The United States Postal Service wants many Lincolnites to move their mailboxes to the curb to help USPS save some cash. That makes sense. There are just two problems.
First, the USPS isn't making the move mandatory. Considering the depth of the excrement the USPS is currently mired in, you'd think they'd be a little more pushy. Saying "pretty please" isn't going to cut it. In fact, I wonder if it won't be more work for mail carriers when only some homeowners move their boxes to the curb. Instead of having to go door-to-door, carriers will have to go door-to-curb-to-door.
Second, even curbside mailboxes are extraordinarily flawed. They are a pain to deliver to and they are extremely insecure. (Well, most of them are anyway.) If the USPS wants to make real strides toward cutting delivery costs, it needs to mandate cluster mailboxes in every neighborhood. Many folks will flip out of course, but when you're short a few billion dollars it's probably time to step on a few toes.
This all reminds me that I still haven't fixed my busted mailbox. I should really go out and do that.
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See what your friends and neighbors have to say about this.
Personally all I get is junk mail in the mail box. All my bills are emailed to be. Everything can be done online these days. I do still pay my mortgage with a old school paper check. (I like to pay a little extra principle, etc…but could do it online also)
I am sure FedEx and UPS are just waiting for USPS to close up shop. If either of those two companies were loosing cash at the rate USPS is they would have had to fail long ago.
I really would not miss old school mail in any way. There is nothing they really do that could not be taken care of either online. I am all for maybe a once a week delivery of snail mail or even just abandoning it completely. Sometimes we have to be willing to let go of things that just do not work anymore. Like Dial-up internet!
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