In possibly good news/bad news for the United States Postal Service, people are utilizing their services more but unfortunately USPS is not able to keep up. Though when one has a six-day (sometimes 7-day) a week service that impacts every single person in the US, there are bound to be a few glitches. It is remarkable to realize how incredible a job they are able to accomplish considering the "speed bumps" that keep cropping up to slow them down.
The pandemic only added to their already unworkable business plan by decimating their ranks due to illness or exposure to illness contributing, in the best case, to at least a 14-day "vacation" for employees. At least one finds out if middle management can actually do the job they are used to delegating. Inevitable delays in picking up, sorting and delivery occur. When you think about it the increased volume of mail and packages similar to the Christmas season has been occurring since March with no ability to hire or keep enough employees to handle the overflow. What used to take two days for delivery is now basically a "crap shoot" of two to infinity on delivery.
Of course they were already in deep doo doo by the insane requirement that they fund pensions for people who are not ever born yet in today's dollars. The brains in Washington have been working overtime for years to destroy an institution that has been providing a vital service at a reasonable cost for 250 years. Privatizing is cheaper and more efficient they claim. Just look at airlines, utilities, road work, prisons and liquor commission to see how well that is working out for everyone. No bid and no accountability on services that should be for the benefit of, and paid for, by the people. But someone is getting rich, no worries.
Of course, the whole system of absentee ballots must have been negatively impacted by the current situation - Not. As someone who has voted absentee for many years, it goes off like clockwork including primaries even during the pandemic. But some would rather you face a line of many hours because they have brazenly closed down polling centers to discourage "certain" populations from exercising their rights as citizens of this country. Vote by mail is rife with fraud, for which there is no evidence; it is safer for the older or infirm voter; and more protected from the number of ignored and unanswered attacks from outside this country to impact our election process.
I started with the Post Office in general and then apparently digressed into the obvious plot of suppressing the vote. The point is one party is opposed to an honest reckoning of their job performance. Let your record stand up to the scrutiny of the electorate or just quit the pretense and openly shove this country into a total dictatorship. I believe in the people caring more than just bowing down and leaving the field to such evil.
At any rate, I blithely and innocently sent out my check and paperwork to the Secretary of State as usual by mail in early June to get license tabs for July. After a few weeks there was a "Ruh-Ro" moment as I realized 1) The State is working from home and 2) the mail is hopelessly overwhelmed. To save a few bucks I did not order online in the midst of a pandemic. I am aware of the stupidity of that, but apparently I was not aware of the actual stupidity of that. Trying to call the SOS (how appropriate) was not possible. However, I made the cut and received the tabs after only a week of driving illegally. However the registration for the boat is still in limbo-land. The only fear there, as most lake patrols are few and far between, is the possibility of said boat being stolen and bogus numbers put on its enticingly empty sides. Fingers crosed.
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