Disband the US Postal Service!
If you want to see true incompetence, take a short trip down to your local post office. Even here in the deep south - the land of faulty infrastructure and bass-ackward priorities - the post office stands out in their dedication to ineptitude. Merely telling me that you've sent me a package by way of the USPS is enough to make me cringe. Thanks for the package...I hope it makes it here. When you walk into our post office here in Gainesville, the first thing you notice is three long benches in the middle of the room. This branch regularly sees incredibly long lines, you see. So, instead of spending time to figure out why it takes so damn long to serve your average patron, they give you a place to park your butt and watch CNN while you wait the 20-45 minutes to pickup your package. Honestly, what types of requests do you think they get? Buying stamps, picking up packages (that sometimes require - gasp - signatures), and sending packages. That's gotta be like 99% of their business. If you know that something ...
Posted on February 22, 2007 10:40:34 PM EST
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