University of Virginia Library

Inefficiency

I wish to make issue of a
situation that exists at U.Va. of
which many students are
aware, but as to my
knowledge, have done nothing
about. That situation arises
with- the unexplainable
inefficiency of the mail service
at the University.

The mail delay is
intolerable. A normal delay of
one or two days is required to
have a letter mailed in-state.
Here the delay ranges up to
five days – out-of-state mail –
longer.

Granted, the magnitude of
the mail handled in
Charlottesville is large, but the
blame for the unusual delay
must be placed somewhere –
either on the Charlottesville
postal service itself or the
distribution centers here at the
University.

The old cry of "The mail
must get through" certainly
does not ring true at U.Va.