Player of the Week. Submit Nomination for Player of the Week. Latest Newscasts. Investigate TV. Election Results. Gray DC Bureau. Louisiana Weekend. Great Health Divide. Her husband had asked her to mail it. She wasn't sure why or to whom. Even though only half the stations at the counter were staffed, most customers got in and out within 10 minutes. A few minutes later, customer-relations coordinator John Torrez popped out of a back room with a different perspective.
He'd been watching video feed from several local offices, he said, and "they're just as busy as last year, as far as I can tell. Torrez said the main station, on Interstate 30 just west of Beckley Avenue, would be packed later that afternoon, though by 4 p. A few miles up the road, a queue stretched across the lobby of the smaller Oak Lawn post office. But by the Postal Service's estimates, it would handle million fewer pieces of mail than it did on last year's busiest day, when customers sent nearly a billion letters, cards and packages.
Compare that to Federal Express, which estimated that Monday would be its busiest day not just this year, but in the company's history. Postal Service on Monday, Dec. The Postal Service also is seeing a dramatic increase in traffic to its website, usps. While 97 million customers will visit the Post Office this season, 41 million will skip the trip and take advantage of convenient online shipping from home or office.
A self-supporting government enterprise, the U. Postal Service is the only delivery service that reaches every address in the nation, million residences, businesses and Post Office Boxes. The Postal Service receives no tax dollars. With 36, retail locations and the most frequently visited website in the federal government, the Postal Service relies on the sale of postage, products and services to pay for operating expenses. If it were a private sector company, the U.
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