Recently, I sent a package out to a town that 
isn't even out of my state - it's about an hour 
and a half drive north of me, near Boston. Some 
other things to note: When I send mail out of the 
town where I work, it is sent directly to Boston 
because Boston is a mail hub. So I sent this 
package first class, since it should have only 
taken two days without speeding it along. I was 
even counting on four or five given "holiday" 
mail traffic. It took a week and a half! 
Strangely, it showed up right after I talked to 
my awesome post office people and asked if they'd 
maybe drop a call to Boston for me. I didn't even 
have time to bring back the "mail search" form.

It was really weird! o_0  I agree that I don't 
understand how things are this bad. I'm a bit 
spoiled in that I'm right near two hubs (Boston 
and Providence) and know where to take my mail to 
direct it striaght to one or the other. (Faster 
one: Providence - I once had normal airmail reach 
Japan in about 48 hours!)  I can't begin to 
imagine what people who are far away from hubs 
do. . . o_0;

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac