Idiots at the post office

[mikefallen13]

Well I needed to mail out a few packages to members on the forum, so I walked to the post office at about noon and there was nobody there. I figured that the person may.have gone to lunch so I walked back down at about two and the post office was empty!! So my dad rode me down today and I asked why there was nobody there and the guy looked at me and said " well... He was sick" so I said " so there's nobody that could come to replace him?" He just said " I guess not" . So for those of you expecting a package form me, sorry for the delay!

 

[LeafKirby]

Wow. :| That's pretty sad.

 

[Not a Number]

In case people don't know what's going on with the Postal Service, the postal reform bill passed in 2006 requires that the Postal Service pre-fund retiree pension/health benefits for the next 75 years which works out to an annual cost of about $5.6 billion a year.

The Postal Service charter is not-for-profit. They can only increase rates by Congressional approval. The only way to achieve this pre-funding mandate is to cut employees and services.

No other business in the US or in the world is required to pay for benefits 75 years in advance - for employees who may not even be born yet! I'd like to see you run a business where you have to come up with capital for expenses 3/4 of a century in advance.

HR 1351 and like bills would address unfair requirements like this. Call your Congress Person or Senator to support bills like HR 1351.