This week.....reality hit, when most people came to realize that Christmas is going to be crap because of the supply chain business, and shelves will be mostly bare by early December.
So President Biden met with the postal folks, Fedex, Wal-Mart, etc. The port union guys? They aren't mentioned.
My five observations?
1. Back in early June, 'Mayor Pete' should have noticed the delay business, and in less than two weeks....sought major action at the ports on the west coast. He failed.....miserably. Already in August, he should have been 'fired'.
2. President Biden reacting? He should have grasped the mess/chaos in August and reacted then, but couldn't.....because of the Afghanistan mess/chaos.
3. If you drag UPS, Fedex, etc....into this mess....they could hire up people to ship faster.....but they will adjust their rates for this chaos, so you will pay 5-to-10 percent more in the end. President Biden didn't tell you that part of the story.
4. The odds that we have another wild chaos brewing right now and will come to realize it by the end of December? Better than 80-percent chance.
5. ALL of this leading back to Covid? Yeah, and Covid in 2022 (2023, 2024 as well) looks just as good.
When will shipping and logistics look 'normal'? If you watch the business news reports....no one is suggesting early or mid 2022.
Amusing? I think the laugh factor will dissolve away by December, and most everyone will be frustrated to the max. The whole worry-on-Covid business needs to just go away.
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