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Bingo! Agree completely.
I also believe that guaranteeing anything would require them to change their mindset... their "culture of indifference" (I like that) as you call it... and they simply don't want to do that. Have you even been to the PO and notice how quiet and slow things move in the back? They'd have to move faster and with purpose and urgency.
I used to live in a small town, and the women at that Post Office were just awful. Mean, ugly, rude -- all of them. They moved like they were underwater and didn't really want to do anything. You would think, for what they are making, they might try to make an effort. But that was too much like work. And for the most part, it's been like that with all the POs. They really can't be fired. It's almost impossible. I saw a documentary several years back on Dateline that talked about the substance abuse that was rampant in the PO. They specifically picked out a PO in Cincinnati. The workers would all go out on break, drink from a flask, get high, and then show back up to work an hour late. Now it wasn't just Cincinnati. It was all over the country. It was just worse in Cincinnati. Explains a lot about why they don't want to do anything, huh? But instead of a reprimand, or being terminated, they were all sent to rehab (on the Post Office's dime) and continued to get paid - while in rehab.
If you can get away with behavior like that and not get fired, who's going to fire someone for being lazy, or insolent, or incompetent?