Mail carrier and customer Going postal? NPR's Linton Weeks has a budget-travel proposal that just might help save the USPS. USPS
 

Word comes down from On High that the United States Postal Service is thinking of saving money by cutting back on one day of delivery. NPR's Avie Schneider suggests making the plan more interesting by picking a different day each week but not telling anyone which day.

Which got us to thinking — maybe there are other ideas out there to help the USPS save, and make, more money. So we offer:

5 Other Ways The USPS Can Increase Its Profit Margin


1. Sell popcorn to Netflix customers.

2. Cut down on uniform material by making workers wear those cool postal shorts year round.

3. Market USPS-approved poodle repellent.

4. Beer-flavored stamps.

5. Stop delivering those dadgum e-mail machines.

Or, as Avie also suggests, since airline tickets have become so expensive, why not get the postal service to deliver... people? We'll take a one-way stamp to Oahu.

Any other ideas for saving the Postal Service?

-- Linton Weeks

10:25 - January 29, 2009

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