Why No Mail????

[nana2tots]

Can You believe that the mail did not run today?Has that ever happened before, and i just don't remember!!!!!nana2tots

 

[onecoolmama]

It was a Federal Holiday...Day of Mourning for the former President.

 

[chell]

From the USPS website:

NATIONAL DAY OF OBSERVANCE. Friday, June 11 is “National Day of Observance” for former President Ronald Reagan. On that day, only Express Mail Service will be available. Regular retail and delivery service will resume Saturday, June 12.

 

[Cliff Clavin]

Today was a day of rest for us mailmen -- a day to honor former president Ronald Reagan. We all sat around, and had a brewski in honor of a great, great man.

Do not fear. Your regular mail service will be back again in the morning.

 

[my3kids]

The FED was closed, but banks stayed open, at least the few I had to deal with Friday. Our Governor sent letters to state offices telling them that they WOULD be open on Friday.

I thought the US Postal Service was actually not a government authority, that they were private, funded by the income from the postage. What do you all think? Should mail have run on Friday or not?

 

[Chattyaholic]

IMHO it was just another "holiday" for them to get a day off. Some of you may think me heartless but I didn't think government employees needed the day off, the rest of us had to work, so should they.

 

[Christine]

Postal employees are part of the government and fall under government holidays. They do have some of their own authority, I guess, in that if the Federal Government is closed for a snow day in Washington DC for instance, the post office can decide if they want to venture out and deliever mail or not.

Chattyholic: As for the federal government being off, I really waiver on this one. I am a defense contractor that directly supports a part of the federal government. It appears that they are always getting time off for snow or things like this. In fact on Wednesday, here in Washington, they all got "59 minutes", meaning they could leave 59 minutes prior to their regular departure to "get outta town." Most of them took about 3 hours! When they all heard they got a day off, you should have seen the happy faces and the weekend getaway plans started. I was happy to hear that a few of them (like two) actually went down to watch the processional. I, on the other hand, work for a private company doing the same thing as them in the same location. Since my company doesn't have a bottomless spending account, like the Federal Government, it is not in their budget to give us a *free* day of leave every time it snows, or there is a special event, etc. I guess my feeling is, if all these private companies these days have to cut back salaries, benefits, and employees, just to keep afloat and make a bit of profit, then why doesn't the federal government have to do so also? I didn't get a raise for 2 years because our small company had to stay within it's cost (set by the Federal Government). They, on the other hand got 4% raises each year, plus the bonuses and cash awards that many routinely get. This runs deeper for me than this particular day off. On the other hand, the day off was more about the government as an entity paying respect to a former president, and I do understand that!

 

[sue1013]

The exchanges were closed yesterday not just government employees had off. Brokerage houses closed also. Why are you so bothered that someone gets a day off????

 

[zurgswife]

In memory of a President....they were nice enough to let the federal employees off.....Don't sound so irratated....it's back today..

 

[judi]

The USPS is run using the money from all types of postage and any special products they sell. The post office has to go through the gov. to make any rate changes etc.. Letter carriers are not allowed to strike they must keep working even when they have no contract for a year or 2. Letter carriers also are out in the snow ( DH is a letter carrier in NE OH and has walked in 6 ft snow drifts), heat, cold, rain etc.. Sorry to rant but letter carriers put up with a lot of stuff and people tend to take them for granted. Off the soap box now.

 

[Lorix2]

Is this going to be an annual observance day now with no mail service?

 

[Gary M]

I worked for the Federal Govt. when LBJ died and we got a day off. That was about 31 years ago.

 

[kylara]

Originally posted by Lorix2
Is this going to be an annual observance day now with no mail service?

No it was just for yesterday as the National Day of Mourning.

Federal employees were given the day off unless they were in necessary occupations (ie. security, military etc). States and private businesses have the option of closing if they would like but most don't. I do know some small business in my area that chose to close. A few others used skeleton crews.

 

[Lorix2]

thank you kylara

 

[HollyJoy]

All Federal Employees had the day off.. I believe the post office falls in that category.

 

[Disney Doll]

It was declared a federal holiday and a national day of mourning for President Reagan.

 

[jel0511]

Originally posted by sue1013
The exchanges were closed yesterday not just government employees had off. Brokerage houses closed also. Why are you so bothered that someone gets a day off????

Yep, DH works for a brokerage firm and was off yesterday.

 

[RUDisney]

Originally posted by my3kids
The FED was closed, but banks stayed open, at least the few I had to deal with Friday.

The Federal Reserve Banks were open, but the Board of Governors of the Fed were closed and had the day off. That's why banks were open, because the clearing house (the Fed) was open.

 

[Crissup]

Because, when one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had dies, the least one can do is show a little respect for him.