tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post2654916392892547833..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Six-Day Delivery Supporters Finally Speak Up To PRCD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-76641171439127239132010-08-04T06:44:34.411-10:002010-08-04T06:44:34.411-10:00We need to keep getting mail 6 days a week. It is...We need to keep getting mail 6 days a week. It is one of the few things left in America that you don't have to be affluent to get the same treatment as people who are. Mail service is part of the fabric of this country...cutting away at it would be a big mistake!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-56921536795836730152010-07-18T18:01:57.981-10:002010-07-18T18:01:57.981-10:00I think we should go to 7 day delivery!
I love ge...I think we should go to 7 day delivery!<br />I love getting mail!<br />For some of us older folks, the only exercise we get is going to the mailbox.<br />This is a health issue and should be addressed as suchgrampsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-9044658458725928302010-07-18T09:34:58.125-10:002010-07-18T09:34:58.125-10:00Potter and the management are quick to recommend a...Potter and the management are quick to recommend a 5 or 4 day delivery, but are they willing to take the pay cut in proportion to what they are proposing? ( probably not) If any other business was run like the Postal Service, they would simply have been out a long time ago. Someone, not under the thumb of government, needs to tell the facts. The postal service is not broken; the management is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-23370094784774057052010-07-18T02:21:22.437-10:002010-07-18T02:21:22.437-10:00Lets not forget all the cameras and spy equipment ...Lets not forget all the cameras and spy equipment that the Postal service is going to put in our vehicles. What is the cost there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-57478795077389549312010-07-17T16:49:27.539-10:002010-07-17T16:49:27.539-10:00The Postal Service is required by law to pre-fund ...The Postal Service is required by law to pre-fund future health benefits to the tune of $5 Billion a year. We were given a 2 year reprieve last year. No other part of government prefunds ANY health benefits. 2/3 of Fortune 500 companies don't pre-fund ANY health benefits. Without this onerous requirement the post office would have turned a profit in 2 of the last 3 years. We are like a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-3001702867948438902010-07-17T16:24:16.702-10:002010-07-17T16:24:16.702-10:00I hope 30 year letter carrier knows that anyone re...I hope 30 year letter carrier knows that anyone retirement elidgible must retire before they lay people off so he/she will be the first to go when they drop Saturday delivery. 30 years ago, did you even have a postal vehicle or did you walk out and get your mail from drop boxes? <br /><br />There use to be 8 but are now 3 PTF's in my office so your right they are cutting back... Oh wait a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-56912137343335833412010-07-17T04:59:12.537-10:002010-07-17T04:59:12.537-10:00"30 year carrier", I think you're fu..."30 year carrier", I think you're full of it. If you really are a carrier, you must have noticed that your route is three times longer on the street. Lower volumes or not, the USPS would be turning a profit every year except 2009 for the past four years if not for the pre-funding requirement. If you are really that concerned about "saving jobs" I would think you would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-84903255314029998752010-07-17T02:43:01.382-10:002010-07-17T02:43:01.382-10:00I also am a Letter Carrier, and as long as managem...I also am a Letter Carrier, and as long as management hands out millions of dollars to themselves in bonus's, they have no right to say we cant make payroll unless we go to 5 day delivery. Do people not realize that the saving from that one day of delivery will actually be BIG BONUS for management - it will go right into their pockets for a job well done, they saved millions. They have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-70508140436258332622010-07-16T14:40:24.996-10:002010-07-16T14:40:24.996-10:00when Katrina hit we were out of power for weeks ha...when Katrina hit we were out of power for weeks had no way to pay our bills online had no way of a computer .Know i send our bills by mail ,the postal service had a temporary post office where we got our mail and send. reality check could happpen again or some other disasterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-57548109884733618402010-07-16T14:15:07.885-10:002010-07-16T14:15:07.885-10:00always remember, we do not only deliver mail 6 day...always remember, we do not only deliver mail 6 days a week;we also keep an eye on your homes and family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-86499024225639560522010-07-16T13:33:05.540-10:002010-07-16T13:33:05.540-10:00does it occur to those of you who want to keep six...does it occur to those of you who want to keep six days that the USPS simply CAN'T AFFORD IT ANYMORE!!!??.. I'm a 30 year carrier and sometimes we have 2 - 3 trays of mail.. people are paying bills online, etc... I want to save jobs, but we aren't using our subs much anymore anyway, unless they are used in different crafts... let's have some common sense... do you all want then toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-5666305881166251492010-07-16T13:26:12.513-10:002010-07-16T13:26:12.513-10:00I followed I an American, and yes he's one of ...I followed I an American, and yes he's one of those people that looks in other people's mail boxes. Hides behind the curtain when the mailman walks by............