detailed article today in the Washington Post on USPS problems

[jack_bucks_ghost]

probably the most comprehensive article i've read yet on the problems that plagued USPS in 2020 (and beyond?)--only 38% of nonlocal mail was delivered on time in December. i can't post a link because the post is subscription (but it is included for free with the Apple News free version if you have an iPhone or iPad). definitely worth a read if you can find it.

[lakefor94]

Go ahead, cut and paste the juicy parts.

[lakefor94]

I was able to read it from my Android.  As soon as I finished the paywall came up.    16k workers out with covid/quarantine as of February 3rd, 2021.

Things still are not back to normal in some cities/states. 

I started using USPS  once again this past week for 1st Class Packages to  certain areas.  There are still some cities where I won't send a USPS package. 

[jack_bucks_ghost]

i was able to copy the text (no graphs or charts, though) and posted on a new thread

[lakefor94]

Nice work!!

[3eyedfishcatcher]

For items like links or html that the community kicks out there is a work around. 1st copy the link or text  then right click your desktop and select to create a new text document. Open the document and past in the copied information then hit enter. Hit Control A then Control C. This will highlight select and copy. Then you should be able to post the information into the reply or post on the community as the HTML has now been removed.

[3eyedfishcatcher]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/business/usps-performance-whats-next-biden/

[jack_bucks_ghost]

@3eyedfishcatcher 

oh, that's sweet--thanks for that info (i love when i learn something new that is actually helpful...lol)

[tsme35]

Its gonna get worse end of year, the USPS union contract is coming up according to my mail lady, AND the carriers are not happy at all

[3eyedfishcatcher]

The community forum is just trying to protect users by blocking html that could link you into fishing sites or load malicious programs on your device.  B using the basic text document that does not support html it removes it and makes the text usable. I learned this trick from reading post in the community glad to have been able to pass it on. 

Another tip I can offer is it works fine for normal paragraph text. However charts with columns it can make the information hard to discern as is bunches every thing to gather. For instance if you were looking at the tracking history for a item you bought  and wanted to post the history into a post to get others to look at it you may want to take a screen shot instead and attach a picture to your post or reply.