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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRats reported feeding on packages of rotted fruit and meat as postmaster general's cutbacks unleash
chaos at California's mail centersEmployees at mail sorting facilities across California are reporting padlocked sorting machines, mountains of untouched mail, and rodent-infested packages as they struggle with widespread cutbacks in staffing and equipment.
Postal workers and union leaders have told the Los Angeles Times that the recent cutbacks recently imposed by the postal service have caused major delays at facilities across the state.
At one facility in Santa Claris, employees discovered that their sorting machines had been padlocked or disabled.
Workers at another mail-sorting hub in South Los Angeles reported seeing gnats and rodents picking apart containers of fruit and meat that had been left to rot.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/rats-reported-feeding-on-packages-of-rotted-fruit-and-meat-as-postmaster-general-s-cutbacks-unleash-chaos-at-california-s-mail-centers/ar-BB18g2Xm?li=BBnb7Kw&ocid=DELLDHP
SheltieLover
(81,715 posts)appalachiablue
(44,180 posts)It will take a ton of effort & time to try to clean up that rodent contaminant mess. Jesus..
And wind of this will damage consumer food & other orders via USPS, even more. And lost confidence in the public postal service is ideal for privatization.
Blue Owl
(59,626 posts)He and DeJoyride should be made to personally cover the costs of all these wasted purchases that are costing people time and money.
appalachiablue
(44,180 posts)Yes, the cost to us, the taxpayers and consumers will be huge...
oasis
(53,984 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(23,048 posts)so, this is a good thing, right?
tirebiter
(2,699 posts)From sea to shining sea.
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