Long queues are the least of the US Postal Service’s problems

“YOU CAN come in here at eight o’clock at night to pick up mail,” says Trevor Braun, bragging about the post office inside Elmore Store in rural Vermont. A recent Monday saw a steady stream of locals pop in to pick up their post, send packages and buy groceries. One customer excitedly tells Kate Gluckman, who runs the charming store with her husband, that “these are the shoes I told you about!” The shop and its post office have been at the centre of the small community, which still has a one-room schoolhouse, since they opened in the early 1800s. But that may soon change.