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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

USPS Slashes Retail Hours

The Postal Service has slashed retail hours at nearly 500 mostly rural post offices. Starting Saturday, some are open to the public just two hours a day. The agency plans to trim hours at thousands more after the holidays. It has taken more than a year for the Postal Service to put its plan into action. It has had to hold public meetings in all of the communities and address lawmakers' and regulators' misgivings. But the shorter hours may not be a big adjustment at many of the 500 offices in this first batch. The Postal Service says many are one- man operations. And that one employee may not even work full time.

4 comments:

Jeremy Norton said...

Many people would be affected by this.

Anonymous said...

Listen, you could go into an 80 year old building in Selbyville to find a single clerk selling stamps and accepting parcels or you could go to Staples or your local grocery store. If the USPS closes early, nobody will notice. People will still get paid even if the door is locked.

Anonymous said...

How can anyone feel that things are getting better out here!

Anonymous said...

The Post Office is not doing well? Losing money hand over fist? When did this start? How could this happen? Does anyone else know about this? Call your Congressman!
Oh; wait...never mind. Everyone go back to sleep.