The Morning Rant

The United States Postal Service's informal motto is, "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds"

My response to this constitutionally authorized agency's informal motto is, Bull Fvcking Shit.

The following may fall under The Morning Rant and/or First World Problems $9.5 billion worth. Yes, $9.5 billion, with a B that was the 2024 deficit the USPS ran up.

As many of you know yours truly lives in the boondocks of The Frozen Tundra. The move took place in 2018. One of the first things completed was installing an approved mail box to a specified height. Over the years the mail carrier or whatever the approved title is would place flyers in my mail box. Everything from the USPS collecting food items or a friendly reminder on how I was to keep the snow away from the mail box so they could deliver the mail. The USPS felt it was fine they could place "their mail" in my receptacle.

As we all know, the USPS certainly takes a number of days off due to Federal Holidays. The last holiday the USPS celebrated was President's Day Monday February 17th.

The following day our mail box was full of the regular items one expects. However there was no flyer from the USPS what was about to take place the following day. On Wednesday there was no mail in our box. No problem, as it is not uncommon to go a day without mail. Thursday morning I walked out and placed mail in the box with the good old red flag placed in the upright position.

The outgoing mail was not picked up on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. Nor was any delivered.

I had been expecting several important pieces of mail and I'm starting to worry and also getting peeved about the situation. So Monday February 24th I drive into town to find out what is going on.

I asked to see the Post Master. Well, that can't happen as the Post Master is somewhere in the southern part of the state filling in and won't be back until May. So I then proceeded to talk to the most senior employee there. Also our mail carrier was present and joined the conversation.

My simple question was, "Where the hell is my mail and what is going on?" The story I received was one that makes one's head spin.

From September 2018 until May 2024 our mail had been delivered by a contractor who was delivering mail for the USPS under a "Highway Contract". There had been a couple of problems during this time. But nothing compared to this.

I was informed by our postal carrier that they had won the "Highway Contract" in May 2024 but there were approximately 85 mail recipients who were not included in the route. The contractor advised us that they had made numerous attempts to have the contract reviewed and revised to include the 85 residents.

As a sign of good faith our mail carrier advised us she was delivering mail to us without getting paid for her time and mileage. I said, "Hang on a minute here. Our neighbor approximately 1/2 mile from us is getting mail but we aren't?"

She advised us that the "Highway Contract" mail route ended at our neighbor a 1/2 mile away. Our mail and our adjacent neighbor's mail were not part of the contract. She indicated she was putting on approximately 9 miles a day without getting paid. And this had been going on since May 2024. According to her numerous efforts had been made to get the problem resolved. And since it hadn't been resolved she wasn't going to deliver to our mail box or the other 80+ residents.

My response was something to the effect, "That's all fine and dandy. But in the age of communication and transparency why wasn't I notified? You are pretty happy to keep slipping reminders in our box to keep the area free of snow but you couldn't tell us about this problem?"

I was informed that she was prohibited from placing any notice of this in our mailbox as it was not approved by the Postmaster or the USPS.

With gas at $3.02 a gallon at the moment, I get it that 9 miles per day 6 days a week for 9 months and not getting paid is utter BS.

So now if I want to mail a letter or get my mail, I have a 13 mile round trip to town. I have better things to do with my time and the wear and tear on my vehicle to obtain my mail which is Constitutionally guaranteed. The USPS doesn't care about my carbon footprint but they are willing to spend $$$$$ to purchase 66,000 EVs by 2028.

(I suspect Buck Throckmorton will talk about all the mail that will go up in flames due to these rolling firebombs.)

One job, pick up and deliver mail. And if you wonder why they have a $9.5 Billion deficit, check out the following pricing for a package I recently sent.

I've written it before here at AoSHQ and I'll write it again. The Federal Government is too large to survive.

And to finish off on a good note.......

posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian (ONT Cob Emeritus) at 11:00 AM

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