numacsys wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 7:27 am Has the "honor" to inform customers that they're not sending mail? I get it that this move is in the interest of public health but why, how or where is honor in making such an announcement?

There was a drongo PR/assistant to my boss at last gig who started every fucking email with "Dear Colleagues, it is my deep honor to inform you ..."

Usually the subject was a routine meeting being rescheduled or perhaps a different dessert in the canteen.

I suspect he went to school with the Cambodia Post person.

It’s been interesting to see the response of different country’s mail systems during all of this. One major portion of my outfit’s work is mail and package freight for several mail companies.
We’ve only just resumed operations in France where air services (internally within France) were suspended in March. There were already various issues with freight handling at the aircraft due to reduced personnel on duty in the airports. Then, in the sorting offices they simply didn’t have sufficient staff available due to lockdown restrictions, etc to sort the mail and get it moved to the airport.

I gather Belgium’s mail service halted international mail services back in late March, early April. Whether that’s still the case, I don’t know. We operate for several couriers, as well, and that’s been generally very busy. Albeit the personnel handling freight have been down over 1000 staff, which has led to many logistical snafus.
Meanwhile, in the U.K., our payloads have seen some significant increases.

Each location and operation have very different problems when trying to maintain services while implementing ‘distancing’.

Amazon has been pretty damned reliable.
Lockdown + free time in the wrong country has been a bit expensive for me- I’ve bought a shitload of kit through Amazon and Ebay, and been seriously busy cracking on with projects that got put on hold over the past few years. I’m back to work For 3 weeks starting today- for a bit of a rest.