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-----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Miles <jmile...@charter.net> >Sent: Sep 7, 2009 7:39 PM >To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Intensive Care Unit... > > Sorry to say, but you sound like the guy who sits on his porch and >yells at the kids for being on his lawn. > I don't know this for sure, but I'm guessing the mail carriers aren't >allowed to actually put something in your home. So using the mail slot >probably isn't a legal option for them. I do know for sure that only >the USPS is allowed to use your mail box. This is why you get things >from pizza companies and others hanging on your door knob. > As for the signing for things. Would you be complaining if they left >something important that was then stolen by some sleaze bag? You >always have the option of not picking up the package or letter that >need a signature. > And when it comes to the postal employee pay, I don't think they get >paid enough. The employees at all the postal stations in my area are >some of the friendliest people I've met. I know I couldn't do their >job and remain that friendly. > > >Jeff Miles >jmile...@charter.net > >Join my Mafia >http://apps.facebook.com/inthemafia/status_invite.php?from=550968726 > >On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:29 PM, Fred Holmes wrote: > >> Regularly, I get other people's mail delivered to my home. On some >> occasions, it has been outgoing mail that the mail carrier has >> picked up at someone else's home. The mail may arrive at any time >> from 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., which says that they don't have a >> standard, routine manner in which the deliver the mail. I took down >> the "mailbox" on the front of my house and installed a "mail slot" >> in my front door, but the letter carriers often won't use it. The >> just leave the mail inside the storm door, which then stays >> partially propped open and thereby doesn't perform its intended >> purpose. When I'm not home to sign for a receipted item of mail, >> there is no clue on the "postcard" announcement that is left at my >> home as to who the sender is or what sort of article it is, so there >> is no way to prioritize my visit to the Post Office. And with post >> office hours now reduced to 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., working folks >> have to take additional time off from work to stop at the post o! >> ffice to pick up receipted mail. But the letter carriers have an >> extremely good pay and benefits package. >> >> Fred Holmes >> >> >> At 03:04 AM 9/6/2009, Jeff Miles wrote: >>> True, the post office certainly has on many occasions. >>> Does anyone really stop and think what the post office does >>> on a >>> daily basis? I have yet to find a privet company that has worked as >>> efficiently and consistently. And, being governmentally run, the post >>> office's goal isn't to make a profit. No government program is run to >>> make a profit. People bitch when the programs loose money, and they'd >>> bitch about prices and taxes if the programs were making money. >>> It's a >>> no win situation. >>> I have yet, in my 47 years, realized something getting lossed >>> by the >>> USPS. On occasion it's taken a day or more to get here or there. But >>> at the cost, I really can't complain. And with the millions of >>> letters >>> and packages they deal with each day, Fed-Ex and UPS seem to be doing >>> just fine. In fact new people are coming on board. What's the new >>> one? >>> Some Yellow truck, 3 letters, can't remember the name. >>> Socialized mail can't be that bad for business. >>> Maybe that was President Obama's hidden agenda in asking kids >>> to >>> write a letter. It was to themselves, but maybe he'd had hopes they'd >>> actually mail them and boost the profits of the USPS? Or maybe he'd >>> had the market flooded and hoped they'd all lick some tainted stamps? >>> The conspiracy theories flourish. >>> >>> >>> >>> Jeff Miles >>> jmile...@charter.net >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, >> privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http:// >> www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* > > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
