STAMPING OUT SATURDAYS

The Postal Regulatory Commission, the overseer of the post office, is hosting hearings into the United States Postal Service request to suspend mail delivery on Saturdays. This past July 14^th, hearings were begun to consider what it means.

What it means is if you mailed something on Thursday, allowing for coffee breaks, losing it and dog bites, you won’t get it until Tuesday.

It seems that the Internet, email and texting has shaken the USPO at the roots! There is literally less volume of mail in the system. Volume of First-Class mail has dropped 15%! The funny thing is the package purchased mail end of it has increased due to Amazon.com and other on-line purchases that have increased in volume.

Uncle Sam would like to save some money, get an increase from a 44 cents stamp to 46 cents. So if you do the math: less hours, less efficiency and more cost to you!

I wonder how many more people will start to use the Internet to pay bills on time, mail out electronic cards for the Holidays, and birthdays?

Many businesses need the post office mail delivery on Saturdays to operate effectively. They seem to be opposed to the idea of no Saturday deliveries.  

So what will happen if mail is suspended on Saturdays? The Post Office estimates it will lose $7 billion this year. With the changes they wish to effect, they figure they could lose even more by just taking a day away, an this could help them realize their ultimate goal: even longer weekends.

The famous unofficial postal motto, that mantra, that little saying you learned from your post man when you plied away Fido or your kid sister from the postman’s pants leg will have to be revised to:

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds Monday thru Fridays.”

OMG! WHAT ABOUT SPECIAL DELIVERIES? You ask.

They won’t be so special anymore.