The New Coffee Room

Jolly

USPS is currently working until 8PM around here. There is a reason.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/mail-parcel-shipping-holidays/2020/12/16/id/1001911/

LuFins Dad

USPS is currently working until 8PM around here. There is a reason.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/mail-parcel-shipping-holidays/2020/12/16/id/1001911/

Yes, it’s also estimated 60% of their staff is down with COVID. Here are some pictures sent from a friend that works for them.

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Rich

From the article: FedEx said the company's role in distributing the COVID-19 vaccine is not affecting regular shipments because the company is using a separate fleet of vehicles and airplanes for that endeavor.

Interesting. My wife works part time at one of those "mail room" places, and they were specifically told vaccine distribution is going to cause some delays/interruptions. How could it not? Wherever the "special fleet" came from under normal circumstances would have just been allocated to deal with the typical holiday rush.

jon-nyc

I’ll take some late Christmas presents for an uninterrupted vaccine supply chain. Seems like a good trade.

Rich

@jon-nyc Yep. Just thought it was interesting FedEx would claim they're unrelated.

They're probably concerned if they're too upfront with that, people will do more of their last minute shopping (gasp!) in person.