U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They Were Ignored

Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by sio8ohPi on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:38PM (#22860370)

As I said, I understand the utility of services like certified mail. That seems like the appropriate level of care for most of the mailings you mention. You wouldn't want absentee ballots or passports to be lost, right? Or if my county wants to summon me for jury duty, they probably should pay the $3 to make sure I get the summons.

At heart, though, my beef with USPS stems from my hatred of spam. They're a service I interact with multiple times weekly... when I move their garbage from my mailbox to my trashcan. When 95% of my interactions with them are negative, it's hard for me to understand how some people can like them.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by burkaman on Monday April 13, 2020 @06:30PM (#22860908)

Nobody likes marketing mail. If you think you know how to convince Congress to let the postal service operate like a normal government service and stop trying to make a profit, let me know how I can help.

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Re:U.S. Postal Workers Were on the Front Lines Before. They ... by ezrast on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:54PM (#22860580)

HN has this conversation about web services all the time. "I'm tired of seeing ads" -> "Somebody has to pay server costs, would you prefer all content be paywalled?" -> "Someone should implement a micropayment system so we can all support these things collectively."

Only here we already have the centralized payment system in the form of taxes, but it turns out when you use that to subsidize USPS operations everyone still complains.

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