More on how Planet Postal Revolves Around Amazon – Still Beating this not Quite Dead Horse

By Mel Carriere – July 22, 2015 Excerpt: “If Jeff Bezos had a not quite dead horse to beat like me, you bet he would flog that animal mercilessly for not making production quotas. He has already started to sneak his heavy handed, 19th century style management into the postal service, which became clear to…

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Amazon Gets what Amazon Wants – Will the Real Postmaster General Please Stand Up?

By Mel Carriere – July 16, 2015 Do any of you out there getting kind of long in the tooth, like me, remember that 70s game show called To Tell the Truth? I used to watch that show every afternoon. For you youngsters in attendance, the program consisted of three contestants pretending to be the…

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USPS: Drones Aren’t the Answer to Dog Bites

Dogs may attack drones and people may steal them, an official says The U.S. Postal Service says 5,581 letter carriers were attacked by dogs last year, but limited drone deliveries aren’t being considered as a way to take a bite out of mailman maulings. Postal Service Manager of Safety and Health Linda DeCarlo says using…

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