About 30 years ago there was a big flap with the IRS workers in Philadelphia. They were paid bonuses if they made their stacks of tax returns disappear, so they were stuffing them in the ceilings in the restrooms and doing whatever they could to “process” them quickly. Thousands of taxpayers had to re-file their taxes that year.
I can’t believe this guy doesn’t do serious time; in trying to stay relevant, the Postal Service can’t have people thinking some lazy token gibsmedat is responsible for what could be important matters.
I was late to the online payments thing, but when Obama was elected I set up 99% of my bills for it (the few remaining were for a local oil vendor not set up for electronic payments). Since late 2008, I truly have no idea how much stamps cost; I’ve been using up “forever” stamps ever since.
A former policeman told of the story of the day the mint issued silver coins and mailed them through the Post office in Philadelphia. The commodes were all clogged with the paper that was used to mail the coins, the trash cans were full of the paper, and the closets were full of the paper that held the coins. This was over 30 years ago and did I say affirmative action employees were significantly involved?