US Postal Service to drop Saturday service.

[Silverhawk79]

http://www.freep.com/article/20100303/NEWS07/3030349/1001/news/Postal-Service-it-may-drop-Saturday-mail-to-save-cash

So uh, apparently there's a good chance that we won't get mail on Saturday anymore, because they want to save money and lay off a bunch of people. I think it's kind of lame, personally. If there's a package you urgently need, and it should arrive on Saturday, you shouldn't have to wait until the following Monday to get it. Boo, USPS.
Thoughts?

[ThePowerOfOne]

That sucks. I get a lot of packages in the mail, I hate not having Sunday delivery, I don't want to have to wait TWO days to get a package D:

[Lotos]

To think that I was going to start ordering stuff online after I got a job.

[Doodle]

Eh. They need to cut back somehow.
I don't have any problem with this.

[Cornwad]

This is terrible, I'm already mad enough about not getting mail on Sundays. What a bunch of slackers.

[Turok]

Yeah, my Dad has been talking about this a lot. (He's a mail carrier)

But as far as I knew they had dropped the idea.

[Custom]

I saw this on the news today.

Shitsucks. I most expect things to be delivered on Friday or Saturday. I don't like things coming on Monday.

[L10]

only USPS right? so UPS and such will still deliver...not a big deal

[Kilroy]

only USPS right? so UPS and such will still deliver...not a big deal

Yes, but actual mail won't deliver on Saturdays.

On top of that, they're laying off a ton of workers. That's never good.

[PsychoYoshi]

Yes, but actual mail won't deliver on Saturdays.

On top of that, they're laying off a ton of workers. That's never good.

They're laying off a ton of workers who will get a relatively good governmental pension. Compared with other unemployed people, they've got it relatively well off.

[BOREDFOREVER]

I hope they do drop that idea.  Mostly because of Netflix.

[Cornwad]

They're laying off a ton of workers who will get a relatively good governmental pension. Compared with other unemployed people, they've got it relatively well off.

But we still have to suffer. I don't expect unemployed people to give me my mail. I actually care about mailmen.

I hope Turok is right.

[Turok]

But we still have to suffer. I don't expect unemployed people to give me my mail. I actually care about mailmen.

I hope Turok is right.

I asked my Dad about this, here is what is gonna happen if the Postal Service goes through with this.

Well, the guys that are gonna be laid off (or would be, whatever) are the part time guys. All the regular, full-time mailcarriers would keep their jobs. They would no longer work on Saturdays, but their weekday work hours would be increased.

[Red]

I asked my Dad about this, here is what is gonna happen if the Postal Service goes through with this.

Well, the guys that are gonna be laid off (or would be, whatever) are the part time guys. All the regular, full-time mailcarriers would keep their jobs. They would no longer work on Saturdays, but their weekday work hours would be increased.

That doesn't seem too bad. How long are their weekday work hours originally?

[Turok]

That doesn't seem too bad. How long are their weekday work hours originally?

It depends. most of the time (As in what the supervisors put on paper) .... 8 hours, but really they work 10 hour days more often than 8 hour ones,. So my guess is that they'd be working 9-11 hour days if this goes through?