Alas, the UK postal system has many problems that we are led to believe come from 9/11. However, any thinking person will blame bureaucracy, strikes, and such. I thought it might be interesting to compare the experience of Jean and Clay with a very large envelope, containing a 2011 Halas lace calendar, that my friend mailed from Budapest. She mailed it at the post office on December 10, and it was delivered to me on the 24th. In perfect condition. However, Ilona (in her eighties) went to stand in the post office line at 9 am, quit and went home for lunch, returned and stood in line until 4 pm - just to get her Christmas mail out. I do think what happens in western countries, where postage rates have been raised to unreasonable levels, is worse. We need to scream at elected officials about inefficiency. Our few lace suppliers have difficulty getting orders filled, while ships are unloading huge cargoes of poor quality goods from China at our ports.. The excuse of 9/11 is shabby. It no longer makes any sense. Like many other inconveniences, we need to write letters to those who can mandate efficiency and lower the salaries of high-level postal officials..(That would be a dream, wouldn't it?) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center
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