# USPS Efficiency? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-efficiency/588745 "2011-07-12T14:46:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-efficiency/588745/21 "2011-07-14T19:21:24Z")
I just got a package here in Illinois that originated in Michigan, but had to visit Kentucky before it got delivered here. Scenic route, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-efficiency/588745/22 "2011-07-14T22:46:58Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > … for Congress to require them to operate at a deficit is untenable. Not untenable, unless Congress insists that they can’t have a subsidy. If Congress is willing to subsidize the dumbassery that Congress’s dumbassery creates, it can continue forever. Not at all untenable. > [@pbbth](#): > > … When I mail in my rent payment my check is always cashed within 24 hours of being put in the mailbox so they are also delivering regular mail at a speed that is almost frightening… I mailed a letter to someone less than 5 years ago, to ask a question. I know the route the stuff takes from my local PO \> regional sorting facility \> her local PO, so I figured out how long it should have taken. I got her response in the mail the day I expected her to be first reading it… :eek: > [@DCnDC](#): > > Absolutely. It will be a sad, sad day when the USPS is forced to close up shop. It’s possibly the greatest bargain in the history of mankind: they’ll send an envelope practically anywhere for less change than most of us probably have in our pockets right now. :checks pockets: Coins? Nope. Bills? Many times over. I strongly agree with this post. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-efficiency/588745.md?page=1)