[justjim]

I think most of us can agree the “pony express” is not what it use to be. The USPS (like many government (or quasi-government) offices have very good employees and some bad employees. The primary difference is in the private sector it is much easier to fire the non-producing incompetent employee. I retired from a government position many moons ago and I could recall instances where trying to fire and incompetent employee caused supervisors to almost loose their job instead of the incompetent employee. It’s likely a more frustrating situation today. That said, over the years we have had several pieces of relatively important pieces of mail that have never showed up to our Village mailbox. It’s frustrating especially when there is no accountability. It’s a sign of the times so we might as well get over it and move on.