Chatter

By Mr. WhatDoIKnow

January 30, 2009 7:56 AM | Link to this

You guys get six day USPS mail delivery? I am lucky to get four days of mail delivery!

By gola

January 30, 2009 8:00 AM | Link to this

5 days is fine, but if this starts, will it go down to 4, 3, 2 days a week? less bills and junk mail in my mailbox is fine with me. bills you can pay online and who really wants all that junk mail?

By jess

January 30, 2009 8:09 AM | Link to this

I’ll bet they cut back on delivery, raise rates again, further reduce service and display even less courtesy at the post office counter.

By whatnext

January 30, 2009 8:10 AM | Link to this

4-5 days is fine. But not less than four. In consideration for those that don’t have computers to set up online pay (i.e. elderly and destitute).

By mike

January 30, 2009 8:12 AM | Link to this

Why do we need Saturday Mail anyway?

By Goober

January 30, 2009 8:13 AM | Link to this

Three days a week is fine with me. Most everything can be handled electronically anyway. Forget having more people with post office boxes—that puts more people on the road.

By By john

January 30, 2009 8:19 AM | Link to this

wow - It’s good to see someone is thinking out of the box. 5 day a week delivery should have been implemented years ago for the cost savings. From a business stand point, I think it would be less disruptive if they discontinue deliveries on Saturday.

By atlgirl

January 30, 2009 8:24 AM | Link to this

This cannot surprise anyone. I have said for years that the post office needed to reevaluate their archaic business model. They’ve done little or nothing to change with the changing marketplace. I welcome one less day of mail.

By LD

January 30, 2009 8:26 AM | Link to this

I made a comment once to our mail guy at work about why they don’t discontinue saturday deliveries. He said, I hope they don’t, that’s when I get all my overtime pay.

By Scott

January 30, 2009 8:29 AM | Link to this

Cutting out Saturday delivery is fine with me. But with cuts comes raises in prices. Pretty soon the USPS,FedEx,and UPS will all charge the same thing for a letter or a package. Then what?

By harry

January 30, 2009 8:38 AM | Link to this

I think the USPS should cut out Saturday delivery. I live in Tucker. I haven’t received anything but junk mail on Saturday for years. It’s very wasteful for a mail car to come to my house to deliver a Comcast ad. I think they save substantive mail for Mon-Fri anyways so no loss.

By S Hull

January 30, 2009 8:39 AM | Link to this

With the seemingly lact of accountablilty in costs assoicated with the US Post Office, I would support mail deliverry of 3 times a week to ensure stamp prices are not increased. I get tired of going to the post office with a line of 10-15 customers and 1 associate at the counter - poor customer service and waste of “my time”

By David Fuller

January 30, 2009 8:40 AM | Link to this

Don’t deliver mail on Sundays and Mondays. Postal delivery folks would get two days off in a row, and besides most of those contrived, combined and created federal holidays fall on Mondays anyway. We’ve got to do something about rising postal costs. In my lifetime, we’ve gone from 3 cents for first class mail to 42 cents … half a buck for a stamp can’t be that far away/

By JBird

January 30, 2009 8:40 AM | Link to this

U.S.letter mail prices are the lowest in the world. Rates are going up in May. Close small post offices and deliver 5 days. Congress has to approve closings and that won’t happen.

By Ex-Northerner

January 30, 2009 8:46 AM | Link to this

My bills are delivered electronically and I pay electronically. I rarely send anything via any type of post and will continue to avoid doing so as much as possible. We shred our junk mail but have recently begun doing what Clark Howard suggests which is to return the junk inserts back to the originator in their prepaid envelopes. I’ve noticed that it is having the desired effect - reducing junk received.

No Saturday mail? Gee, what a shame. Not!

By marilyn waites

January 30, 2009 8:46 AM | Link to this

cutting sat is the best day.

By sd

January 30, 2009 8:49 AM | Link to this

They could go to one day a week, and that would be fine with me. In my business, if physical papers need to be delivered, then they are taken via UPS. Other than that, most things are paperless. It saves energy and is cheaper.

At home, I get junk mail and the occassional wedding invitation or birth announcement. Hardly anything that couldn’t wait a minute.

By Michelle

January 30, 2009 8:51 AM | Link to this

I see NO reason why we still need 6 day mail delivery. Heck, give us 4. Have Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday’s off!

