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mattgen88 t1_jcgsozp wrote

Reply to comment by shelovesbackshots in TIL that USPS ships day old baby chicks in the mail by shelovesbackshots

Unless post master general Louis dejoy causes delays in mail... Like he did.

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AudibleNod t1_jcgtnn0 wrote

yup. it happened.

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nuclearswan t1_jchhx8y wrote

They should ship Dejoy back to where he came from.

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kneemahp t1_jcir732 wrote

Why is he still in office?

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Kronomancer1192 t1_jcizo3f wrote

I live for the day when a news article names a shithead politician as "this asshole" instead of "democratic" or "republican". Cause, you know, they're all assholes...

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GeneralNathanJessup t1_jckqnvi wrote

The saddest part about the thousands of dead chicks is that nobody bothered to file claim for the loss.

The post office just "write's off" the loss.

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Responsible_Smile789 t1_jciegno wrote

Learned from the article: that was when Trump blocked federal aid for the USPS because he didn’t want to support mail-in election voters, the money prolly would of prevented a slow down in the USPS facilities

Louis was the top official of the USPS and should have known about the consequences of slowing the mail process in the affected facilities, therefore preventing the thousands of chicken deaths/casual and professional chicken farmers losses or at least been able to explain better

So Louis dropped the ball, but Trump for personal , not conservative reasons failed to support USPS funding(wages, new facilities, maintenance) Refusing the plan of 3B specifically for mail-election and the 25B asked in general for USPS

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BylenS t1_jckbh0y wrote

Do you remember that the USPS was one of the entities Trump attacked. When he put Louis in Louis made the statement that he would break the USPS and cause its demise. Trump put him in to cause USPS to fail. I worked for th USPS at the time ( recently retired) and I saw first hand the delays. The mail is usually at the post office when we get there. During that time we would be standing around waiting for our mail till 2pm and then have to rush to get it out and saving some till the next day, or calling in back up to help us get it done. It was costing USPS a ton of money paying 2 carriers for one route and paying overtime. It was a nightmare!

On a happier note... I loved getting baby chicks in. When we got chicks we always peaked in the holes and talked to them. When we get them we know they're special, and get special treatment. We usually call to see if someone's home to get them or if they want to pick them up.

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