[flying Elvis]

I may be wrong, but I think many of the bashers come from larger urban areas where you see more of the employee problems one associates with big government.

[milagro]

Yep--I worked for years in a large city PO--and it was like a large mail factory. People did take pride in their work, but it was hard to think of the customers because you never saw any--only pieces of mail being dropped in front of you at the rate of 60 per minute, while you tried to read the Zip Codes correctly and key them by hitting the appropriate (and unmarked) keys, sometimes for 10-12 hours a day.

When I got to my little small-town PO, it was WONDERFUL. There really is a sense of community inside--and outside--a small PO that you just can't get in a large city. Feel very blessed to have had the chance to experience that.