{"id":29471,"date":"2020-10-20T09:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29471"},"modified":"2020-10-20T09:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:47:28","slug":"cellphone-videos-show-overflowing-mailboxes-in-parts-of-dc-and-montgomery-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/10\/20\/cellphone-videos-show-overflowing-mailboxes-in-parts-of-dc-and-montgomery-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Cellphone videos show overflowing mailboxes in parts of DC and Montgomery County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\"><strong>BETHESDA, Md. (FOX 5 DC)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span>Concerns about the mail have been high for many months now since reports that the U.S. Postal Service was scaling back in overtime and was also removing sorting equipment.<\/p>\n<p>Mail collection boxes are also an issue with some within the District and parts of Maryland, found to be overflowing.<\/p>\n<p>FOX 5 viewer Megan Henley Kinney of Bethesda shot cellphone video of two different locations and shared them with us.<\/p>\n<p>Kinney said, the mail at the Westlake post office located in Bethesda, was supposed to be collected by 3:30 p.m Saturday afternoon but people\u2019s mail continued to pile up until at least Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I went inside and the two inner boxes were packed too so I just kept my postcards with me and went back home,\u201d Kinney explained.<\/p>\n<p>When she came home, Kinney said that she tried to make phone calls to report what she saw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t get through the phone-tree which I wasn\u2019t surprised about but then I also tweeted out to the USPS, the USPS helpdesk and the OIG for the USPS and I haven\u2019t heard anything back from any of them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Kinney said she also happened to be dropping off mail at a Northwest D.C post office over the weekend. She said that when she got to the three mailboxes located on Connecticut Avenue, just over the District line, she noticed the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber one can\u2019t open because it\u2019s full and number two can\u2019t open because it\u2019s full,\u201d Kinney is heard saying during one of her cellphone videos of the mailboxes.\u00a0 More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/cellphone-videos-show-overflowing-mailboxes-in-parts-of-dc-and-montgomery-county\">Fox 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29472\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Overflowing-Boxes-300x176.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Overflowing-Boxes-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Overflowing-Boxes.jpg 478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BETHESDA, Md. (FOX 5 DC)\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Concerns about the mail have been high for many months now since reports that the U.S. Postal Service was scaling back in overtime and was also removing sorting equipment. Mail collection boxes are also an issue with some within the District and parts of Maryland, found to be overflowing. 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