Does Anyone At USPS HQ Listen To What They Are Saying

From PostCom

Here’s a quote from a USPS executive published by Logistics Management. It’s a beaut.

“We are facing this problem because of a massive drop in mail volume and the fact that the bulk of our costs are fixed by laws, contracts, or regulations. Our operating flexibility is severely limited right now. Our network is expanding by a million delivery points every year, and we are subject to a lot of legal requirements that limit our ability to reduce service commensurate with the decline in demand.”

Okay, okay. Let’s see. The USPS is losing mail volume, so the way to gain that volume back is to raise prices. Right? Wonderful logic, don’t you think? Okay, okay, “our costs are fixed by…contracts.” Are we expected to believe that those contracts happened without USPS participation or complicity? Gimme a break. Okay, okay, “we are subject to a lot of legal requirements.” You’re a government agency with a statutory monopoly, for cryin’ out loud! You want to be rid of both, go private and leave your governmental binky at home. Does anyone over there actually listen to what they’re saying?

2 Responses to "Does Anyone At USPS HQ Listen To What They Are Saying"

  1. down who’s throats? the postal service has been carrying everyone for the last how many years… no tax money let me repeat that for all those right wing haters no tax money also have overcharged in a retirement fund of over 80 billion dollars.. thats right 80 billion.. hmmmm wonder who got to play with that money……

  2. They did not have a say in the settled contracts. Because of their demand that the unions capitulate, instead of negotiate, a neutral arbitratior shoved the contracts down all of our throats.

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