I heard it on the radio this morning. The Post Office is going to end Saturday delivery of 1st Class mail this summer. They’re supposed to need congressional approval to do this, but apparently they think they’ve found a way around this.
Yeah, hasta la vista I guess.
But to be honest, I’m all for it. I thought the Saturday service was a bit on the silly side for as long as I can recall.
Hell, I’d be okay with delivery 3 days a week.
Me too. I won’t miss Saturday deliveries any more than I miss twice a day deliveries. I’d rather keep the Post Office alive by shaving costs than running it out of business with services few people care about.
Stupid stop gap measure. The Post Office needs much more of an overhaul. It’s pretty much a public junk mail service at the moment. Trouble is, I don’t think there’s a real solution long term. Some physical delivery is needed, and should be a reasonable cost that only a government agency could provide, but the needs are so reduced that it may be impossible.
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow, but weekends will stop their appointed rounds.
Apparently they will continue package delivery on Saturday. I wonder just what “package” includes – Parcel Post only, or those hybrid mailings where UPS/Fedex/DHL start the shipping and USPS finishes? Does it include First Class or Media Mail parcels (a lot of small parts come to me that way)?
So the post person assigned to that Saturday will pick up all the parcels, but leave everything sitting at the post office, and deliver for only a short day, I guess. Wonder if they will get paid for full time.
Yeah, I’m sure thats how it will work. They will deliver less material, cut labor costs exactly zero, and put an increased workload on the weekday workers. Damn those guys are good at figuring out how to cut costs.
Overdue by decades.
And they’re good at boosting customer goodwill, too. Think of how consumers have been clamoring for delivery reductions and fee increases.
So, you took the MBA class “Give the customers everything they want and give it to them free” huh?
Seems to work pretty well for google.
With Google, you’re the commodity - not the customer. Your analogy only works if you are actually a sentient postage stamp.
So why isn’t Lowes Hardware store giving me free shit? Why isn’t Dominoes Pizza dropping free pies by my house on a regular basis?
I mean damn if Google can give shit away for free why can’t EVERYONE?
Jesus Christ on cracker.
I wonder if the offices will still be open on Saturdays to go in and mail things, pick ups, etc? Anyone heard?
i think Saturday office hours and pickups will remain the same.
They will be reducing hours in some offices, cutting some services, but it looks like they will not be closing as many as originally proposed.
The problem with the Post Office, IMHO, is that they define their purpose as “delivering physical objects.” If they had defined it as “providing informational services,” they might have been able to branch out into the Internet and survive.
If it isn’t obvious what I mean, think of a traditional use of the Post Office, delivering bills and checks. But the paper bill or check is less important to most people than the information they carry.
The biggest problem with the post office is that they’re legally required to fund future retirements, including people that probably haven’t even been born yet.
Yes, it is some absurd number, like 50 (75?) years.
You’re not in a mail intensive business, I take it. My office gets about 15 million pieces of mail per year. Dividing that over 6 days per week makes it much more manageable than 5 days/week. If (when) Saturday delivery goes away, our Mondays will become impossible.
I’m not saying it dosn’t make sense from the USPS point of view, but it will be rough for a while on a lot of businesses.
Degrading Customer Service is a no win solution for any business. It’s like a restaurant buying cheaper cuts of meat to cut costs. Customers notice the food is going down hill and they stop coming. Now you got to cut more cost by firing waitresses. Bad service means you drive off more customers. It’s a no ending spiral until the place closes.