My guess is that more than just I on this list, have had problems with the post
office recently. I currently have a package sent to Western Pennsylvania that
is out over 30 days. Things are getting better - I got a package of silent
animate DVDs from New York media mail in 5 days yesterday and some comics also
media mail arrived in 12.
One of the key problems here is the virus which has deeply affected the
regional sorting hub in Detroit (and it seems elsewhere based on my tracking
packages-there are obvious regional centers that are in crisis).
As such I found it interesting yesterday in talking to postal workers (ship a
lot, you know a lot of postal workers- I am also on the local post office
advisory board so I talk to a lot of people about the post office) to discover
there is no plan to vaccinate postal workers! Yep the best way to do it is
offer it on the job- all these folks locally are in the post office picking up
or sorting mail at key times of the day. You bring in the vaccine and get every
worker who wants one gets it at the same time. I mean it ain't rocket science
and it is a federal program.
Right now a key part of commerce due to the pandemic and a key support for all
types of small businesses is the post office. It is a essential that it works
well. A lot of little main street stores are only surviving because they are
selling on line.
So I am sending off an email to my Senators telling them this needs to be
addressed and with a new administration coming in with people who think
government should work - maybe we can see some solutions-
Best George Hagenauer
