In addition, the Post Office gets billions a year in direct subsidies. Mostly to the bureaucrats themselves. That's 10 weeks of repose, although considering the pace of work in the Post Office, it may be hard to tell the difference. There's an old story about a UPS delivery man meeting a friend who worked for the Post Office during Christmas time. Business has never been better.
Volume is way up.
In a government enterprise, customers are at best a nuisance. If the Post Office could get away with it, it would prefer no mail and no customers. That's why, during lunch hour, only one window is open, and why the P.O. takes every opportunity to cut service. The recent abolition of Saturday window hours is only the latest example. However, real privatization means letting the free market decide, not contracting out to politically connected businesses as advocated by the President's Commission on Privatization.