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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by rtpg on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:03AM (#27025198)
Through work we deal with Japan Post, and there a letter can get basically anywhere in the mainland from anywhere else in one business day.

Granted, the nation is one-dimensional in shape so things are helped there, but the reliability is expected.

On one hand, I think overworking mail workers isn’t worth it. On the other hand tho, surely there’s a way to make this stuff work better than requiring 3 days to move a letter across town.

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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by pas on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:39AM (#27025645)
Well, if you really want that thing delivered you have other options, right? FedEx, DHL, other private companies.

The whole problem is that USPS has a lot of obligations that those other courier services don't, and it has to amortize costs.

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