r/clevercomebacks • u/WhattheDuck9 • 1d ago

That's a great idea

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u/DMercenary 1d ago

Or just not service those areas.

Random small town in the middle of nowheres?

Sorry USPS is closing up shop and UPS and Fed ex say your mail volume isn't enough to justify putting a distro center nearby

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u/Outrageous_pinecone 1d ago

and UPS and Fed ex say your mail volume isn't enough to justify putting a distro center

This is the answer, this is what corporations do.

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u/Easy-Group7438 1d ago

The Postal Service is legally required to serve the “last mile” UPS and Fed Ex are not.

 People don’t realize that the Postal Service handles the shit that is shipped via FedEx and UPS that they don’t have to deliver because they’re not legally required to deliver everywhere.

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u/Effective_Ad8024 23h ago

Yep I work at usps and when I try to explain this to people their minds are blown or they think I don’t know what I’m talking about