Yes, my mail delivery still sucks. A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I saw a mail truck on our street. She started to feel elated. I said there was little correlation between seeing the vehicle and our receiving mail; sure enough, nothing in our mailbox. A couple of days earlier, I saw a mail truck on my block, actually three doors down, and a package was delivered there. Indeed, I received a package recently, on a day when we received no other mail.
My wife recently spoke to a postal worker who knows about this problem, and the worker feels terrible about it. They are not allowed to work sufficient overtime to rectify the problem. So it is not a problem just in my neighborhood, but in several locations.
I received mail on Thursday, Feb 12, then on Thursday, the 19th, and, shockingly, on Saturday, the 21st.
A Facebook buddy of mine writes: Join me, if you wish, in raising the alarm. When someone asks, “Is anyone getting mail?” respond with the following:
+++ They’re trying to break the Postal Service and sell it off to private corporations.
I also believe they are making it harder to have mail ballots counted in elections.
Here’s a complaint letter that you can copy and send to the Postmaster. Postal carriers (mailmen) are asking us to raise the issue so they can continue delivering mail! +++ https://tinyurl.com/where-is-
Oh, and here’s a piece from WNYT, Channel 13, from Tuesday, February 17, on the topic, featuring, er, me.
FFAPL
The Tuesday book reviews are at the 161 Washington Avenue branch of the Albany Public Library at 2 pm in the large auditorium.
