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hlthe2b

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41. Apparently so. The inside of the PO are supposed to be open to allow access to interior boxes
Mon Aug 17, 2020, 05:41 AM
Aug 2020

Last edited Mon Aug 17, 2020, 06:20 AM - Edit history (1)

and supplies. Given those who live there are saying the locked boxes are NOT normal and the entrance to the building lobby, normally left unlocked are now locked, there appears to be something very wrong. Similar with respect to the removal/destruction of sorting equipment are coming from USPS UNION reps and USPS long term employees throughout the country. Do these handful of naysaying DUers accusing the rest of us of "making way too much of this" really think THEY know more than these actual workers and union officials do with their feet on the ground?


I do not know why this small repetitive vocal group want to (for reasons inexplicable) deny what is systemically happening to the USPS at the hands of Trump's henchmen--one even telling me I DIDN'T know what I personally witnessed at my own main post office on Saturday--and what they are trying to accomplish. One of those posters spent Friday night repeatedly posting that "People are making a way to much of this. " To which those who give a damn, say, TO HELL WE ARE!

It is damned wrong. To not recognize the seriousness of this, leaves me aghast. I can only ask WHY?

"See! We said we wouldn't remove them, so we didn't remove them!" unblock Aug 2020 #1
It's like dealing with children Retrograde Aug 2020 #40
This is Lifelong Protester Aug 2020 #2
Christ, I get the paranoia. But this has been going on since before trump. Hoyt Aug 2020 #3
never have I ever seen a locked postal box. lived in big city, suburbs, boondocks not once nt msongs Aug 2020 #7
Go to the link and read. Hoyt Aug 2020 #8
Just STOP it. This is real! Residents all over the country are documenting this hlthe2b Aug 2020 #13
Like the 7,000 blue mailboxes that have been decommissioned PER YEAR since 1985, sorting machines Hoyt Aug 2020 #20
There are Union representatives and USPS employees documenting this all over the country,. hlthe2b Aug 2020 #21
I explained it here. Hoyt Aug 2020 #31
Once again telling us this is all hyped. I SO don't get you This PO in Burbank is ALSO locked down. hlthe2b Aug 2020 #12
Perfectly normal. Post Office thieves prefer Hollywood mailboxes. Hoyt Aug 2020 #14
No. it is going on including removal all over the country. Are you intentionally trying to diminish hlthe2b Aug 2020 #18
No. First, I'm tired of people diminishing confidence in the voting system, which causes Hoyt Aug 2020 #25
Your attitude will be the demise of USPS and worse repercussions from that. hlthe2b Aug 2020 #26
The Post Office is not going away. It's in the Constitution, for one thing. Second, last Stimulus Hoyt Aug 2020 #29
It's sad that there are mail thieves in some areas Beaverhausen Aug 2020 #33
That's the street drive-up side to the boxes. Are the fronts also locked? 3Hotdogs Aug 2020 #37
Apparently so. The inside of the PO are supposed to be open to allow access to interior boxes hlthe2b Aug 2020 #41
Par for the course for obamanut2012 Aug 2020 #42
It is going on for the first time in at least a decade at my local PO in Colorado so don't dare tell hlthe2b Aug 2020 #17
Yes, two might have been removed, but others were left. Why? People aren't using the darn things Hoyt Aug 2020 #27
They were full and always have been full one hour before collection. This was five hours prior. hlthe2b Aug 2020 #28
I'm assuming your state has Ballot Drop Boxes. Let me recommend the obvious -- use them. Hoyt Aug 2020 #30
Who the hell is doing this?????? Farmgirl1961 Aug 2020 #4
At some point, the punk assed snot child needs... Guilded Lilly Aug 2020 #5
1000 face palms and a can of sadz! Newest Reality Aug 2020 #6
I'm in CA - there is a reason for this Beaverhausen Aug 2020 #9
Thank you. Hoyt Aug 2020 #10
No. it is NOT normal. My Colorado PO is experiencing this too. hlthe2b Aug 2020 #15
That looks like broad daylight to me. Flaleftist Aug 2020 #16
Mail pickup stops around noon on Saturday. With no OT, many offices are likely closed on Saturday. Blue_true Aug 2020 #24
It's Sunday here. The PO is closed and they lock the boxes Beaverhausen Aug 2020 #32
Thanks. I have never seen this in my area. I didn't know it was a thing. Flaleftist Aug 2020 #34
I have always been paranoid about leaving mail in boxes. Blue_true Aug 2020 #22
What should we do Randy? linda52 Aug 2020 #11
Why do people use these things, anyway? Doesn't every home/apartment have a dedicated mailbox? Flaleftist Aug 2020 #19
It is not limited to the ballot issue. These boxes provide a means for elderly, disabled, office hlthe2b Aug 2020 #23
Those red blockades on the drop boxes could use some "Make America Great Again" stickers Blue Owl Aug 2020 #35
'But the post office has been stolen, the mailbox is locked.' pecosbob Aug 2020 #36
:/ yuiyoshida Aug 2020 #38
K&R! SheltieLover Aug 2020 #39
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