By Cutitto3

January 30, 2009 8:52 AM | Link to this

I am all for cutting the service, but it is not like it will make a difference to our Fed budget. You give them a savings, and they will just spend it on something else. They spend it faster than we can pay it!

By JD

January 30, 2009 9:06 AM | Link to this

I don’t care whether discontinue the mail one day a week. I just want the mail carrier to get my mail in my box not my neighbors.

I really believe our mail carrier already has discontinued the mail because they always seem to miss our road when they deliver.

By Rascal

January 30, 2009 9:10 AM | Link to this

5 Day, hell cut it to 3 day, Mon and Wed and Fri. Cut 2/3 of the mail employees, close useless offices, maybe make it no more than one office per population of 100,000 people or something. Open non-legal mail delivery to outside competition, let them put their stuff in the mailbox on whatever days they choose. Allow homeowners to opt out of all junk mail delivery just like on computers through these companies. Then put the USPS up for sale on the stock market and tell them to set their rates at whatever level makes money. The stock sale goes to pay down federal debt, we all get better service and fewer people die from the pressure of working at the post office - “Wow, I have to deliver to 250 homes today, it is so hard to get all the right mail in all the right boxes and to top it all off, I have to drive from the wrong side of the car, it is all sooooooo confusing”. I mean honestly, what mail is soooo damn important that you have to have access to it every day of the week

By dj

January 30, 2009 9:18 AM | Link to this

Great idea !Personally, I think the mail should get delivered every other day. Most of the mail I receive is junk anyway. I do all of my bill transaction over the internet - why have my bill mailed when I can pay them electronically. .

By April

January 30, 2009 9:27 AM | Link to this

It wouldn’t bother me one bit. All I get in the box are bills anyhow. I would love the extra day. No news is good news!

By Keith

January 30, 2009 9:30 AM | Link to this

I don’t mind. I can be in peace on Sunday not having to worry about paying a bill.

By Mike7

January 30, 2009 9:31 AM | Link to this

It’s time to privatize the postal service anyway. If the USPS can’t compete & at least break even, it should get out ot the business. “Snail Mail” is aptly named.

By DrJay

January 30, 2009 9:32 AM | Link to this

If they have to reduce Saturday service, they should at LEAST deliver parcels, Express Mail and Priority Mail on Saturdays. I can wait ‘til Monday to get the Val-Pak. :)

By Dawn

January 30, 2009 9:33 AM | Link to this

As long as they don’t continue to raise our postal rates each May, I’m A-OK with one less day of snail mail.

By Michelle

January 30, 2009 9:33 AM | Link to this

5 days is fine with me…they should have 2 days off

By Chris B

January 30, 2009 9:42 AM | Link to this

Who cares? Six day mail delivery is wasteful anyway. I wonder how much fuel they burn delivering on Saturday. For my money they could to go four days. Nothing good comes in the mail anymore anyway. All I get is crap catalogs and bills that I already payed online. What the Postal Service really needs to do is go back to the drawing board and rethink their entire model.

By Fine with me

January 30, 2009 9:47 AM | Link to this

Not having to deal with mail on Saturday is fine for me. Agree, all I get is junk anyway. There needs to be a law similar to the Ga. No Call Law, where if we request it, companies can not send us junk mail, like the way we can erase telemarketers. That would save USPS a lot of time and money and could concentrate on delivering the real mail. I like getting coupons, but the other trash that comes is a waste of trees and time.

By jabster

January 30, 2009 9:47 AM | Link to this

I’m OK with 5 or even 4 days. But I wouldn’t put two days in a row without mail service. I say drop Tuesday, and maybe Thursday.

USPS needs to go back to having mail counters inside private establishments for small post offices. No need for a standalone building in every zip code.

They can raise the price of a first class stamp to a dollar for all I care. I send my correspondence electronically and pay most of my bills the same way too.

I probably don’t get more than a day’s worth of real mail in an entire week. The rest is junk.

David Fuller—stamps don’t cost three cents anymore for the same reason Cokes aren’t a nickel any more, either. Inflation. I guess it stinks if you’re on Social Security or other fixed income, but be thankful you’re actually getting it—I’m clipping cat food coupons as part of my retirement(sic) plan.

By carlton

January 30, 2009 9:52 AM | Link to this

Did someone mention “service” at the P.O. counter? You rarely get to meet a slower, surlier, not-look-you-in-the-eye” group than when you are forced to deal with a human at the P.O. I try to use the robot in the lobby.

