I’m still trying to figure out why we have Saturday delivery. What a waste of everyone’s time....and money.
We have Saturday delivery because we have distribution hubs around the country that are so inefficient and poor performimg, to where stuff piles up and sits there, they need 6 days to move the mail what it should have taken 4-5 days to travel.
I have a feeling that no matter how we cut back in govt it “rebalances” in some way to destroy any savings....I would be okay with no mail on saturday..we would have to cut some agreement with these companies that still collect bills via mail to have a bigger payment windows.
> I’m still trying to figure out why we have Saturday delivery. <
I read an article about that awhile back. The US Postal Service was considering dropping one day of mail delivery… Mondays.
Of course dropping Saturdays would make more sense. But, hey. It’s the federal government. So it’s not supposed to make sense.
“Under the Postal Service Reform Act (signed into law on April 6, 2022), the United States Postal Service (USPS) is legally required to maintain a delivery schedule of at least six days a week.”
I say keep Saturday but only deliver every other day. Some people are Monday, Wednesday and Friday and others are Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Can cut the number of carriers by 30%.
ABSOLUTELY TRUE!
We could also go to three days a week delivery in two shifts during six days and not miss a beat.
Many of us depend on Sat delivery and post offices being open cause that is the only time we are at home. Some of us work for a living.
Like the article says, I get a lot of packages from USPS and I go to the post office to get them on Sat or get them delivered then.