Now This Is A Small Post Office (Still Too Big?)

I found this photo rather comical looking of a "small" post office (and it's pretty busy, too!) I don't think post offices come much smaller than this, except perhaps for the mobile units. In any case, this photo was accompanied by the caption "Still Too Big" as it relates to the US Postal Service's financial dilemma:



For anyone interested in further reading on the USPS financial problems, the entire news article is available at this link:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011...t-to-go-bust

Wt1, thank you for the link, most informative. In NSW Australia our Post Offices are closed on weekends, to save the USA Postal Service the five day week proposal should implemented, immediately. Nothing can run at loss and be successful,IMO.

One good thing is that it has a hurricane shutter. That's not an awning. But then again a breeze can knock that down.

I have an image somewhere where the PO fitted inside a handbag.
...and it handled an area bigger than the US.

and I thought ours was small!

Here's another link that gives more information about this post office, which is the SMALLEST in the United States:

http://www.postmarks.org/pop/2400/2432.htm

WOW! Where's the loading dock?

The map puts it off of hwy 41 in the middle of the everglade swamp.