Lol. Packages and letters are processed seperately. Regardless of how busy one or the other is, they both have to be processed daily. "Junk" mail or standard mail is processed with first class letters and sent out for delivery.

Also, what you call junk mail is paid mail from advertisers that get a reduced rate because of their volume, and also helps keep the cost of your letters you mail cheaper.

Comparing Amazon Fedex and UPS to USPS is comparing apples to oranges. USPS delivers daily to virtually every address in the country. The other three dump the packages they deem too far out of their delivery zone on USPS. They also only have to deal with packages. No magazines, letters, or newspapers.

And yes, I do work for USPS.

I wouldn't count on improvements in shipping times any time soon. Parcel volume has been at peak levels since march, and Christmas was just insane. Take a large portion of the public, tell them it's not safe to shop in crowded stores, and let them loose online. The simple fact is USPS is not built for this type of parcel volume. From the vehicles mail carriers deliver in (too small and over 30 years old), To the distribution centers where alot of the packages are still scanned and sorted by hand, and last but not least, USPS relies on Fedex and commercial airlines as they have no air fleet. While alot of my coworkers were dismayed over the appointment of the new Postmaster General, I was kind of interested to see what he was going to do.