tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post4781790224839747193..comments2024-03-28T21:28:13.555-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Junk Journalism and the Bogus Postal StatisticD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-31795495733492430132011-06-02T11:26:48.616-10:002011-06-02T11:26:48.616-10:00After a 40 year career with the Post Office, the B...After a 40 year career with the Post Office, the Business Week article is misleading and degrading. I delivered MAIL (no class distinction here) through all seasons and types of weather. Mail paid our salary, and we didn't question if it was worthy of our time. If Business Week devoted as much time to honest reporting of actual news as we devoted delivering the mail, and I mean ALL the The Capn's Cornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979169880279286526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-6604652214219645282011-06-02T06:41:47.855-10:002011-06-02T06:41:47.855-10:00It's funny/sad when people claim they just tos...It's funny/sad when people claim they just toss any kind of mail in the bin "without looking at it". They are so proud. <br />It's kind of like the people who claim they don't watch TV, but actually get all the same content from the internet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-29072425168851094522011-06-02T03:04:38.432-10:002011-06-02T03:04:38.432-10:00Dear Dead Brain Edition....
Eating your young is ...Dear Dead Brain Edition....<br /><br />Eating your young is not "brilliant"<br />It is APWU rolling over like Scooby Doo for a poisoned treat.<br /><br />USPS is flush with cash held by Treasury. Years ago EVERYONE pointed this out.<br />PAEA was GOP's way of hiding this money to create this "USPS financial crisis"<br /><br />We are not fools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-41223812514216883412011-06-01T16:19:17.002-10:002011-06-01T16:19:17.002-10:00If it does not have first class postage it goes in...If it does not have first class postage it goes in the recycling bin. I rarely give the catalogs more than a glance. After delivering the "junk" all day, the last thing I want to do is look at it when I get home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-80546255857021362502011-06-01T11:00:32.511-10:002011-06-01T11:00:32.511-10:00The article is slanted. It also mentions the new ...The article is slanted. It also mentions the new APWU contract and mentions a 3.5 % pay raise for clerks and "seven uncapped cost-of-living increases". Those raises are split into three raises over the life of the contract, the last raise is in 2014 and it has been years since there even was a COLA adjustment. It makes no mention of the new second tier at lower wages for all new Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-83830846834792929432011-06-01T08:46:18.968-10:002011-06-01T08:46:18.968-10:00Goodness. Everyone is so loyal to their own chann...Goodness. Everyone is so loyal to their own channel - they all have their place. I've been in the the mailing industry for years, and I've promoted business through print ads, email, banner ads, Google Ad Words - even direct mail. They all worked in one form or another, depending on the circumstance. I don't consider any of them "junk."<br /><br />I'm guessing Dave Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-41286581166005360752011-06-01T06:15:03.610-10:002011-06-01T06:15:03.610-10:00Insomuch as your stats are reasonably accurate, yo...Insomuch as your stats are reasonably accurate, your "facts" are also skewed to mislead and misrepresent that which is and perhaps what will be.<br /><br />That having been said, I noticed with reserved amusement that in order to read this pointed "anti-USPS" item on the DEAD TREE EDITION web site, there were no less than nine (9) "junk advertisements" on the same Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-14590205784095529442011-06-01T01:39:18.879-10:002011-06-01T01:39:18.879-10:00Bravo!! Couldn't have stated it any better-Bravo!! Couldn't have stated it any better-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-3438800879748481902011-05-31T17:15:33.948-10:002011-05-31T17:15:33.948-10:00Seimans mail sorting equipment IS junk. It can...Seimans mail sorting equipment IS junk. It can't sort postcards.dryMAILmanhttp://www.youtube.com/user/dryMAILmannoreply@blogger.com