> It was on the news this morning how much the postal service in Chicago
> compares to the rest of the country, an ongoing problem. They were
> talking about overnight delivery times, claiming the brought them up by
> hiring more carriers.
>
> Huh?
>
> They also mentioned some database improvements. I used to have a friend
> at AIS but he retired years ago. It was a good organization when he was
> there, but I suspect like every other highly critical function, they
> were understaffed and failed to keep their good people. When I've had an
> issue that needed, er, addressing, I can't find anyone in the office,
> always out in the field doing training. It means no one manages the
> database.
>
> Anyway, 94%% overnight is claimed to be worse than the rest of the
> country. This is a joke. I know that I can never get overnight delivery,
> except in the rare instance when a letter doesn't have to go to a second ...