Millions Of Christmas Gifts May Arrive Late Due To Overload At The Postal Service
at 4:51 pm NPR
If you re the type to be disappointed by what s under the Christmas tree, this year you may find yourself even more dismayed by what s not under the tree. Millions of gifts may arrive late, as the U.S. Postal Service grapples with an unprecedented volume of packages from people shopping online, instead of at stores, and shipping holiday gifts instead of bringing them in person. We re really busy. It s been unbearable, sighed Manny Huenchunir, a USPS truck driver who was unloading and reloading crates of mail at a post office outside Boston on Tuesday night. The main Boston processing center, he says, is overwhelmed.
Millions Of Christmas Gifts May Arrive Late Due To Overload At The Postal Service
By Tovia Smith
December 23, 2020
If you’re the type to be disappointed by what’s under the Christmas tree, this year you may find yourself even more dismayed by what’s not under the tree. Millions of gifts may arrive late, as the U.S. Postal Service grapples with an unprecedented volume of packages from people shopping online, instead of at stores, and shipping holiday gifts instead of bringing them in person.
“We’re really busy. It’s been unbearable,” sighed Manny Huenchunir, a Postal Service truck driver who was unloading and reloading crates of mail at a post office outside Boston on Tuesday night. The main Boston processing center, he says, is overwhelmed.