The United States Post Office (they now like to call themselves the U.S. Postal Service, but calling it the Post Office is actually the constitutional name) has decided that it needs to make cost-cutting measures in order to survive, but the Postal Workers' Union is releasing a series of commercials bemoaning the fact that not only are certain local post offices being closed, but that the Post Office is saying that it might be wise to reduce mail delivery to five days a week. The union doesn't like it, and apparently some politicians don't like the idea either, but this writer has wondered for years why on God's green earth mail is being delivered on Saturday when Saturday is not a regular business day.
Yes, most restaurants and merchants are open on Saturday, but most government entities aren't and many banks are only open for half-days on Saturdays, and bank managers and financial service managers take the weekend off. Some companies-especially utilities-remit bills by mail-although that isn't necessary with most credit card prividers, since the option exists with nearly all of them to go paperless and receive bills and make payments via the internet alone. If you do receive your utility bill by mail, most utilities' billing offices are closed on Saturdays, so if you get your electric, water, or gas bill on Saturday, you can't pay it until Monday anyway.
The Post Office can save itself and modernize, and ending useless Saturday delivery could save it millions of dollars that would be much better spent on keeping postal rates down.
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