All the mail that people receive, whether it's letters or packages, has to be handled by somebody. It doesn't move itself, and manhandling 70 lb mail sacks and heavy packages eight hours a day isn't a picnic. I'll admit that some postal employees don't pull their weight, but others pull their weight and more. They have to do their own work and also the work of their coworkers.
All the mail that people receive,...
My mailbox was full every day this week and every speck of it was advertising and went straight into the trash. They could begin by charging first class rates for everything. Then maybe we wouldn’t get so much crap - like pages and pages of grocery ads. They can be put on the net and people can look them up there.