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		skybrian on Aug 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mail delays hit Philadelphia residents, short staf... Demand is way up due to the pandemic. Amazon hired 175,000 temporary workers to keep up with demand [1]. All the Trump adminstration had to do to cause a problem was not hire any extra help and disallow overtime. [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amazon-reaches-1-million-w...

arp242 on Aug 3, 2020 [–]

A business[1] getting in to financial trouble because of massive increase in customers is indeed a curious affair.

[1]: Which the USPS is not, but let's be flexible with the term.

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