Quote:
Originally Posted by Boomer
Not only are mailboxes under siege — also mail-sorting machines are being removed from branches across the country.
I have heard people say, “Oh, but those sorting machines are outdated.”
When I ask, “If those machines are suddenly so outdated and need to be removed, what would be the big deal about waiting just a little longer — you know, like maybe after the first of the year — and with a plan to replace them — so the PO would not be left completely hamstrung and flailing for the rest of 2020?”
Seems like, I can never get an answer from the excusers.
Do they not answer me because they are complicit?
Or do they not answer because they are so used to buying into egregious maneuvers that they are numb to what is happening right under their noses?
Or do they not answer because they have fallen hook, line, and sinker for whatever their favorite television channel plants in their brains?
Or is a hijacked amygdala their problem?
Or do they think it’s just fine to wipe one’s behind with the Constitution?
Whatever it is — I cannot seem to get an answer from the excusers as to why the timing of the attack on the PO must be NOW?
Hmmmm, whatever could it be?
Why can’t those who blithely excuse this transparent attack on the PO answer my simple question, — “Why now?”
Inquisitive Boomer
|
I retired at the end of 2018 from USPS with 30 years....just so you know...mail volume has fallen drastically since 2008...first class mail has almost bottomed out...the machines that you speak of-- DBCS (Delivery Bar Code Sorters) are ancient and are extremely expensive to operate due to parts breaking down---belts, bearings, and rollers--thousands for each machine (I worked on all of these as an electronic technician)...on top of the maintenance you have more than 90 percent of those operating the machines truly do not care about whether the mail gets out or not....as for the mailboxes--if the lock on the bottom is damaged or the drop lid malfunctions, USPS will put a lockout on the box until someone from the outside shop can actually pick the box up.