Why is the mail (postal service workers) expected to decrease?
Because very few people use first class mail anymore just about everything can be done from your phone or computer it has become so bad that in some area 3rd class bulk rate mail (junk mail) is the only thing being delivered. Bulk postal rates are pennies per pound instead of .50 cents an ounce like first class mail. The post office is losing money so cut rate businesses can fill your mailbox with trash for pennies a pound the few people that still use their full priced services are subsidizing the companies that use bulk services. Postal customers used to be a captive audience because the USPS was the only game in town but now they have lots of other options from email and txting to delivery services like DHL, FedEx and UPS. .
Do Canada's postal workers know where USA towns are located?
The two-letter codes for provinces and states were created so there is no duplication. No two are alike. Honestly, your comment, "As a USA citizen, I'd be scared to see what would happen to an important piece of mail that said Calgary, AB. And did not mention Canada," sounds about right, in terms of the USPS not knowing where "AB" is. I suspect the reverse (a Canada Post agent seeing "AL") would be routed properly (i.e. immediately routed for US sorting). That said, it's primarily the postal/zip code that initially routes mail, not the street address, city, or province/state. The sorters "read" the code to first route mail, then secondarily sort mail via the specific address. In Canada, our postal code system uses both numbers and letters. This means there is almost an infinite number of combinations for postal codes. What that means is, most homes in Canada have a unique postal code, or one they share with just one or two other homes on their street. Some small towns have just one postal code for the entire town, but 80% of Canadians live in cities, so most have pretty unique postal codes. A whole apartment, office/industrial, or condominium complex might have a single postal code, as well. When I send snail mail (which is extremely rare, since all bill payments are done by telephone or online these days), where one would write the return address, I simply write my postal code and the number of my house. I have just one neighbour with the same postal code (in Canada), so if the letter needs to be returned to me for some reason, the inclusion of my house number will get it to me. I don't even need my street address, city, or province. ...Now, I wouldn't recommend SENDING mail that way, but I suspect it would be successful...since the postal code and street number should route the mail precisely (to a private residence with a unique postal code). My point being, if I enter my postal code into Google Earth, it goes immediately to a picture of my home (and that of my next door neighbour). That's how precise (Canadian) postal codes can be. ...Just F.Y.I. ;-) Happy mailing!
Post office mail delivery?
do no longer supply to enterprise districts on Saturday. possibly in massive apple there are predominately Jewish zip codes that would not miss the mail on Saturdays the two. In Detroit is there a predominantly Muslim community that should do with out Friday transport? they ought to decrease back to 5 days a week, yet tailor the non transport day to the community, that way, there will be greater performance. additionally if the supply days have been staggered, postal vehicles ought to nonetheless be used 6 days a week incredibly than merely 5 so as that they might not ought to purchase as many which might save $ interior the long-term too. I do have Netflix so this makes Netflix much less effective to me, additionally I get carry of the Economist magazine and Bloomberg BusinessWeek magazine, the two arrive on Saturday now, will they pump out the matters quicker for fri. transport or will I be waiting till Monday?
Why do Postal workers go crazy and killeveryone? ??
Well... I don't know about all Postal Workers but my dad had a heck of a time and it really affected our whole family. My dad was a clerk and he did a very good job. He became involved with the American Postal Workers Union and later became the President. The management couldn't stand him. He was very good at the role of President and never lost one case that he handled. He later became a Delegate for the State we live in. My father did nothing wrong but fight for what is right for the workers of the Postal Service and he did it all legally. Our family would receive prank phone calls (some very disturbing). Later we found out they were coming from an employee of the Post Office in a managerial position. My father had a car accident due to someone loosening his lug nuts on his car. Again... a manager from the Post Office. They had my father arrested for entering a Post Office that he had every right to enter (He was doing his job). He ended up on the front page of the local paper and the article told of how the Post Office unlawfully had a Union President arrested. Police and lawyers ended up being required at all union meetings because of the "problems". When my father had to go on medical leave... (because of physical issues and a heart attack... hmmmm...) The Post Office didn't pay my father until a few years later. They were supposed to pay him from the git go. On top of that and because of that my father's cars were repossessed because he had no money coming in to pay for them. They Post Office cancelled his insurance (illegally) -- When much medical attention was needed... and my father also lost his home. After much stress and fighting for his rights he was paid his earnings back to the time of his medical leave, his insurance was reinstated back to the cancellation date and he now receives a retirement check from them. The one thing he didn't get back was his health. He is already damaged and nothing the Post Office can reinstate will bring back his health. Yes... I believe situations like this (that happen more than anyone will ever realize) cause Postal Workers to go "POSTAL". They don't have the saying for no reason. There is much reason behind the phrase. I'm just thankful my dad had enough of a level head to refrain from shooting the awful people that caused my family and father so much pain and grief. I hope that helped you understand. Have a beautiful and blessed day!
