[elcid1970]

I was solicited as a vet in 1977 to take the postal exam. Received a postcard that said I maxed it. No dice. No offer.

[muawiyah]

That was the Carter Regime at work ~ your problem was the economy ~ not USPS. Inflation was running high ~ housing prices were spiraling out of sight ~ we probably had ten times as many job applicants then as we had employees!

The day Ronald Reagan was elected that all changed ~ it was instantaneous.