Mail about to get a lot slower.

AARPSaint said
Docusign plus online bill paying and direct deposits are bringing the USPS closer to obsolescence. But in rural America, the post office may be the only real shipping option because there's no nearby UPS or FedEx center.

As an example I often order coffee from West Stockbridge, Massachusetts. There's 1 supermarket and no UPS or FedEx within a reasonable distance-- so they are pretty much limited to the USPS for their shipping. The Post Office needs to figure out how they can right-size so as not to force rural businesses into difficult shipping dilemmas. Either that or the private logistics firms could move into the more remote areas-- but where's the profit in that?

IF the USPS was actually smart, they'd focus their efforts on areas where FedEx and UPS are weak. That's what smart businesses do. But no, this is the USPS.

I am a former (very former) USPS worker and I can tell you even 25 years ago that organization was filled with so much stupidity, politics, and lack of common sense that it's a wonder they're even still around at all.