>> Anyone working the counter at your local Post Office could easily work the register at any grocery store in your town. > And they'd take a 60% pay cut to do

>> Anyone working the counter at your local Post Office could easily work the register at any grocery store in your town. > And they'd take a 60% pay cut to do so, wouldn't they? I wouldn't say the Post Office worker is overpaid just because of that. Private-sector pay for many such positions is shameful and exploitative.