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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by detaro on Monday April 13, 2020 @01:51PM (#22858121)
Mail volume in the US is down? Interesting, here in Germany it's reported as being at christmas-time levels.
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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by Ididntdothis on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:34PM (#22858559)
Most of my mail is advertisement. Maybe a lot of the advertisers are closed so they can send less mail.
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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by jshevek on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:19PM (#22858414)
USPS volume is said to be down in the US, not total residential mail & shipping volume.
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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by detaro on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:28PM (#22858509)
Ah of course, letters vs parcels etc.
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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by jshevek on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:42PM (#22858632)
Yes, also USPS is only one of several carriers here. Each has a slightly different market. Decrease in one could occur simultaneous with increase of another.
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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by cpr on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:05PM (#22858261)
Maybe Germans have a good residual letter-writing culture which has otherwise been wiped out by electronic communications, at least in the US.

Would be interested to know if that's the case.

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by lsniddy on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:18PM (#22858398)
I doubt mail volume is driven by hand written letters at any point.
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