Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Four Hawaii Post Offices May Close

Why am I not all sad about this? A few years ago, the post office lost $2 billion, I think 2008. Last year, the post office lost $2 billion per quarter, and a staggering 8.5 billion total for the fiscal 2010 year. All this happening during a down economy. Postmaster General Donahoe said that some 4,500 postal workers may lose their job nationwide from closing 3,653 post offices considered to have the "least amount of foot traffic and retail sales." In recent years, the Postal Service has already reduced its workforce by 130,000 employees. All I can say is the more the merrier. At any rate, that's your humble correspondent's opinion of the night.

4 comments:

Ann da Sista said...

I have a soft spot in my heart for the Hanamaulu one. It's so old school - tucked inside an old wood building with one wooden counter. Saw some comments on a HI news site that it's actually used -- and the Lihue and Kapaa branches are already overloaded so adding the traffic from one more site will be bananas. I think they want us all to start shipping things online. That's what we do now. Print out a label, slap it on, and some guy shows up the next day to take it from me -- and the cost is discounted because I did it all myself.

RONW said...

Ann- We can't afford to keep these money losers operating with the state of the economy. Oh, wait, we can give trillions of dollar in bailout money to the very institutions that caused the financial collapse. Doesn't make sense does it? Anyways, the old postmen an postwomen are already set up for life and the closures won't effect them. Also, congress sets the postal rate, not USPS, otherwise it'll cost a $1 to mail an envelope but the post office would be solvent. It's just that a few of the long time counter people at the Waikiki branch are bozos. I've told the person waiting in line behind me, you can go, I no like this counter person.

Kay said...

It's really sad to close the one at Kalaupapa though.

RONW said...

Kay- you know, I've never been to Kalapaua penisula yet. Your father musta been a brave and devout man to minister to inhabitants of the leper colony there.