Their website asks for customer patience and blames unprecedented volume increases and COVID cases among employees.
Misery loves company. You’ve heard this phrase, but really, is it true?
A lot of you are miserable with mail delays, but I don’t know that you love the idea that other people are experiencing the same issue.
An alert posted on the Post Office’s website says “USPS is experiencing unprecedented volume increases and limited employee availability due to the impacts of COVID-19. We appreciate your patience.”
A USPS spokesperson told one of our media partners of the more than 664,000 postal service workers nationwide, 39,383 have tested posted for COVID.
“There are backlogs and we’re still working on it every day. Ten and 12, ten and 12 hours a day,” said Rebecca Livingston of the American Postal Workers Union to a CBS affiliate on January 11. More at WFMY
