It’s Too Cold For the Post Office
29th January 2019
When I was a kid, everyone knew the unofficial motto of the U.S. Postal Service, which was inscribed on the principal New York City post office: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” I think it was true, once, too. But not any more: Wednesday mail delivery canceled:
The U.S. Postal Service announced late Tuesday afternoon that deliveries and other services in Minnesota and several other states will be suspended Wednesday in the wake of a deep freeze unmatched for nearly a quarter-century.
The National Weather Service is forecasting a high of minus-17 in the Twin Cities on Wednesday, with windchills tumbling to the minus-50s.
So I won’t get any mail tomorrow. I will, however, be in my office, like most private sector workers.
January 30th, 2019 at 05:55
So no catalogs, no real estate flyers, no credit card offers, no unsolicited magazines, no Valpack coupon collections and no paper invoices. Not sure I see the problem.
January 30th, 2019 at 06:13
Nobody said it was a problem, per se….
January 30th, 2019 at 18:16
I wonder how the guards at the Unknown Solder Memorial are doing during this cold weather. I bet they do not take an hour off.