Comments on: Email TKOs Post Office in Five http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/ Spam, Security, Privacy, Spyware, Phishing & Viruses from the Front Lines. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:13:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mike http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-76 Sun, 16 Oct 2005 11:18:03 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-76 Postal dissenter does not know what he is talking about. According to our sorry ass mgmt. if we get out of our truck even just 10 feet away to serve mailboxes that are blocked (no cars in the 4 car driveway and 100+ ft of property line but you all HAVE to park in front of the mailbox); we are to roll the windows completely up (no 1 in crack) curb the tires and lock the door.When it is 90-100 degrees it is a real pain in the ass to deliver those boxes when we average 30-50 blocked a day. At one station a carrier served a 2 week suspension for leaving his window down 3 inches to deliver a blocked box and a safety inspector drove up and saw this.. I'm not going to lose 2 weeks pay because people cant give us 12 ft clearance on each side of the box.. Trust me the idiots running the P.O. are causing us to be that way....... Talk to them Postal dissenter does not know what he is talking about. According to our sorry ass mgmt. if we get out of our truck even just 10 feet away to serve mailboxes that are blocked (no cars in the 4 car driveway and 100+ ft of property line but you all HAVE to park in front of the mailbox); we are to roll the windows completely up (no 1 in crack) curb the tires and lock the door.When it is 90-100 degrees it is a real pain in the ass to deliver those boxes when we average 30-50 blocked a day. At one station a carrier served a 2 week suspension for leaving his window down 3 inches to deliver a blocked box and a safety inspector drove up and saw this.. I’m not going to lose 2 weeks pay because people cant give us 12 ft clearance on each side of the box.. Trust me the idiots running the P.O. are causing us to be that way……. Talk to them

]]> by: ron ruchtie http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-75 Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:38:23 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-75 Letter Carriers are instructed by their supervisors to "cut" any mail to blocked curbline boxes. Usually Carriers will ask the patrons to move their vehicles. If the same box is blocked daily, then the Carrier will "cut" the mail until the vehicle is moved.Sounds like you like to park in front of your mailbox a lot. Letter Carriers are instructed by their supervisors to “cut” any mail to blocked curbline boxes. Usually Carriers will ask the patrons to move their vehicles. If the same box is blocked daily, then the Carrier will “cut” the mail until the vehicle is moved.Sounds like you like to park in front of your mailbox a lot.

]]> by: Editor http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-74 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 14:28:52 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-74 Excerpts from USPS: REVENUE, PIECES, AND WEIGHT BY CLASSES OF MAIL AND SPECIAL SERVICES<br> First-Class Mail: Single-Piece Letters, Flats, & Parcels<br> 2001: 103.7 <br> 2002: 102.4 <br> 2003: 99.1 <br> 2004: 97.9 <br> 2005 (est): 98.3 Excerpts from USPS: REVENUE, PIECES, AND WEIGHT BY CLASSES OF MAIL AND SPECIAL SERVICES
First-Class Mail: Single-Piece Letters, Flats, & Parcels
2001: 103.7
2002: 102.4
2003: 99.1
2004: 97.9
2005 (est): 98.3

]]> by: Geoff Bickerton http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-73 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:54:10 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-73 Letter volumes declined as a result of the anthrax scare in 2001.<br> Since then they have been slowly recovering. Letter volumes declined as a result of the anthrax scare in 2001.
Since then they have been slowly recovering.

]]> by: MAGNUS http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-72 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:58:12 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-72 I'd still rather receive/pay bills through snail mail. It's too easy to mistake an emailed bill for spam and hit [delete]. I’d still rather receive/pay bills through snail mail. It’s too easy to mistake an emailed bill for spam and hit [delete].

]]> by: Postal Dissenter http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-71 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:09:27 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-71 And now it appears that while neither Rain, nor sleet, nor snow will impeed the delivery of your mail, a parked car will. If the postal delivery person has to park their vehicle, and actually get out of it, to take 4 steps and drop the mail into the curb-side mail box, they will skip delivery of your mail for the day.<br> <br> WTF are we paying them for? And now it appears that while neither Rain, nor sleet, nor snow will impeed the delivery of your mail, a parked car will. If the postal delivery person has to park their vehicle, and actually get out of it, to take 4 steps and drop the mail into the curb-side mail box, they will skip delivery of your mail for the day.

WTF are we paying them for?

]]> by: budd http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-70 Thu, 13 Oct 2005 09:00:47 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2005/10/12/email_aabiaebejg_ib/#comment-70 You got picked up by TechDirt (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20051012/1636206_F.shtml)! Mike kinda misses the point, tho.<br> <br> First-class mail is the USPS's bread-and-butter. They've got a gov't-protected monopoly.<br> <br> They actually have to compete in the parcel biz. You got picked up by TechDirt (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20051012/1636206_F.shtml)! Mike kinda misses the point, tho.

First-class mail is the USPS’s bread-and-butter. They’ve got a gov’t-protected monopoly.

They actually have to compete in the parcel biz.

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