We can laugh, but this is exactly what I see almost everytime I enter the post office. It's UNION/GOVERNMENT employee's that are about as inefficient as a work force can be.
LOL! Did anyone else see the post office skit on saturday night live (or was it Mad TV?) that was almost exactly what you witnessed? Funny and sad all at the same time.
I am sick of the government being inefficient. Not just the post office is this bad. The DMV, Social Security, the Passport service -- all across the land the government is WAY BEHIND. The private sector has advanced tremendously -- if you ship by UPS you can track your package from the loading dock to your front door. The post office doesn't have a clue.
I agree they do a great job, and when you think about the volume they do, losing $1.7B is not so bad considering the volume -- but the solution to their problem is staring them right in the face.