Why does our mail go missing

[Tracey Cross]

Found this on my front page, thought it belonged in paranormal:
"Most of the mail has now been turned into cheap cardboard suitcases," the Times of London reported. Shamed by the resulting outcry, the postal service then resorted to stuffing letters into unofficial "ghost trains" that circled the country without any destination.

True to form, though, the most spectacularly eccentric cases come from Britain, where in 2004 one Staffordshire carrier achieved a monumental stash of 130,000 pieces of mail. Far from simply being too tired to carry their mail, British carriers have given excuses ranging from low blood sugar to the post-traumatic stress of having served in Northern Ireland. Most memorably, last year a cross-dressing carrier in Leeds took revenge on local yobs by tossing their mail after they made fun of her newly acquired lipstick and heels."

Beware of people who wear heels and lipstick, now who does not remind me of that
Love
Tracey

[Tracey Cross]

I was going to edit my post, Help web coordinators I can' edit

[Dee]

The mail ate one of my Amazon.com orders. Or maybe it was a sasquatch. The weather here has been bad enough to drive them into populated areas.

[PennyCentury]

I admit I'm confused by US Postal Service. A 4" x 5" x 12" post office box costs $ 42.00 per year. This means that I must pick up my mail at the Post Office, saving the letter carrier from driving round my place to deposit the postal goodies in a mailbox. The folks who elect to have a mailbox (subject to getting plowed, or baseball-batted into oblivion) incur no charge. I believe that the USPS has got it backward. Anyone agree?

[SusanK]

Originally Posted by PennyCentury

I admit I'm confused by US Postal Service. A 4" x 5" x 12" post office box costs $ 42.00 per year. This means that I must pick up my mail at the Post Office, saving the letter carrier from driving round my place to deposit the postal goodies in a mailbox. The folks who elect to have a mailbox (subject to getting plowed, or baseball-batted into oblivion) incur no charge. I believe that the USPS has got it backward. Anyone agree?

Why do you have a box? I'm not aware the USPS offer free mailboxes. Here all boxes are paid. I might think that residents in some rural areas who live on routes with few or distant homes are offered or given them in exchange for home delivery. The USPS' reasoning is costs. It's cheaper to offer or provide boxes than pay a contract carrier to deliver the mail. Otherwise, if you want one, you pay the annual charge.

Somewhere there should be rule defining the criteria. After all they're the government. Especially the USPS. They're the government (management) and a union (customer service, mail staff and carriers). I have friends in the USPS (union) and I when standing in line I often have to correct people about their misconceptions of the USPS.

Never blame the workers, they're following management decisions. Whether it's the number of customer service folks, the hours of operation, the carrier routes, etc. No doubt they have excellent benefits, but it's all hard earned and well deserved. And in many areas the USPS has reduced union worker with contract carriers.

Anyway, that's my thoughts. Anything more can be said over a pitcher at a good Irish pub.

[jasonsmith092]

its sounds good to me