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CBS MORNINGS Packages and mail may be delivered at night this holiday season
CBS ^ | 17 Nov 2022 | ANALISA NOVAK, SCOTT MACFARLANE

Posted on 11/18/2022 10:39:11 PM PST by blueplum

With the holiday season just around the corner, the U.S. Postal Service is looking to hire about 28,000 seasonal workers and is installing 137 new package sorting machines in an effort to avoid shipping delays.

But postal worker representatives say Americans could see after-dark or even nighttime deliveries....

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mail; newman; usps; uspsstaffing
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To: Sacajaweau

It can’t be done and normal hours, because droivery services don’t have enough trucks or people to drive those trucks.

Couple that with the business model of Home Delivery via delivery services such as USPS or UPS or FedEx or DLR...

Perhaps incorporating those 67,000 gun toting IRS agents into the mix maybe there’s a chance they could during normal working hours.


21 posted on 11/19/2022 3:49:41 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: blueplum

Our mail lady was thru at 8pm a couple nights this week. She was early last night...6pm. Not unusual to see her come thru around 7pm.


22 posted on 11/19/2022 5:33:31 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: GOPJ

“… mailmen being attacked…”

It’s becoming a big problem here in the DC metro area. Thugs are stealing not only packages from the delivery trucks, but also the mailbox keys for apartment buildings.


23 posted on 11/19/2022 8:30:20 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals)
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To: lightman

Worse than that in rural areas-—shots could be fired.


24 posted on 11/19/2022 9:05:00 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: blueplum
ATTENTION PORCH PIRATES,

ATTENTION PORCH PIRATES

be sure to take a nap in the afternoon.

25 posted on 11/19/2022 9:55:03 AM PST by rockabyebaby (THE BEST IS YET TO COME - (PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP))
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To: BRL; Freedom56v2

thanks for that.

I searched USPS and they give exceptions such as “holidy season”.

I haven’t been able to find anything official about night delivery.
Nothing in USPS FAQ(or I just missed it). Did a search on USPS site and nada.


26 posted on 11/19/2022 10:35:22 AM PST by stylin19a (Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe.)
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