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lunatica

(53,410 posts)
9. I vote by mail
Wed Dec 28, 2011, 09:32 AM
Dec 2011

How am I going to get my ballot? I also depend on the Post Office to deliver my paid bills on time so they aren't late in which case most companies add late fees. I also get local supermarkets' sales which I actually look at. I get my car's registration tags and my car insurance paperwork in the mail and I need both of those.

When my mother was alive she used to get her medications by US mail. And there are all those retirees and dependents who get their Social Security checks and other checks from the government.

I have nothing against FedEx or UPS. They do a great job of delivering and picking up from UC Berkeley. There are dozens of dedicated UPS and FedEx and DHL employees whose entire jobs have covered deliveries for the University for years. They do a great job and they work their asses off. They also deliver purchases I've made online to my home. They're great at tracking the packages. They're highly efficient and they're reliable. But I don't see them doing what I've mentioned in my first paragraph. And I do have to pay a fee of dollars, not cents, for every delivery I get from something I purchased online.

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