Try that with a private delivery service. For an almost overnight delivery service from D.C. But when they mean Forever, they mean forever. Mission Impossible? What could go wrong, right?īottom line - she got it Wednesday afternoon, less than two days after I mailed it.
It had to go from Washington, D.C., to NYC - about 225 miles - then get sorted and then delivered. Got the document late Monday, rushed it to the nearest post office, stuck on a Forever stamp and mailed it. I needed to get an important, time-sensitive original document to her by, well, now. My eldest granddaughter, Annie, works in New York City. Postal Service is still out there and, believe it or not, not only delivering a lot of mail, but doing it quickly and at bargain basement prices. Meantime, drones notwithstanding, the U.S. USPS Slowdown: Why You Should Expect Longer Mail Delivery Times This Holiday Season True ‘Snail Mail’: USPS To Slow Delivery Starting October 1 USPS: Mail Delivery Will Be Slower And More Expensive Here Are the Changes to Mail Delivery Taking Effect Oct. But not letters with the thought and effort required. Gone are the days.įrom 95,000 one time, and hundreds per week on a regular basis, I and most others are down to this. The other communique was a reminder from the American Legion that my membership has lapsed. One was a NARFE magazine that had been forwarded - by the Postal Service - from our old address. Since the move I have received two items. One problem: No mail.īy no mail, I mean not much mail. Including new mail boxes much nicer than at the old place where they were still pretty nice. New desks (that allow one to work seated or standing up), new everything. Just saying.Ī couple of months back, Federal News Network moved from its long-time headquarters near the Washington National Cathedral, to new Hollywood-set-style studios and offices a mile up the road. But never again are 95,000-plus tongues likely to answer a challenge, lick a stamp and affix it to mostly hand-addressed envelopes, then mail them to a publication. Trolls in Russia or North Korea, or southern California, may generate fake mail and electronic messages. That probably won’t be a problem ever again. By the end of the exercise some of the bosses were grumbling about the mess, and the space it took. But the mail kept gushing in - after they had hired six temps to process it - it lost its luster. I once got more than 95,000 letters in response to a column in the Washington Post.
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