[AlbertWang]

the practice came to the attention of senior postal officials a few months ago when someone on the island called the new postmaster in Northeast Harbor and complained that the outgoing mail she had placed in the trash can was not being picked up quickly enough.

These people did it to themselves. If they had not complained everything would still be OK.

[meyer]

Since when is complaining about poor service "doing it to yourself"? If the postal service were doing it's job in a timely manner (yeah, right), people would not have complained.

The modern postal service is a joke - higher rates and less service. A little competition is what is needed. It's time to break up the monopoly.

[Daffynition]

Maybe so .... but the “new” postmaster was a flatlander ... mark my wordz. ;-)