Starnails are jeopardizing mail service, officials say Starnails, often used by pickets in the Detroit Newspapers strike, are flattening tires on postal delivery vehicles in Brighton and South Lyon, prompting the post office to consider suspending delivery to some areas. One postal truck had all four tires flattened, and the personal cars of mail carriers have had flats, too. Auto dealers angry over union boycott campaign United Auto Workers members have increased picketing at some Metro Detroit auto dealerships that sell the vehicles they build, but advertise in the Detroit newspapers. Small groups of UAW members are circulating leaflets intended to persuade consumers to boycott the dealerships until they stop placing ads in The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. Doctors, nurses and other caregivers at Henry Ford Hospital avoid asking patients redundant questions by making a point of conferring about cases they share.
Patients say they feel less frustrated as a consequence.
A stay in the hospital often seems to pile insults upon injuries. Wait for a bed. Wait for your doctor. Wait for the nurse. Wait for a pill.