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In reply to the discussion: So the Post Office Whipped UPS and FedEx in terms of delivering packages for Christmas 2013 [View all]A HERETIC I AM
(24,368 posts)I am currently working as a seasonal driver for one of the largest US Mail contractors in the country. I just got back from a trip up to Ohio and then to Pennsylvania. Of the three large Network Distribution Centers ("NDC's) that I visited, starting here in Jacksonville, not a single FedEx or UPS trailer could be seen. In fact, from what I have seen, those two firms move very little if any US Mail.
There are dozens of contractors like the one I am currently working for in this country. The trailers are fairly easy to spot, once you know what to look for, but suffice to say, many have the words "US Mail Contractor" on their tractors.
Damned little mail is moved between cities and NDC's by US Postal Service employees. They handle intra-city movements and local deliveries, but your Christmas package from your house to your Aunt Millie across the country got there because of drivers like me.