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    From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to All on Thu Feb 25 06:15:00 2021
    That latest atrocity - certified mail is screwed up. Cross-town delivery
    used to take 3 days, now takes 10+. Letters delivered show as In Transit on the web site. The most recent one shows as "ready for delivery" since 2/16.




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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 26 14:10:55 2021
    Re: USPS
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Thu Feb 25 2021 06:15 am

    That latest atrocity - certified mail is screwed up. Cross-town delivery used to take 3 days, now takes 10+. Letters delivered show as In Transit on the web site. The most recent one shows as "ready for delivery" since 2/16.




    that's crazy. are bike messengers still a thing?
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  • From Daryl Stout@VERT/TBOLT to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Feb 26 16:19:00 2021
    That latest atrocity - certified mail is screwed up. Cross-town
    delivery used to take 3 days, now takes 10+. Letters delivered show as
    In Transit on the web site. The most recent one shows as "ready for delivery" since 2/16.

    If I didn't need to have a Post Office Box, I wouldn't have a damn thing
    to do with the Postal Service. I had to get that, as folks were stealing
    stuff off of my porch, and out of my mailbox.

    1) An overnight package sent to Newington, Connecticut (outside of Hartford) took a week to arrive.

    2) A priority 2 day package sent to Atlanta, sat in Memphis for 4 days...and weather wasn't an issue.

    3) A card sent to the same zip code as mine, from the post office of said
    zip code, took a month to get there.

    4) Filling out a yellow HOLD MAIL card was worthless...they threw it in the trash.

    5) Mailing to an address just 10 miles away takes a month to arrive.

    And, they can't figure out why people are going to email, FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc.

    Daryl

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to MRO on Sat Feb 27 06:57:00 2021
    MRO wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    That latest atrocity - certified mail is screwed up. Cross-town delivery used to take 3 days, now takes 10+. Letters delivered show as In Transit on the web site. The most recent one shows as "ready for delivery" since 2/16.

    that's crazy. are bike messengers still a thing?

    Barely. In San Francisco's financial district, there were places on Market street and SOMA where dozens of them hung out at lunch time. Now, you'd be lucky to see one.


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  • From Terminator@VERT/SBBS to Mro on Sat Mar 13 09:23:14 2021
    On Fri 26-Feb-2021 14:10 , Mro@1:275/201.0 said to Poindexter Fortran:

    Re: USPS
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to All on Thu Feb 25 2021 06:15 am

    That latest atrocity - certified mail is screwed up. Cross-town
    delivery
    used to take 3 days, now takes 10+. Letters delivered show as In
    Transit on
    the web site. The most recent one shows as "ready for delivery" since
    2/16.




    That is crazy and messed up.
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