<br /><br />Talk about fast, drop that sales ad in his box, turn take two steps down, and you hear the door open, the mail box lid raise and fall, and the door slam shut before your foot hits the third step....<br /><br />Don'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-85257523918047317602010-07-16T13:05:06.157-10:002010-07-16T13:05:06.157-10:00Why don't you ask PMG Potter, if the postal se...Why don't you ask PMG Potter, if the postal service is truly hemmoraging money,why are you painting postal vehicles, buying new flat screen monitors for every computer and paying managers overtime when craft employees are asked to absorb work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-45564798410468263552010-07-16T12:11:27.878-10:002010-07-16T12:11:27.878-10:00There should be a demand for Potter's resignat...There should be a demand for Potter's resignation along with his V.P. cronies. He's trying to destroy the service from within while feathering his nest for a cushy position with private industry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-10087997598957521142010-07-16T10:41:36.895-10:002010-07-16T10:41:36.895-10:00I never get deliveries from Federal Express or UPS...I never get deliveries from Federal Express or UPS, so therefore those companies should be shut down completely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-41173185155634478352010-07-16T09:36:32.943-10:002010-07-16T09:36:32.943-10:00that is why mail delivery is a public service and ...that is why mail delivery is a public service and not a public issue. Source communication is vital to society as a whole. To change will have a disastrous impact on the economy and vitality of the world. Until the Postal Service realizes ways to grow the business by expanding its portals instead of decreasing them, the service will eventually implode. Competition is needed inside its Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-15338424699978360622010-07-16T09:05:10.152-10:002010-07-16T09:05:10.152-10:00Postal managers need to take a cut in jobs and mov...Postal managers need to take a cut in jobs and move back in to the craft as they are way too top heavy and Carriers have been making all the cost saving adjustments in getting routes increased in size due to the lack of volume. When EVER will dead wood managers do the same?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-89999480373065464462010-07-16T08:24:12.819-10:002010-07-16T08:24:12.819-10:00well you as one person, should not think it is a w...well you as one person, should not think it is a waste of time or a waste of money a lot of people such as you don,t get or don,t use mail much but you are a minority, alot of people companys and retailers are the mailers use the mail daily ,over all alot of people still use the mail daily and always will,don,t make make jugdement on one persons box such as yoursAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-59952242611922747502010-07-16T08:06:42.227-10:002010-07-16T08:06:42.227-10:00just because you only get mail 3 days a week. how ...just because you only get mail 3 days a week. how do you know how much mail gets delivered to everyone else on your block, do you look in their mailboxes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-2495577968314030322010-07-16T08:03:17.191-10:002010-07-16T08:03:17.191-10:00I want 6 day delivery to remain in place. I don&#...I want 6 day delivery to remain in place. I don't receive tons of mail , but appreciate our right to have this nationwide SERVICE. We shouldn't put all of our eggs in one basket with relying on the internet for all of our communication dealings. Disruptions from maintenance issues,hackers and possible terrorist attacks can render it useless if it occurs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-52998996359991653452010-07-16T07:07:50.137-10:002010-07-16T07:07:50.137-10:00I an American and I don't want mail delivery 6...I an American and I don't want mail delivery 6 days.I hardly get mail three days a week. It's a waste of time and money sending a mailman down my streeet six days a week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-53631273568805374732010-07-16T04:31:01.986-10:002010-07-16T04:31:01.986-10:00this shows that the polls postmaster potter did we...this shows that the polls postmaster potter did were fixed, the american public wants six day universal service, and as for losing money it is sort of a lie and none truth too, if you take out the pre fund payment which is not needed as of now was put in place right before the economy went too hell and the postal service had more money than they new what to do with,the congress comes up with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com