There are many reasons for delays at this year’s post offices, from quarantined post workers to overtime limits for postal service staff to fewer sorting machines.
However, a local U.S. postal service manager has another theory: the large amount of material being sent.
“No one has experienced anything like this, so it’s hard to even understand that we’re going through this,” he said.
The manager, who contacted WRAL News anonymously, said the number of articles being sent is 30% more than ever.
Articles that arrived on December 4 have not yet reached their destination. He believes many gifts will not reach their destination at Christmas.
“Most anyone can give – and should be able to give – the post office of course,” he said. “But I think for the first time in my career, it’s not been like that.”
The wait seems to be on every aspect of the USPS process. For example, the manager said, incoming mail trucks from local post offices to sorting facilities have been waiting up to six hours to unload.
“To be honest, I don’t know if we’ll get it for the holidays,” he said. “But we’re absolutely trying.”
“It simply came to our notice then. Everyone in this company never wants that to happen. “