[blam]

I’ve read that there are 650,000 employees at the post office.

[muawiyah]

The number is down closer to 500,000.

The problem is two fold ~ the URBAN postal operations are probably trimmed as far as they can be safely trimmed at the moment. The rural postal operations are FAT and for the most part so overstaffed you wouldn't believe it. They can be trimmed way back and the whole business in any county with less than 10,000 population handed over to rural delivery service.

There are a good 95,000 people involved in running those small buildings. That's what they do BTW, just open the doors, turn on the lights, certify the utility bills for payment by the PDC.

[muawiyah]

The number is down closer to 500,000.

The problem is two fold ~ the URBAN postal operations are probably trimmed as far as they can be safely trimmed at the moment. The rural postal operations are FAT and for the most part so overstaffed you wouldn't believe it. They can be trimmed way back and the whole business in any county with less than 10,000 population handed over to rural delivery service.

There are a good 95,000 people involved in running those small buildings. That's what they do BTW, just open the doors, turn on the lights, certify the utility bills for payment by the PDC.

[DJ Frisat]

"I’ve read that there are 650,000 employees at the post office."

That's true. But all except one of them are on break. Step to the next window, please...