tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post7449614891471370544..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: Postal Officials Ponder Emergency Rate IncreasesD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-50740050585278766042009-07-29T16:34:44.094-10:002009-07-29T16:34:44.094-10:00The PO is a classic example of gross inefficiency....The PO is a classic example of gross inefficiency.<br />Th cut the hours at the window and give the managers a bonus for capping hours. They could give a crap about the customers standing in line for 30 minutes.<br />F the PO.<br />They do the same crap year in, year out and expect to see different results.<br />F the PO; they should compensate me for all the time wasted using their crappy lousy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-16025677360231198472009-07-26T16:23:17.207-10:002009-07-26T16:23:17.207-10:00management needs to cut it's work force in hal...management needs to cut it's work force in half and start to practice what it preaches. They would rather deal with the same problem day-in and day-out instead of fixing them. I was taught in college (management 101) that their goal is to correct problems, not create them. The big shits cook the numbers to look as though they are doing a good job. The problem is they beleive their own bull.I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-20753854441108762452009-07-26T15:27:32.497-10:002009-07-26T15:27:32.497-10:00The e-mails and computer era have definetly put a ...The e-mails and computer era have definetly put a crunch on the PO. The one thing they must focus on is the parcel market,as of right now the PO only has about 16% of that market. Yes all the commercials on the flat rate boxes need to be backed up with action. right now employees are being moved around and positions filled that way but there is no way that there are going to be enough spots for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-65899763347159088952009-07-24T17:51:28.902-10:002009-07-24T17:51:28.902-10:00lets get serious. why wait until october of 2010 t...lets get serious. why wait until october of 2010 tu plan for 5 day delivery. do it now. give the csrs employees one month for every year they worked and yu would see alot of us take the retirement. i am 29 years in and if they did that tommorrow i would retire and so would alot of others. but the po has no common senseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-77670984611235895852009-07-24T16:56:47.983-10:002009-07-24T16:56:47.983-10:00Raising first class letter rates, and postage rate...Raising first class letter rates, and postage rates in general, will chase away customers. When the USPS recently raised it's rates for flats, manager were telling employees that the effect would be drastic reduction in volume - they expected this! Same thing has happened to letter rates. If the USPS dropped the first class letter rate back to about 35 cents and marketed to customers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-67243642854387683362009-07-24T12:10:03.147-10:002009-07-24T12:10:03.147-10:00If they truly want to save money tell them to look...If they truly want to save money tell them to look at all the management that is dead wood. Example... we are going to get minor route adjustments like all offices. We have someone doing a CORS adjusting our routes and it is becoming quite the mess. They have spent WEEKS trying to make the program work, yet it would take the union and local management about 2 hours to make the adjustments. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-41650827972381012762009-07-24T11:00:25.815-10:002009-07-24T11:00:25.815-10:00Offer an incentive for retirement to reduce staffi...Offer an incentive for retirement to reduce staffing to match mail volume.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-68695598954753379372009-07-24T08:56:41.503-10:002009-07-24T08:56:41.503-10:00I think the po should charge one flat rate for all...I think the po should charge one flat rate for all letters. No more special rates. Also get rid of at least half of management and the postmasters are useless, what do they do? We are a service not a business.swehkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967101101292379918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-35421432631766147252009-07-24T08:42:39.254-10:002009-07-24T08:42:39.254-10:00I thought the postal service doesn't need to b...I thought the postal service doesn't need to break even anymore. <br /><br />Even if we drop first class mail to 32 cents the public will still do online billing and email. Its way more convient.<br /><br />I think the military is a more important federal agency than the postal service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-57662783728440795932009-07-24T05:04:57.818-10:002009-07-24T05:04:57.818-10:00Their worried about how dropping Saturday delivery...Their worried about how dropping Saturday delivery will bring competition to door to door, universal service. How we'd lose our idenity. But they don't think one thing about raising first class mail rates. Stamps!<br /><br />Raising rates for first class mailers has never been the answer but has always been the solution. And it's always the solution around contract negotation timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-27211487455876937492009-07-24T03:17:06.065-10:002009-07-24T03:17:06.065-10:00Its time to look at a real reduction in home deliv...Its time to look at a real reduction in home delivery, say 3 days a week. Not only would that save the USPS a lot of $$$ but think of the carbon footprint!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-6938397000970595632009-07-24T01:55:44.858-10:002009-07-24T01:55:44.858-10:00People bitch when you raise the stamp 1 cent, migh...People bitch when you raise the stamp 1 cent, might as well go for a nickel and get it over with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com