[Fezzik]

I wonder if business mail is being handled differently than civilian mail - I mail letters to my Mother 1-2 times a week and standard delivery times have gone from (always) 2-3 days between Medford, OR and Mount Vernon, WA to 8-12 days for the last 4 letters I sent that she has received. And the most recent 2 appear to be on the same trajectory. It is sort of wild, though just an anecdote. I have been sending her letters for decades from various parts of the Western states and this has never happened before.

[kevingadd]

Various sources indicate that some post offices are specifically prioritizing the delivery of Amazon parcels (and presumably highest-cost business mail in general) over other mail, so it would make sense if civilian letters and postcards are eating the vast majority of the delay.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/usps-tracking-in-...

[sroussey]

First class letters are slow. Packages not so much (better revenue).

[takeda]

There were reports of live animal dying because of delays or prescription being missed.

I do see much less mail in mailbox than I had before. I also had informed delivery set up and now I'm told I'm not eligible (when it worked a month or two before). Frustrating, because this is time when the informed delivery would actually let me know if I'm actually missing some mail.