Worked at USPS 26 years, been retired awhile, so my recollection is from official in-service talks up to 2010, but I'll give it my best shot since I don't see much else here as far as answers...sorry for the lack of hard data.Depends on what you consider "lost". Extremely small percentage of First Class Mail ends up permanently GONE, meaning accidentally destroyed, stolen or dumped somewhere. Those are the far and few between headline cases.Mis-deliveries (aka LMF or Last Mile Failures) due to employee error hovers around 1%, which is pretty bad. Imagine if 1% of planes crashed, we'd have 100's of air disasters every day. A mail carrier with 500 customers would make around 5 errors every day, which is just unacceptable. USPS handles a huge amount of mail per year, so the 5% answer was ridiculously high. If a carrier continually made 25 mistakes daily on a 500 customer route, they would be terminated from USPS employment. We handle more mail during holiday season than all the rest of the year combined, so a 2% increase in loss with 100% increase in volume is just a poor guess.If by "lost" you mean undeliverable for whatever reason so that the mail piece ends up at a dead letter facility, can't be identified by contents, then less than a tenth of a percent of total mail volume (First Class Mail) a year is actually destroyed because it can't be delivered or returned to sender.
Emails are one of the best technological advancements for productive communication…I mean you don’t have to send letter in the mail/postal service anymore and wait weeks or months for this old school asynchronous communication to happen. Emails made that system a hell of a lot faster and instantaneous.In today’s world however, Emails don’t increase productivity and mainly because we haven’t taken the time to learn and understand the right balance and time management and use of Email. We have overloaded inboxes, we feel pressured to reply immediately, we have a tendency to send long emails that could have maybe been better and more efficiently communicated via a live call or in person chat.So I challenge people to approach email from a habit and behavioral perspective and to choose the best tools that helps them reach a better balance, so they spend less time wasted and being pulled into a million different directions, and more time on productive work that accomplishes things and gets things done. Sometimes that does need to happen within email - so choose an email solution that gives the best unified communication experience like Don't like Outlook? Get Mailbird.Hope this helps!
The rates raise according to the costs to operate the Postal Service. Every time fuel costs go up operations go up, utilities to run the Post Office increase. The salaries of the staff increase according to inflation. It’s a very large business and people can’t seem to grasp that costs go up there too. Your utilities increase, the cost of your food and when your TV or computer breaks you replace it and it’s expensive. Everyone needs to understand it’s a very large organization that overall runs well despite the individuals they chose to be management. Buy your Forever Stamps before January27th. They go up by five cents each.
Is there like a thing u can get from the post office which allows u to send money in the mail?
You can send the mail 'registered' for an additional fee. 'Registered' means that everyone from the clerk to the addressee and everyone in between has to sign for the envelope. A better means would be to send a postal money order to the recipient. Get one of their little green postcards and send it 'return receipt requested' if you want to make sure that the intended recipient actually got it.
I answered this question when asked if mail was delivered on sundays. It was as such:I was surprised to actually to get a package on a Sunday afternoon from the usps. So yes they do transport or deliver mail (that is packages)on Sunday.The United States Postal Service is s nonstop 24 hr X 365.25 day operation. I believe packages only are mailed on Sunday. The rest of the week all other mail types are delivered.All mail is transported everyday over a 24 hour period. From the larger facilities mail is transported to local post offices. From there it gets distributed to homes.On the weekends and holidays, the mail is held at the large facilities till Monday / Tuesday mornings till they open very early and get prepped for delivery.The short of it is that mail is transported even on sundays.With that, yes, location is a factor as its not practical to deliver mail on sundays or Saturdays in deep rural areas. 80% of the continuous united states is rural. Mail volume is also a factor. If the volume is small in a certain area, it will likely be delivered in the week.