Starting this August, the US Postal Service will stop
delivering mail on Saturdays and the delivery of first class mail.
Unfortunately, delivering mail on Saturdays is costing the
USPS more money than it is making doing it.
Less and less people are sending mail anyways these days. Plus, the fact that it costs the same amount
of money to send first class mail across the street as it does across the
country, makes first class mail even less appealing.
In addition, most large corporations are using other
shipping companies such as Fed-ex or UPS because of more reliability and cost
effectiveness.
Some people may be opposed to ending the delivery of mail on
Saturdays, but I have no opposition to it.
The fact of the matter is that the USPS is going bankrupt. Nobody uses it and as stated before, other
large carriers are taking away business.
Yes the US Postal Service was a very well oiled machine…. in
the 1970’s.
This is the 21st century and people aren’t
sending letters to relatives or friends anymore. They’re getting on their computers and
emailing people.
Hmmmmm…. Let’s see. I
could send an email to my cousin and it will get there in a couple of
seconds. Or I could send them a letter,
which could take up to 5 days to get to him.
I think I’ll use email.
Basically, the USPS isn’t going to be around much longer, so
ending Saturday delivery and first class mail will have little to no impact on
anything.
