Mail service slowly breaking down in NOLA?

I thought the gaps in my mail service -- not getting anything at least twice a week -- in Gentilly were just normal fluctuations in daily volumes -- UNTIL I SAW THESE STORIES about spotty delivery in one of the city's premier/wealthiest 'hoods, nearby:

1) "Lakeview neighbors want something done about chronic mail delays": LINK

2) "Lakeview residents fed up with U.S. Postal Service": LINK

Apparently, the indolence and impotence we have come to expect from city/state services are now infecting the quasi-governmental U.S. Postal Service as temperature gauges hit 94+. Where do they all go to hide in their white trucks when they are supposed to be delivering?

The irony here is that this melanin-challenged whitey, who has been unemployed for months now, would love a postal job but can't seem to even get an interview or testing date. I wouldn't mind walking in the heat and getting paid for it.

A few years back, I was awaiting a certified-delivery package and following it via tracking number. The postal truck pulled up to deliver to my condo complex on the lakefront. I waited for the knock on my third-floor unit door, only to see the postal worker getting back into her truck, my package undelivered. I ran down to flag her. She told me, "Whoooo, I saw that third-floor address and just couldn't climb those steps." Never mind that the complex has an elevator -- and that delivering packages is her job. She never even bothered to look for the elevator -- just gonna force me to drive to the post office the next day. Imagine if these had been vital medical supplies. Rapidly souring on this "culture."