Comments on: Your thoughts: No more USPS Saturday delivery?

By: Carl Fisher

Carl Fisher — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:29:13 +0000

we need 5 day delivery get rid of the dead wieght t-6’s i dont care if they lose jobs as long as i keep mine

By: J.VANDEMARK

J.VANDEMARK — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:21:04 +0000

I AM A CLERK IN A RURAL OFFICE. I AGREE WITH A FORMER POSTER THAT IF WE ARE TO CONTINUE TO PRESENT PRIORITY AND EXPRESS AS VIABLE OPTIONS THAT THE POST OFFICE SHOULD REMAIN OPEN ON SATURDAY.

THIS PRESENTS A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.. IF WE ARE TO MAINTAIN DELIVERY TO ALL THAT EXPECT AND PAY FOR IT WE CAN NOT SIDESTEP OUR FISCAL REPONSIBILITY TO THE PEOPLE WE SERVE.

PEOPLE ALSO GET NEWSPAPERS VIA THE POST OFFICE…THE FIRST COMPLAINT WE GET ON A SATURDAY IF THE MAIL IS NOT COMPLETE.. IS ” WHERE IS MY NEWSPAPER?’ OTHER CUSTOMERS SAY ITS BASICALLY ALL THEY WANT TO SEE..

A VERY HARD QUESTION AT BEST.. IF WE ARE TO CONDUCT A SERVICE RELATED BUSINESS … I.E. USPS AND MAKE NO MISTAKE THATS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE, WE CANNOT OR SHOULD NOT CUTOFF OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE CUSTOMER OR WE MORE THAN LIKELY WILL BE VIEWED AS NOT ONLY DISFUNCTIONAL, BUT UNTRUSTWORTHY.

IN SHORT; THERE IS NO EASY WAY TO CALL THIS. AS TO USPS AND ITS FUTURE THE BEST PLACE TO START IS WITH BASICS… I.E. WHAT IS OUR HIGHEST COST PER RATIO THAT CAN BE ELIMINATED WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN OUR BUSINESS. IN OTHER WORDS, ALL THINGS THAT ARE NOT TRULY NECESSARY.

I’M NOT AN AUDITOR OR A LAWYER …BUT I FEEL THAT SOMEWHERE INSIDE USPS THE ANSWER CAN BE FOUND.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME COMMENT.

J. VANDEMARK

By: silver squirrel

silver squirrel — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:01:03 +0000

What in the world did we establish express & priority mail for? Bring in a clerk or 2 for 4 hours and bring in a skeleton crew of carriers for 4 hours Saturdays and deliver only Express & priorities. Our presence is still out there and costs are minimal. DUH!

By: Hub City Clerk

Hub City Clerk — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:40:15 +0000

The Post Office needs Saturday delivery. Its what sets us apart from other delivery businesses.
Where the most money could be saved is within management. Function 4 teams ride all over this great nation, spending money on gas, hotels, per diems. The amount of money for these people to do this every week for years is beyond figures. On top of all this theres usually has to be someone captianing these PM’s offices. At which point these OIC’s get higher level pay. The amount of money the PO shells out for these types of “jobs” should be non-existant. Every PM that wants too keep his/her office should go back there and take care of it. The Post Office needs to quit creating these phony jobs for people who basically dont want to work.

By: mailman

mailman — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:32:51 +0000

Getting rid of Saturday delivery would be a wrong step in the wrong direction. Look at all these P.O.s in small towns that should have home delivery. Maintaining a building, Payroll benefits and short hours to get to their PO boxes. Have you forgotten it is the Postal Service and not business. Don’t cut customer service lets cut more non productive management.

By: RR

RR — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:43:09 +0000

Getting rid of Saturday delivery is a start, but let’s face it, the powers that be have been running the Postal Service to the ground on purpose, this can’t be fixed, because it won’t be fixed. Such is life … find another line of work. because in a few years there won’t be a Postale Service.

By: sullystang

sullystang — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:16:08 +0000

Saturday delivery should be elimated to save routes. The USPS is looking to cut one out of every six routes because of the decreased mail volume. That would elimate carriers and t-6’s. It would also add about 20% more deliveries to each route that remained. The volume could be spread out more evenly over five days instead of rushing everything out and treating bulk mail like it’s 1st or 2nd class. I’d rather keep my route as is than get addition which amounts to a pay cut….. more work same pay. But don’t count on the NALC to do anything but protect themselves.

By: Mike17090

Mike17090 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:25:41 +0000

5 day delivery sounds good on the surface…but it does not do anything for the situation…anyone who works behind the scenes knows that the facilities have no room to store an extra days worth of mail and it will only cost MORE to run the extra trips that will be required to get the mail to the AO’s on time since they have no space to store it either. Just because the mail would not be delivered does not mean it does not exist…it will still be there, just lost in storage and delayed even longer than it is now.

By: rrehman

rrehman — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:13:23 +0000

This is a horrible idea. I live in a small town where we do not have delivery service. Everyone in my town has to go the post office and pick up their mail. Our local post office has limited hours, M-F 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM and (closed from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM for lunch), Saturday 8:00 AM until 12:30 PM. There are no additional lobby hours. We are only able to access our mail on Saturday’s. If Saturday service was eliminated, citizens of small towns would not be able to get their mail, unless post offices were combined, and mail delivery was expanded to all houses unless restricting them to post office boxes only.

By: Rayzor

Rayzor — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:25:12 +0000

I have been a city carrier for 25 years and eliminating Saturday delivery would save a bundle of money. There would be jobs lost such as T-6 carriers would be gone, save money on gas, electricity, overtime, etc. Most people don’t care if they get mail on Saturday, alot of times it stays in their mailbox till Monday. The Postal Service can control the mail flow so that it would even out through out the week. Be nice to have a 2 day weekends.