By LUGF

January 30, 2009 9:59 AM | Link to this

DIVIDE THE US POSTAL SYSTEM BETWEEN FEDEX AND UPS AND LET THEM RUN THEIR HALF AS THEY SEE FIT

By Flyycat

January 30, 2009 10:04 AM | Link to this

5 days is fine with me… As long as the P.O> locations are open on Sat for those of us who work during the week to mail letters/packages.

By Neighbor Jeff

January 30, 2009 10:22 AM | Link to this

Is the USPS trying to wean us off mail? The way to improve business is not by cutting service.

I do have one, real, concrete problem with reduced mail service - NETFLIX.

By Joe

January 30, 2009 10:22 AM | Link to this

For whatever it’s worth:

1. Nearly half of USPS revenues come from bulk business mail, aka “junk mail”, and without it the USPS would be in even worse financial condition.

2. As mail volume decreases, so does rank-and-file compensation. City carriers are paid by the hour, and rural routes are rated by mail count. A reduction in mail pieces reduces paycheck.

3. A lot of Saturday deliveries are done by Rural Carrier Associates, who are part time employees receiving no benefits.

4. USPS has a contract with FedEx. If a delivery location is too far out to deliver economically, FedEx passes it to USPS, who delivers on the route daily.

By Cammi317

January 30, 2009 10:23 AM | Link to this

I could never figure out why they were forced to work 6 days a week in the first place. I also feel sorry for people who work in the banking industry who can’t take a 4 day Thanksgiving weekend like the rest of us.

By Will

January 30, 2009 10:24 AM | Link to this

A three day delivery to a comunity mail box located in a safe area of each subdivision with parking. If a person is truly handicap, then they would apply (every six months) for home delivery two days a week. This would save mega bucks/USPS & pounds if he/she walks to the comunity box.

By MrLiberty

January 30, 2009 10:27 AM | Link to this

Why do we continue to permit the government to hold a monopoly position on the delivery of first class mail?? The constitution only requires that the congress ensure the delivery of mail. It doesn’t say that the US government has to actually do it itself. And when has our government ever cared about the constitution anyway.

While FedEx, UPS, DHL and others are continue to improve their service, explore new markets, and better serve their customers, once again the federal government is taking our money, criminally prosecuting any competition, and delivering worse and worse service every day.

Only a lack of political will, the threats from the postal employee unions, and the vendors who make money off the government seem to be staning in the way of an improvement that would benefit all of us.

One doesn’t need to close the postal service. Just eliminate the monopoly on first class service and let all the wonderfully competent competitors carve up that market. Expect the cost of the special services they all supply to drop too.

As the economy gets worse and worse, the replacement of federal services by competitive free market alternatives will be the only correct solution. Unfortunately, like the bailout and the New New Deal, the same mistakes of the past will likely continue to be repeated at the expense of hardworking americans everywhere.

By Donald Day

January 30, 2009 10:34 AM | Link to this

Australia has had five day a week delivery for a long time and is still in business. The only problem in abandoning Saturday delivery is that credit card companies will have one less day to delivery bills, but will not lengthen their ridiculously short window for payment (between statement issuance — well before mailing date — and payment due).

By Banking

January 30, 2009 10:39 AM | Link to this

Thank you, Cammi317! I work for the bank and we are not allowed to take the day after Thanksgiving off. Banking, like mail, is a 24 hour business. Most of the bank and post office jobs are not what the public sees. When you go to the counter that only represents a very small percentage of the workers. Yes, they can be inefficent but the people behind the scenes at the distribution center are the ones making sure the mail actually moves on time. The bank is the same way. People work 2nd and 3rd shifts to make sure your checks and online banking are posted correctly and on time. (When you use online bill pay and physical paper check is generated and must be encoded for the money to actually move from your account! Silly, isn’t it?)

While I agree the post office can lack customer service, I think they do an amazing job of moving the mail. I can mail a letter today to Maine and they will get it in 1-2 days! Considering the rising fuel costs the price isn’t that bad either! Post Offices are also the only governement office to pay for themselves. You taxes do NOT go to the postal budget. They operate SOLELY on the sell of stamps.

By Ed

January 30, 2009 10:44 AM | Link to this

I think the reason for Saturday deliveries harkins back to the pre-Internet days. Some businesses wanted Saturday deliveries because they normally worked that day, and they wanted to get mail orders on Saturday. Now with online ordering over the Internet, there’s much less need for that.

