I remember my Mom telling me stories about when she was a
kid that around Christmas mail was often delivered 2 x a day. I also remember the old tag line of “We are
mothers and fathers. And sons and daughters. Who every day go about our lives
with duty, honor and pride. And neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of
night, nor the winds of change, nor a nation challenged, will stay us from the
swift completion of our appointed rounds. Ever.” For many years I thought that, that saying
was the Postal Service’s motto, did you know that the post office does not have
a motto. I am impressed that if I mail
something in La Crosse that it will get to the Twin Cities in a day, two days at
the most. The letter carriers have a job
that I would not want. They know going in
that they have Sundays and holidays off, but from there a rotating schedule of
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday etc. off so really very rarely do they get two days
off in a row. The senate is talking
about doing away with mail on Saturdays and offering mail delivery Monday –
Friday, essentially cutting a day of mail delivery and all that goes with
it. I for one think I can do without the
weekend mail delivery, and think about the money it would save us as
taxpayers. Also I think it would help
the letter carriers have more of a normal schedule. I don’t look at it as downsizing, but as
budget cutting move. Your thoughts?
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