user of the postal service. Although I'm very active online and pay a number of bills via the Internet, I still correspond regularly by "snail mail," send and receive cards and letters on a regular basis, subscribe to numerous magazines, and regularly use the flat rate Priority boxes and envelopes. My dad and I often ship flat rate boxes of movies back and forth, and I also exchange DVD-Rs with other friends via the USPS. When our son starts college in Northern Arizona later this month, I'm sure we'll be shipping things like boxes of brownies or cookies to his dorm on a regular basis. :) <br /><br />Many of my Amazon deliveries come from the USPS, although they're also spread around UPS, Ontrac, and FedEx. <br /><br />All in all, I'd really struggle with a cutback in delivery days...but do think the USPS needs to cut back in other areas, like cushy pension plans and cheap junk mail rates. I've never believed the volume of business they get from charging such low rates could be worth all the work of sorting and delivering that junk mail, meanwhile the rest of us subsidize it with higher prices.<br /><br />That said, the USPS also needs to do something about the caliber of employees. While some of the folks at my local office are great, in my line of work I regularly read depositions and arbitrations regarding USPS employee issues, and it's amazing and more than a little disturbing what a bunch of crybaby children work for the USPS. Many of them don't seem to have gotten past high school type cliques and "He's picking on me!" emotions. A more professional and mature USPS workforce would probably run a more financially solvent ship.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />LauraLaurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09626109831176745957noreply@blogger.com