Postal Letter

Why is the USPS such an unreliable bureaucracy?

Its mailmen all-too-often tend to leave little pink slips in your mail box instead of delivering packages to your door, its "Priority Mail" service takes at least 3-5 days instead of the advertised 2-3 (check what companies like Amazon indicate on their shipping form, instead of what the USPS says), and packages -- even ones people mark as "priority" constantly get "missent." Missending something clearly labeled with the appropriate address?

Public Comments

1. Don't forget the super-efficient post office window service.
2. Look to the history of the post office for all your answers. It used to be a government agency before it was set free and made to be a separate entity. There are deep rooted government policies and procedures that bog the system down. Even now the employees are civil servants. And some people want government run helath care?