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A planned reduction of 10,000 workers stoked fears that the US Postal Service is on a path toward privatization.

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[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I buy a lot of shit from around the world. I've had way less issues with deliveries from the USPS than I've had with UPS, FedEx and the abomination known as DHL.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago

That's gonna change

[–] Arsecroft@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 year ago

we wore an onion on our belt, as was the style at the time

What do you mean? In my area, UPS offers exciting value-added services, like punching a hole in almost every package that I receive, or crushing the box when that's not possible, as well as a lottery-like game wherein I get to wonder if the overburdened driver is going to make it to my house before running out of time and marking the package as "attempted delivery, recipient not home".

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

You’ve clearly never dealt with a little outfit called Lasership