USPS Discrimination Against Atheism? A Study by Atheist Shoes (2013)
I&#x27;ve been shipping over 1000 packages per month (mostly domestic, within US to within US, but probably about 10-15% of those are from the US to other countries) for the last several years. Always via USPS. The USPS loses a lot of mail, in my opinion... At least 1% though probably closer to 2 or 3%. But even worse, their delivery times can be _extremely_ erratic. Delays&#x2F;losses vary _heavily_ depending on location, especially with international mail.<p>So 178 items sounds like a ridiculously limited amount of shipments to consider. The Atheist post seems to imply that they only sent 1 package to Michigan. At best, on average, 178 shipments is a shade over 3 shipments per state. Hardly enough for good statistics, and definitely not enough to draw any strong correlations.<p>Also, it&#x27;s important to note that in the comments, Atheist mentions that they did not have tracking on their packages. In my experience, more people lie or are mistaken about their package delivery than packages actually being lost. Year after year, I&#x27;m continually surprised by how many people end up finding their packages after you tell them &quot;According to the tracking number, it&#x27;s been delivered. Could you check with anyone in you live with or share a building with who may have accepted it?&quot;<p>TLDR: As bad as the USPS is, 178 packages sent internationally without any tracking seems like _far_ too few to draw any correlations about wide spread religious bias in the USPS.<p>Edit to add: Just to be clear, I&#x27;m not arguing that atheists aren&#x27;t discriminated against in the US. (I&#x27;m pretty sure we&#x27;re quite a few years away from even the possibility of a POTUS being an atheist.) I _am_ arguing that the post by Atheist (the company) doesn&#x27;t indicate discrimination.