Postal Service Goes Off the Clock

The Postal Service is quietly removing clocks from all 37,000 post offices around the country, the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram reports today. It's all part of a "retail standardization program," says Stephen Seewoester, a Dallas Postal Service spokesman. "We want people to focus on postal service and not the clock." Some branding and marketing experts told the paper the move isn't that unusual. Casinos have led the way in removing timepieces, and other retail organizations, from grocery stores to banks, have followed suit. Other analysts said the move was unlikely to reduce postal customers' frustration of waiting in long lines.