Remember to always bring your own pen to the post office because even after you’ve paid your taxes and bought postage they still can’t afford to provide you with one working pen.

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You need a better post office.

We need no post office. Privatize it all.

I’m not so sure that’s a good idea either, but there definitely need to be some major reforms.

Pen Czar needed

We joke, and yet somewhere, there’s a basement full of troglodytes whose sole job it is to source pens for USPS on a no-bid contract. You just know it.

Look man, everyone can have their perfect world wishlist, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Taxes and the Post Office are written into the United States Constitution, so there’s no getting around either of those for the time being.

So is ā€œshall not be infringed.ā€ Most things are fungible. Progress is a constant battle.

Yeah, but that was an amendment. This stuff is in Article I.

Also, the ā€œshall not be infringedā€ part comes after the ā€œwell regulated Militiaā€ part so you don’t get to just cherry-pick the words you like.

The Constitution doesn't require Congress to establish a post office; it merely grants them the power to.

And they did. It would probably take an amendment to abolish it. Good luck getting that ratified by two thirds of the states.

No amendment would be required. The Post Office was established by an act of Congress. An act of Congress could abolish it.

Glad they’ve never had the power to tax all Americans on everything they bring in… even if they allow the IRS to mislead most through deceptive wording! #nonresidentalien FTW šŸ¤”šŸ˜‰šŸ˜

Because I’d rather pay FedEx 10x to deliver a letter that the Post Office will deliver for 52c. Post Office problems exist because competing industries lobby to eviscerate it. Privatization doesn’t improve efficiency unless the 30% profit margin that they extract is used to lobby against public services that our government is supposed to provide. This is the basis for financial capitalism…convince the people that everything related to government is ā€œbad,ā€ and that shifting profit into the hands of corporations is somehow better for the people. Because no corporation ever exploited their social responsibility.

You’re a socialist. That’s ok. Own it.

Chill, my dude. Politics is a spectrum, and most of what goes on in the halls of power is bullshit anyway. Some of the things I hear hardcore ancaps say is just as ridiculous as what you’ll find on the far left. It’s like when your video game spaceship flies off one side of the screen and reappears on the other side.

Thanks, Daniel, but that’s not required. I know exactly what I’m saying.

You must have forgotten that this isn’t twitter.

Why are we even still discussing this, if you’re not open to people having different points of view? That’s exactly what Twiddler is for.

I am completely open. I don't benefit from you attempting to police/steer my speech or responding with juvenile gifs. That's all.

I’d much rather discuss ideas than have them packaged for me as permissible or disallowed ideologies. To dismiss any idea as ā€œsocialistā€ because you’re told that it should be packaged thus, or ā€œcapitalistā€ because you are told that it must be packaged thus, not only removes you from any meaningful discourse, but enslaves you to the rhetorical tricks of the powerful classes that benefit from your complicity.

Absolutely. Labels enslave ideas, just as much as ignorance or bias.

In other words, if you think you aren’t being manipulated, that’s exactly what they want you to think. šŸ˜

Is there such a thing? Both of the post offices near me are terrible, and one is in a pretty affluent area.

What, you’re saying this one’s no good? 🤣

I don't have issues at mine. I was just their a few weeks ago. Dude had a working pen. His name is Terry. He's worked for there for like 25 years. He's a good dude. I always BS with him for a few minutes.

They’re actually very nice, and there was no line this morning, so at least there’s that.

Last time I went to mine there was only a single irritated employee out front, a long line, and their credit card machine was down.

File digitally. Problem solved!

Extensions have to be mailed, sir.

Gotcha. 🫔

They spent their money spying on social media

I think all working pens have been diverted to the ā€œI votedā€ pens instead.

🤣

Not even the one they use to always circle the QR code on the receipt so you can "tell them how they did"?? šŸ˜†

They use a machine for that now.

DO you really believe that this thing totals anything or that anybody ever checks them?

Haha, of course not. I’m surprised the 😔 button hasn’t fallen off from being slammed so much.

Wow, I haven't seen that yet.

Where is this, if you don't mind me asking?

NYC

Ah...not surprised then.

Testing ground.

Is paper receipt eliminated yet?

I noticed now email print is an option. I was like "what's this? You think you're Marshall's now?"

I usually get both because I’m guaranteed to lose the paper one.

I love how dirty that fucking wall is behind the kiosk. It’s like if mold formed a functioning civilization.

Haha!

It's like their 50%+ price hike within the past year could not pay to at least cover it up.

Not enough faces

I’m more concerned about that corner in the back that appears to be splattered with rat feces.

Lol all these years in nyc and you still notice that? Gives it character, if you ask me

No. The rats are some of the few native New Yorkers that haven’t pushed out not to mention this could disrupt the ecosystem here and prevent bodega cats from having some intellectually stimulating activities throughout the day. šŸ€ šŸ€ šŸ€ āœŠšŸ¾