It’s the holiday season and all through town, more people need to get a-stirring and pick up their packages.
That’s the word from the post office.
Postmaster Dorothy Gladsjo declined an interview last week, and said another time maybe, when she wasn’t “covered in sweat.”
Gladsjo and a co-worker had just dumped another orange bag full of packages flown into town onto a pushcart at the post office. The shelves were already stuffed full, but they had to find room to add the latest additions.
Tommy Brown, who has lived in Wrangell for 18 years, came down the steps with his mail under his arm. “You could see 10 or 15 bags of stuff waiting to be picked up,” he said Dec. 8.
A steady trickle of people bounding up the steps or the ramp to the post office doors continued under a few snow flurries.
Darian Burley, owner of Magnolia Beauty Bar, left the post office with her order of cosmetics in the crook of her elbow.
The shelves full of packages — whether business, personal or holiday gifts — have prompted Facebook postings from residents, imploring their neighbors to pick up their boxes and bags and help make space for the next load.
The Postal Service’s busiest week of the holiday mailing and shipping season is estimated to be Dec. 14-21.
Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, the Postal Service anticipates it will deliver between 850 million and 950 million packages for the holidays. The total number of letters, cards and packages processed and delivered is estimated to be more than 12 billion.
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