By null

January 30, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this

What will the idiots who work at the Post Office do on Saturdays now?

By Jeff

January 30, 2009 11:17 AM | Link to this

I have no problem dropping a day, but I do see problems on the forefront. All the USPS sees is a budget shortfall. What is the root to that evil? Perhaps the lack of customer service. More of us would use the post office if we were treated like human beings, but the union has ruined that for us. Instead, they will now cut out one day, will continue to raise the postage rate and not improve on service or customer service. Another problem is Congress knows NOTHING about the postal service and we don’t need their decisions on how to run that operation. NAME ONE SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. The Postmaster General is making the big bucks and he should be able to make a decision. Perhaps they should not deliver on Monday (instead of Saturday) and really get in competition with FedEx and UPS. Get to an equal footing with the competition.

By Jeff

January 30, 2009 11:20 AM | Link to this

I have no problem dropping a day, but I do see problems on the forefront. All the USPS sees is a budget shortfall. What is the root to that evil? Perhaps the lack of customer service. More of us would use the post office if we were treated like human beings, but the union has ruined that for us. Instead, they will now cut out one day, will continue to raise the postage rate and not improve on service or customer service. Another problem is Congress knows NOTHING about the postal service and we don’t need their decisions on how to run that operation. NAME ONE SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. The Postmaster General is making the big bucks and he should be able to make a decision. Perhaps they should not deliver on Monday (instead of Saturday) and really get in competition with FedEx and UPS. Get to an equal footing with the competition.

By Jeff

January 30, 2009 11:20 AM | Link to this

I have no problem dropping a day, but I do see problems on the forefront. All the USPS sees is a budget shortfall. What is the root to that evil? Perhaps the lack of customer service. More of us would use the post office if we were treated like human beings, but the union has ruined that for us. Instead, they will now cut out one day, will continue to raise the postage rate and not improve on service or customer service. Another problem is Congress knows NOTHING about the postal service and we don’t need their decisions on how to run that operation. NAME ONE SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. The Postmaster General is making the big bucks and he should be able to make a decision. Perhaps they should not deliver on Monday (instead of Saturday) and really get in competition with FedEx and UPS. Get to an equal footing with the competition.

By Jeff

January 30, 2009 11:20 AM | Link to this

I have no problem dropping a day, but I do see problems on the forefront. All the USPS sees is a budget shortfall. What is the root to that evil? Perhaps the lack of customer service. More of us would use the post office if we were treated like human beings, but the union has ruined that for us. Instead, they will now cut out one day, will continue to raise the postage rate and not improve on service or customer service. Another problem is Congress knows NOTHING about the postal service and we don’t need their decisions on how to run that operation. NAME ONE SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. The Postmaster General is making the big bucks and he should be able to make a decision. Perhaps they should not deliver on Monday (instead of Saturday) and really get in competition with FedEx and UPS. Get to an equal footing with the competition.

By ptcmom678

January 30, 2009 11:21 AM | Link to this

Our mail has recently not been coming until 5:30, so a 5 day mail week wouldn’t make much difference. It used to come early afternoon - typical of the government - price goes up, quality of service goes down.

By NICK

January 30, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this

Cutting back mail delivery to five days a week is great idea. It will save us taxpayers tons of money.

Besides, most intelligent people pay their bills on line.

By Jeff

January 30, 2009 11:23 AM | Link to this

I have no problem dropping a day, but I do see problems on the forefront. All the USPS sees is a budget shortfall. What is the root to that evil? Perhaps the lack of customer service. More of us would use the post office if we were treated like human beings, but the union has ruined that for us. Instead, they will now cut out one day, will continue to raise the postage rate and not improve on service or customer service. Another problem is Congress knows NOTHING about the postal service and we don’t need their decisions on how to run that operation. NAME ONE SUCCESSFUL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM. The Postmaster General is making the big bucks and he should be able to make a decision. Perhaps they should not deliver on Monday (instead of Saturday) and really get in competition with FedEx and UPS. Get to an equal footing with the competition.

By bil

January 30, 2009 11:30 AM | Link to this

They need to cut the fat as private companys do and continue to deliver the mail as they are supposed to do. Start cutting back on service now and where will it stop.

