What are you talking about? How long does it take to ship something coast-to-coast with USPS? A week? Why does it matter that it's in Aurora, Ohio on day 3? What calls for the hyperbole?
The USPS is not that slow for how cheap they are. In fact I feel bad for them. The post office in Redmond just had to close and I think it was because of budget. It doesn't seem like they're doing too well against their private competition. But I doubt it's because their tracking system is inferior.
Hours of operation alone isn't killing the USPS but it's a symptom of the larger, some would say terminal, disease.
Like most people who work in cubicles, I work 8-5. The nearest PO to my home is open M-F 8-4:30. The next closest is open M-F 8-5 and Saturday 9-12. That means I've got a single 3-hour window if I need to pick up a package or do something that requires human interaction. If I happen to be out of town or busy during that short window, I have to wait until the next weekend.
As has been discussed before, the majority of a bank's income is not on personal checking and savings accounts. For most larger banks, it's an ancillary service that they really don't try that hard to compete for most of the time. The real money is in business accounts and lines of credit (both personal and business). Even so, my local bank is open 10-7 every weekday as well as Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons.
They've come a long way with online address forwarding, usps.com/redelivery, and other online features, but the window hours are terrible and it's endemic of the USPS' apathy with regard to customer service.
The USPS is not that slow for how cheap they are. In fact I feel bad for them. The post office in Redmond just had to close and I think it was because of budget. It doesn't seem like they're doing too well against their private competition. But I doubt it's because their tracking system is inferior.