spdracer

While at the main Richardson PO several months ago, I heard that the main Dallas PO was going to be shut down. The clerks also believed that many PO workers were being transferred to distant offices to try and accelerate the attrition.

I’ve always viewed the PO as more of a community service than a for profit business. I think the PO provides some threads of connection within a community or neighborhood, particularly where the mail-person walks from home to home.

For me the PO is still the most convenient way to mail most of my packages. I also appreciate the fact that my mother can still walk to her neighborhood office and buy stamps and mail letters.

I’ve made my share of trips downtown late at night to mail a gift or pay a bill. I’ve always been surprised by the number of patrons late at night. I think the loss of the Main Post Office would be another step in the wrong direction. And I seriously doubt that even the most efficient organization could deliver mail to almost every address in the country 5 or 6 days a week and still make a profit in this economic down turn.