Dear John: I retired three years ago as a letter carrier.

Postal management cares about one thing: how long it takes to do your route. This results in cut corners, falsified scans on parcels and supervisors throwing mail out.

It’s all about keeping man-hours down and saving on labor costs.

Ask the National Association of Letter Carriers in DC: If a new carrier does not meet the numbers, he is fired.

It’s not a service! It is run with no accountability. Congress doesn’t give a damn. Managers get bonuses if hours are down. Management harasses carriers to skip lunch and breaks, and turns its back if employees work off the clock. Please investigate what’s really going on. G.R.

Dear G.R.: I hope you are just some crackpot and that you are wrong.

And if you hadn’t put what I believe is your real name on this email, I wouldn’t have used it. But if what you say is true, there does need to be an investigation.

Up until a year or so ago, I personally had absolutely no problems with the US Postal Service. But lately, I’ve had a number of letters lost or not delivered. I chalked it up to the holidays.

You are suggesting it’s something more. I’m sure your letter is going to generate a lot of angry responses.