No more Saturday USPS

[hammondc]

But...they will still deliver packages!!!!!


Linky Doodle-Doo

[Steve]

Originally Posted by hammondc

But...they will still deliver packages!!!!!


Linky Doodle-Doo

"The move accentuates one of the agency's strong points — package delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010, officials say, while the delivery of letters and other mail has declined with the increasing use of email and other Internet services."

Hummmmm...I wonder...

[hammondc]

I have no problem with it. Sometimes I go a week without checking it unless I am expecting something.

[Bondo 287]

Originally Posted by hammondc

But...they will still deliver packages!!!!!


Linky Doodle-Doo

I didn't get that from the article. But I'm only on my second coffee.. It mentions workforce reduction as well. The office will still be open but no one in the field. So I would assume you could still go down to the PO on Saturday and pick up your package.

[Steve]

Originally Posted by Bondo 287

I didn't get that from the article. But I'm only on my second coffee.. It mentions workforce reduction as well. The office will still be open but no one in the field. So I would assume you could still go down to the PO on Saturday and pick up your package.

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Apparently trying an end-run around an unaccommodating Congress, the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week."

Have another cup brother

[Blak Smyth]

So they will have to make special trips to deliver packages? I feel for the dispatchers!

[emopunker2004]

Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

So they will have to make special trips to deliver packages? I feel for the dispatchers!

Around here sometimes I see package specific trucks that almost look like a small fedex truck.

[Zane]

It was on the local news this morning as well. Specifically the whole "We will still deliver packages on Saturdays."

Seems crazy. Supposed to save 2B a year?

[x man]

Originally Posted by emopunker2004

Around here sometimes I see package specific trucks that almost look like a small fedex truck.

Yep, me too.

[Digs]

Originally Posted by Blak Smyth

So they will have to make special trips to deliver packages? I feel for the dispatchers!

I glad they are not ending Saturday package deliverys - It seems that every box of CC's always land on a Saturday

[Bondo 287]

EMO:
Hmm.. maybe so then. I have gotten deliveries before, from these ""gypsy" drivers in untagged vans... obviously sub contractors.

Originally Posted by Zane

It was on the local news this morning as well. Specifically the whole "We will still deliver packages on Saturdays."
Seems crazy. Supposed to save 2B a year?

Then I guess it is so...

[big_jaygee]

Well I'm glad they will deliver the packages... makes for a great weekend

[hotreds]

What's the point of delivering packages and not FCM. Something typically govt. stoopid in that! Don't deliver ANY mail on Sat ok, but to have people going out in vehicles to deliver only packages doesn't seem like it will save much money!

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by hotreds

What's the point of delivering packages and not FCM. Something typically govt. stoopid in that! Don't deliver ANY mail on Sat ok, but to have people going out in vehicles to deliver only packages doesn't seem like it will save much money!

A package delivery truck/carrier could likely cover several routes with one person.

[markem]

Originally Posted by icehog3

A package delivery truck/carrier could likely cover several routes with one person.

This is what my mail carrier told me today. She also mentioned that at a meeting this morning at the post office, the local post master indicated that Congress has the ability to regulate postal rates but not postal hours. She and I were both confused as to the why then the hours war for the past 5+ years.

Who knows. Geraldo will get to the bottom of this, I'm certain.

[iaMkcK]

Originally Posted by markem

Who knows. Geraldo will get to the bottom of this, I'm certain.

Haha!

Someone suggested the idea of only delivering maybe 3 times a week. In the more rural areas [like my location], this would be pretty nice. I never used to check my mailbox until I started smoking cigars. Now it seems every day I'm going to the mailbox to see if any orders came in. I wouldn't mind only having to go Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays -- and my town has a small enough population so as to make it feasible.

[hotreds]

"disburse" does not necessarily mean "deliver." Kinda nebulous the way they put it. How many people would go to the PO on Sat just in case there might be a package waiting for them?

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by hotreds

How many people would go to the PO on Sat just in case there might be a package waiting for them?

If it contains cigars...I'm going.

[mosesbotbol]

I like USPS over UPS when it comes to packages.

[SvilleKid]

No skin off my nose! My local post office has been closed on Saturday for at least a decade. As far as I'm concerned, they could limit regular delivery to three or four days a week. I already have all my bills sent electronically, and I send out 95% of my work via email. And what few small packages I mail out get hand carried to the post office because I don't want them baking inside a mailbox oven for hours!