USPS New Television Commercial

August 28, 2013

 

This past weekend while watching television, I was treated to the new USPS commercial.  Most people probably would not have been offended by it, but in Aripeka, Florida with the closing of our local Post Office just a couple of weeks from now, I took notice.  Watch it yourself and see what you think! 

The USPS commercial  is touting their Priority Mail Services in the offending commercial, nothing wrong with trying to sell your services, but it was like rubbing salt on an open wound, when an actor in the commercial talks about delivering mail to every person, everywhere in the United States.  Last check, Aripeka was definitely in the United States, but the USPS does not deliver the mail, Priority or other to many residents of Aripeka.  Instead Aripeka residents must go to the Aripeka Post Office to pick up their mail, not by choice, but for the convenience of the USPS.  Starting September 14, 2013, Aripeka residents must travel to the Hudson Post Office (7 miles to the south of Aripeka) to pick up their mail, again, not by choice but for the convenience of the USPS.

Aripeka is a very small community, but it is not located “off the beaten path”.  The USPS in Hudson delivers to mail to homes located less than a mile to the south and the USPS in Spring Hill delivers mail only about 100 feet to the north.   Aripeka, because it straddles the Hernando/Pasco county line, is divided between “the haves and the have not’s” when it come to service from the USPS.  Those on the Pasco County side of the county line are left without home delivery service while those living next door on the Hernando County side have curbside delivery.  Is this fair, not really, but that is just the way it has always been.  Now with the closing of the unit in Aripeka, the USPS can really just forget about Aripeka altogether, but just so they know, we are located in the United States and deserve service from USPS just like other places in the United States.