By jam

January 30, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this

I really think that with the economy slow at this time, if we would deliver mail 1 less day is ok with me,all I get on saturday anyway is junk mail

By hoodtechie

January 30, 2009 11:35 AM | Link to this

for those of you who continue to do electronic bill pay keep on going.me and my friends have found a way to hack around your firewalls and retreive vital information.then maybe you can ask clark howard how to get your idenity back

By WAH WAH

January 30, 2009 11:40 AM | Link to this

Cami and Banking,

Nobody is “forcing” you to work; this is not modern day slavery.

Five days a week is fine by me.

By MrLiberty

January 30, 2009 11:57 AM | Link to this

to Banking:

“The activities of the U.S. Postal Service are financed from the following sources: (1) mail and services revenue; (2) reimbursements from Federal and non-Federal sources; (3) proceeds from borrowing; (4) interest from U.S. securities and other investments; and (5) appropriations by the Congress.”

One of the sources is its annual $29 million reimbursement to offset Congressionally-mandated postage discounts to charitable organizations, rural newspapers and mailings for the blind.

“Self-sustaining” is a kind way of ignoring the value of holding a monopoly (enforced with a gun) on 1st class mail delivery.

The postal service SHOULD operate without any additional funding. They should also compete with other companies to exist. THAT is AMERICAN.

USPS, go to five days a week. The more encouragement and competitive advantage you give to your hobbled competitors the easier the transition will be when you finally collapse under your own bloated mis-management.

By swolf4810

January 30, 2009 11:59 AM | Link to this

Drop Saturday delivery if you must, it won’t bother me all that much at all. But NOT ONE RED CENT OF INCREASE on 1st class postage…peroid! Increase the fees you charge on bulk and all other unsolicitated maillings and leave 1st class the hell alone!

By matt

January 30, 2009 12:00 PM | Link to this

Maybe the Postmaster could ask the dems to allocate 10-20 million dollars from the stimulus bill to study what would happen if the USPS delivered mail 5 days a week instead of the present 6 days a week.

By Diane

January 30, 2009 12:08 PM | Link to this

I agree with many of you regarding the pollution cost factor and less road congestion if the post office only delivers 5 days a week. But many people still pay their bills via mail vs. online and therefore could miss deadline dates when paying their bills and accrue high late fees for late payments. Not everyone is computer savvy.

By LiasMom

January 30, 2009 12:09 PM | Link to this

I’m fine with 5 day a week delivery. I do still use the mail for the occasional letter, birthday cards, etc (not everyone has email or computers, and sending an actual card is more personal than mindlessly sending an email).

The proposal I heard was that they wanted to cancel Tuesday deliveries, b/c there is a lower mail volume on Tues than on Sat. So, if they still took all of their Monday holidays, there wouldn’t be service for three days in a row several times a year. I think Sat is a better option. People can still get things ready to mail on the weekend and then mail it on Mon. Weds even makes more sense than Tues.

And, for those people that mentioned it, there is an “Do Not Mail” list. It’s not government enforced, but is available on a voluntary basis to mailing companies. Do a search for Do Not Mail list and you’ll find a place to sign up.

By David S

January 30, 2009 12:25 PM | Link to this

The USPS delivered on Sunday up until the early 1900’s when Christian church leaders noticed drops in attendance and the increased gathering of folks at post offices. They appealed to congress and it was done.

Sounds like some of Sony’s relatives were politically active even back then.

By bennie

January 30, 2009 12:57 PM | Link to this

I think it is a great idea. its much better than laying off workers. Cutting Saturday delivery would be great.

By james

January 30, 2009 12:57 PM | Link to this

5 DAYS IS FINE WITH ME. LETS GET RID OF SATURDAY DELIVERY. BY THE WAY IT’S THE SABBATH!!!! WE SHOULD NOT BE WORKING OR DELIVERING MAIL ON GOD’S HOLLY SABBATH DAY OF REST IN THE FIRST PLACE.

By SusieQ

January 30, 2009 12:58 PM | Link to this

I am married to a post office worker and must say some of the comments are so pitiful, sad, and really stupid. First of all, many of the people who go to the post office windows for service have problems they have created for themselves; such as: Why is the mailman not delivering my mail anymore? I am missing my welfare check. Ans: You move from apartment to apartment and never put in a change of address form and after 10 ir 20 days of stacked up mail in your box, the mailman is told to rubber band it and send it back to where it came from. 2nd: You check your mailbox about once a month and it is falling out on the ground or you toss the junk mail on the ground. 3rd. Your outside mailbox has been run over, worn out, laying on the ground; you have been notified to fix the mailbox and you ignore the request. 4th: You habitually park where the mailbox is blocked and the mailman has been told by his superiors, not to leave the truck and walk to the mailbox if it is blocked. You then come to the post office and lie out loud that you don’t block the mailbox…5th: you go by 10 different names and don’t really know who your are and get mail for you and 15 other people living in your residence. If it is a certified, you don’t answer the door, but peek out the window. If you answer the door you then lie and say, that is not me. He says, you go by 10 names, fine, if you don’t want to sign for the mail, the judge will come after you not me.

