I'm going to GUESS that y'all won't find "Made in China" or "Hecho en México" on any of the originals in the video, either. But again, that's only a guess. :D
In the early 70s, at a major General Mail Facility (GMF; main P.O.), I loaded, pushed, weighed, & unloaded many, many of those. The large, heavy 'carts' (600+ lbs. empty) were called 'floats', & when loaded w/ 1st class mail, might weigh over 1,700 lbs, I think. I can't recall what the iron-framed, rolling canvas hampers were called - maybe 'tubs', etc. Each had a matching canvas sleeve which cld be inserted from the top to increase the volume by abt. 60%. We young guys were able to stack the empty hampers about five-high by flipping each one up by hand; they may have weighed only 35-40 lbs. In those days before UPS & FedEx, the USPS was the only major parcel post svc., & perhaps bcs of that, work speed was usually emphasized.
The USPS is the only place that guarantees delivery to every single address in this vast country. No private business can match that level of service. It doesn't exist to make a profit. It exists to provide an important service regardless of location. Your address might not have cell service, internet, or electricity available, but you will always have mail. And that's pretty cool 😎
And now it's a business that's a shell of its former self. They'll be finished in ten years. And yeah, I know what I'm talking about. Rural carrier for 26 years. Horrible place. Horrible job. Horrible mental abuse.
"...the mail never stops. It just keeps coming and coming and coming. There's never a letup; it's relentless. Every day it piles up more and more and more, and you gotta get it out, but the more you get out, the more it keeps coming in, and then the bar code reader breaks, and it's Publishers Clearing House day!"
Wait for my farm paper for 10 days, but junk mail comes next day. PO has more people watching than working. Supervisors keeping all the chairs warm is a tough job!
I Still mail a few things. However I drop it at the post office. No respect anymore people stealing from our mailboxes. No enforcement either when caught.
It isn't there to make a profit. It exists to provide service regardless of where you live. They can't pick and choose which areas to do business in like your internet company does. They have to serve every customer, no matter how remote.
Interesting to see the hand trucks and hampers are still the same ones we're using now in 2025.
Guess those things are built to last!
I'm going to GUESS that y'all won't find "Made in China" or "Hecho en México" on any of the originals in the video, either. But again, that's only a guess. :D
In the early 70s, at a major General Mail Facility (GMF; main P.O.), I loaded, pushed, weighed, & unloaded many, many of those. The large, heavy 'carts' (600+ lbs. empty) were called 'floats', & when loaded w/ 1st class mail, might weigh over 1,700 lbs, I think. I can't recall what the iron-framed, rolling canvas hampers were called - maybe 'tubs', etc. Each had a matching canvas sleeve which cld be inserted from the top to increase the volume by abt. 60%. We young guys were able to stack the empty hampers about five-high by flipping each one up by hand; they may have weighed only 35-40 lbs. In those days before UPS & FedEx, the USPS was the only major parcel post svc., & perhaps bcs of that, work speed was usually emphasized.
Much of the exact same equipment for mail handling is still in use today.
The USPS is the only place that guarantees delivery to every single address in this vast country. No private business can match that level of service. It doesn't exist to make a profit. It exists to provide an important service regardless of location.
Your address might not have cell service, internet, or electricity available, but you will always have mail. And that's pretty cool 😎
2025 we will introduce A/C for postal trucks
Wish we still had those auto stamp machines at 24 hr. locations....
We need to go back 70 years
And Start over!
And now it's a business that's a shell of its former self. They'll be finished in ten years. And yeah, I know what I'm talking about. Rural carrier for 26 years. Horrible place. Horrible job. Horrible mental abuse.
Sure, Jane 😏
He's correct
NEWMAN!!!
"...the mail never stops. It just keeps coming and coming and coming. There's never a letup; it's relentless. Every day it piles up more and more and more, and you gotta get it out, but the more you get out, the more it keeps coming in, and then the bar code reader breaks, and it's Publishers Clearing House day!"
@@orbyfan And then there was the episode where Wilford Brimley played the PM General.
No matter the era, it's always about wanting more money.
Why isn't mail privitaized?
thumb 👍
Wait for my farm paper for 10 days, but junk mail comes next day. PO has more people watching than working. Supervisors keeping all the chairs warm is a tough job!
Doing "candy crush".
PM tRump will fix it
I get my postal retirement direct deposit and use the internet because I live in 2025. Don’t have to wait.
@@mc1dash1bit’s not like the post office is being poorly managed by a postmaster a certain president put in 😂
I Still mail a few things. However I drop it at the post office. No respect anymore people stealing from our mailboxes. No enforcement either when caught.
The post office has never made a profit. It's the government way.
It isn't there to make a profit. It exists to provide service regardless of where you live. They can't pick and choose which areas to do business in like your internet company does. They have to serve every customer, no matter how remote.
"Our high degree of education"... 🤔
2024 I had 7 checks not make it to the creditor at all. 2025 it is now 95% electronically sent. USPS is failing!
This is misinformation! I saw that documentary on Netflix about that group of Black "women" who sorted all the mail faster than anyone could.
Executive produced by the Obama’s. 😂😂
Honey... did your daddy not love you enough as a child?
Or maybe too much?
Damn, a film about black people serving in WWII. How woke!
Failing then… even worse now!!