Post Office Confirms Non-Storm Related Closing Next Week
(KMDL-FM) While much of our attention here in the Gulf South and South Louisiana has been focused on the formation and track of Hurricane Isaias and the potential postponements and closures that could come with a landfalling tropical system, life must still go on. And sometimes in life there are unexpected interruptions.
Among those interruptions will be a delay in home-delivered mail and access to United States Post Office services via the lobbies of Louisiana Post Offices. The Post Office was quick to remind us that these service "interruptions" are not related to the current tropical weather.
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After all, the Post Office has the reputation of "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds". Oddly enough, that is not an official Postal Service motto. It is from a book by the ancient Greek author Herodotus. Now, he was describing postal riders with the quote, but those riders were from the Persian mounted patrols of 500 B.C.
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Postal Service Says Service Interruption Has Been Planned For Years
But even that is the reason that you won't find mail in your box one day next week. Actually, that day is Monday, and the reason why you won't be able to do business inside a Post Office lobby or get your pizza coupons is that it's Columbus Day.
Many people choose to celebrate the holiday under a different name, such as Indigenous Peoples' Day, Native Americans' Day, Discoverers' Day, or American Indian Heritage Day. But in the eyes of the United States government, the holiday is still called Columbus Day.
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So, no postal deliveries, and your local bank branches might be closed as well on Monday. But if there is a silver lining, some folks will get the day off, and all of us will be able to take advantage of some really great "before the holidays" sales opportunities. Here's what you can save on this weekend and on Monday when you're walking out to your mailbox for no reason.
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