Mail delivery is not the same every day; heavy days and light days, so you will sometimes get your mail at a different time and a relief carrier may not be familiar with the route and that takes extra time for deliveries. This ticks you off. Get over it! Some people want any and all kinds of mail, even junk and if they don’t get it, they scream and yell and come to the post office to complain. 6th: You go out of town for a month and don’t ask the post office to hold your mail and after 10 days, it goes back, so you pitch a fit at the post office window. 7th: Many Business customers are the worst. They never check their mail and expect the mail man to hand deliver their mail…He can’t do that unless he has a walking route. I agree that 5 days, Monday-Friday is sufficient. Mondays and Tuesdays is always a heavy day at the post office. Saturday would be the best day to cut.
And on another note: when the hackers get into your checking and credit card accounts and clean you out while you are paying on-line, remember that good old mail person who faithfully picked up and delivered your mail, come rain, snow, or shine. I could write a book, on mail service, but this is just some highlights…And I do agree that there are mail persons who are sorry and should not have their jobs; they need to be formally reported…

By james

January 30, 2009 1:03 PM | Link to this

5 DAYS IS FINE WITH ME CUT OUT SATURDAY

By JJ

January 30, 2009 1:18 PM | Link to this

Five days is fine, just get my business mail delivered to the office before 6:00 p.m. Hell, we don’t get our office mail on Mondays at all. The courier can’t seem to get here before we close.

By godoggo

January 30, 2009 1:18 PM | Link to this

**Jess : your absolutely right with your comments.

Yeah….can you imagine how much many we’ll save in “Overtime Pay” with those SLOTHES not delivering on Saturday.

ROSS PEROTS best idea was to “Privatize Postal no-Service”….. there mostly incompetent, and have turned a respectable “Guvment” job into a Job Corp.

Now though, when our bills are late or never turn up because of one day less of no-Service, the credit card companies will make a boatload of money on late fees.

S Hill : Excellent comments !

*Why not only deliver on Mon-Wed-Fri-Sat. That would be fine with me…..the only people that are honestly affected are customers with no computer access….Oh yeah, that would be Discriminating.

Rascal : SHAME on YOU…your comments make entirely too much sense !

Lets hope they take a reduction in pay also……..does anyone ever wonder where those stamps come from on Ebay that people sell ?….Just a thought……They have no accountability for there work, service, attitude, effort, and THE STAMPS….they lay around on the counters like candy wrappers…… :/ **

Can I get an AMEN ???

By Buddy El

January 30, 2009 1:22 PM | Link to this

You can bet the reduction in service won’t result in reduction in pay for all USPS employees. Cutting service from 6 days to 5 days should require a one-sixth reduction in pay for USPS employees. Otherwise they will be getting the equivalent of a 16.67& raise for their services.

By Robert Tweedell

January 30, 2009 1:29 PM | Link to this

I’m all for five day mail delivery. Look at all the money these “mopes” stuffing junk-mail will save in postage.Also a reduction in traffic thru my neighborhood sounds like a great idea. Can we make this effective yesterday and include UPS,FED EX and that DHL truck as well.

By Bob

January 30, 2009 1:35 PM | Link to this

I bet the employees of the post office who lose their jobs wouldn’t like it, but I think 3 days a week delivery would be fine with most people. And, most businesses have P. O. Boxes anyway.

Deliver to some on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and to others on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday.

By NETFLIX

January 30, 2009 1:36 PM | Link to this

I am a Netflix subscriber, this would make me stop that service unless Saturday was the day dropped.

By Cammi317

January 30, 2009 1:41 PM | Link to this

WAHWAH I do not work in banking I work in the legal field and time off is not an issue for me. However, I do have friends who work in the banking and mortgage industry. I feel sorry for them when they have to go back to work every Friday after Thanksgiving because banks cannot legally be closed 4 days in a row.

By Juanita

January 30, 2009 1:46 PM | Link to this

Yes. I am fine with five days of operation for postal delivery. Whatever helps to get the economy going. We are all going to have to make sacrifices. Maybe we should go back to closing stores on Sundays. People would then spend, perhaps more time with their families and with God. (just a thought)

By lynn

January 30, 2009 1:48 PM | Link to this

This should have been done years ago when online bill paying became an option. As others have said, 4 days a week would work for me. Stop the overtime and bring the price of postage back in line and junk mail is nothing other than spam and we need a way to filter it from our homes.

By Bob

January 30, 2009 1:54 PM | Link to this

I don’t know how being off the Friday after Thanksgiving became a topic, but a LOT of people I personally know have to work the Friday after Thanksgiving AND on Monday holidays. Bankers do at least get those Mondays off. Retail, media, restaurants, and many non-government offices are working and many restaurants and retail stores are actually open on Thanksgiving.

By Sirius

January 30, 2009 2:29 PM | Link to this

But…but…how will I receive my weekend Netflix delivery??

By mystery poster

January 30, 2009 2:39 PM | Link to this

What about Tues, Thurs, Sat for some parts of town and then Mon, Wed, and Fri for other parts of town.

That would drastically reduce the number of carriers needed.

People who want daily delivery can buy a PO box and pick up their own mail every day.

Sounds simple to me.

By AnnieR

January 30, 2009 2:44 PM | Link to this

Wouldn’t bother me, there is nothing worse than getting bad news on a Saturday that you can’t do anything about till Monday anyway. Ruins the whole weekend.

By AnnieR

January 30, 2009 2:44 PM | Link to this

Wouldn’t bother me, there is nothing worse than getting bad news on a Saturday that you can’t do anything about till Monday anyway. Ruins the whole weekend.

By mystery poster

January 30, 2009 2:45 PM | Link to this

As far as your Netflix subscriptions, switch to Blockbuster online service. You can exchange them for free at the store.

By CaramelGirl

January 30, 2009 2:49 PM | Link to this

I’m fine with it. I only check my mailbox about 3 days a week anyway.

By mica

January 30, 2009 3:01 PM | Link to this

Yea, I feel sorry for the bank tellers everytime a president has a birthday. Geez, some people are so ignorant.

By George

January 30, 2009 3:05 PM | Link to this

I agree with Annie R! No mail on the weekend is fine by me - less junk mail!

By Kelly

January 30, 2009 3:20 PM | Link to this

Yes, eliminate Saturday. Hardly anyone uses snail-mail anymore anyway - so why not?? Save our battered government some money. Lord knows we could use it.

By elena

January 30, 2009 3:23 PM | Link to this

5 days is fine. like the others said, things are done electronically now a days.

By J.D.

January 30, 2009 3:44 PM | Link to this

But if they reduce the number of delivery days don’t you think that would make the number of folks using alternative methods like electronic fund transfers increase and therefore the number of folks using snail mail decrease… ergo less revenue?

You don’t make money when you’re CLOSED.

By julia

January 30, 2009 3:46 PM | Link to this

I think 3 days is perfectly fine… who wants all the junk anyways!?!

By Zack

January 30, 2009 4:37 PM | Link to this

The USPS is the most inefficient agency still in existence.

No one who works at any job could get away with being so wasteful, so rude, and so unwilling to help customers who keep their paychecks and pensions coming month after month. Instead of looking for ways to make post office visits easier, we are constantly waiting in longer lines and forced to deal with the bitterness of the men and woman who STAND behind the counter.

I don’t care if they go to 5 day delivery weeks. I wouldn’t care if they shut the doors forever. Those specially designed mail trucks can be used for a greater purpose.

By Nickie

January 30, 2009 4:49 PM | Link to this

Why not require street side boxes (no more delivery directly to the door) or even the multiple boxes in the middle of the block to handle all the houses with one stop by the mailman. Many newer areas already have these. This would let the USPS continue 6 day delivery with fewer employees since one employee could deliver to many more addresses in the same time. Personally, 5 days a week is fine with me as I pay as many bills as I can on line and receive most bills that way.

By bill

February 17, 2009 11:41 PM | Link to this

Any one who has waited for a check in the mail or a package to arive, you would be waiting another day, your net flix would would be fewer between and if you think your mail gets to your house late now wait until the post office has the same amount of mail to deliver but 1/6th less time to do it in. Anyone who thinks postage will go down or stay the same your crazy.