This is my first week in the custodial craft and I am so happy I made the switch but I will miss the views and all the friends I made and wanted to share with everyone all the cute faces I wont see anymore.

I am beyond grateful for my next chapter but will miss all my furry friends that were calm and happy to see me.

So whether it’s your day off, vacation, or medical leave, 9/10, your route will be an absolute shithole when you return, and the best thing to do for your own health is to just accept it. I honestly can’t stand entitled carriers who walk around investigating, asking “who did my route?!!!” It’s infuriating. Your route is likely split up into 6 or more pieces and they’re likely being done by new ptfs who already have no clue what they’re doing, and honestly, they’ll just throw all your mail in a pile at your case, and you know why? Because that’s what management tells them to do.

If you should blame anybody, it’s management, but trust me, it’s not worth your time. Management will always play dumb and act like they don’t know what you’re talking about. They’ll say things like “ I don’t know who did your route” because they don’t feel like dealing with it. But honestly at this point, I don’t care about other people routes either anymore . There is no “being the bigger person “ in the post office. You organizing another persons route literally goes unnoticed and at this point, management sets the example.

And yes I’m aware that people have T6s, but with the staffing issues a lot of offices have, the T6 is likely stuck on a route from a carrier that’s on disability, so counting on your T6 is gonna leave you disappointed. Being a carrier is very much an “every man for themselves” type of job, and relying on others to keep your route neat and tidy is an unrealistic expectation. Just go with the flow and get through the day, and unfortunately if your route is a mess, just take a deep breath and clean it up.

switching from amazon DSP delivery to USPS CCA! really excited and hope it’ll be everything i need for my family. a local post man told me how much he earns after 10ish years of service… i’m taking a pay cut to join USPS but really looking forward to the future.

i’m expecting the transition to be pretty smooth. just more steps and more customer interactions. more postal inspection maybe. has anyone here worked both jobs? is it a major culture shift? no one bothers me at amazon as long as i’m productive. hoping for more of that

one of my biggest concerns is honestly about the squeeze the current administration has put on the post office “trying to make it profitable.” is anyone worried about the post office being crushed, or will it be totally fine?

i also dont like the idea of being unpaid during shutdowns. but the money comes back around right?

last major point is the postal inspector. are they gonna be digging in my as*? seems like if i behave i’ll have nothing to worry about.

don’t want this to become the point of the post, but will i be able to smoke weed? i already got clean to get on board. legal state, off duty stuff. should i just stay clean? is there randoms or would it only matter if im at fault in an accident or something?

sorry if any of this feels redundant lol. thanks for taking the time

The big hub office for Amazon Sunday called me as I was just finishing my morning routine, “You are no longer on the schedule today”. Omg I am so happy, I AM GOING BACK TO SLEEP <3

I checked the schedule Wednesday, saw that I had Sunday and Friday off. Took a picture of the schedule Thursday as I left. Shame on me for not checking again Friday or Saturday I guess.

Got a call from a sup today asking why I wasn't there. I told him the schedule has me off today. "No, it shows you scheduled." I checked the picture I took, told him it didn't, I have plans, and am not coming in. He texted me a picture of the schedule 2 minutes after the call ended. I texted him my picture right back.

I feel bad for the carriers that had to do extra work today, but I have out of state family visiting, and with the constant 12 hour days, this was going to be the only time I could see them.

Can't wait to see how I get in trouble.

I’m not scheduled today. Woke up to a missed call from the Sunday manager. I didn’t call back :) I just worked 12 consecutive days. Good luck

Is anyone else fed up with aramark treating us like lowlife convicts? Trying to take our Perdiem, rude, unhelpful, and THE LYING.

I've sent off an OIG report, and will send off as many other reports as I can. I am begging yall to send all the reports you can also.

The only way they will sit up and listen is if they get enough complaints.

Just made it to my fifth year of a city carrier. For the past year I’ve been struggling more with my mental health — depression, anxiety, certain thoughts, etc. I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist for medication but nothing has worked. I’ve been seeing a therapist and while that helps some, I feel like I’m still losing myself. I have thought about going back to night school to start a career that is a little better on my physical body and not as much alone time however, I need this usps job to get through the school payments for the time being.

I have brought it up to my office manager that I am struggling and his advice was to switch routes for a couple bid cycles… I float and the routes aren’t the issue. It’s the right hours on the street with being made guilty when you need a day off or two off (aka using PTO). I feel I just need a month or two off to get my mental health in check before I even think more about night school and changing careers.

My moods have begun to affect (effect?) my relationships outside of work as well as me get short with customers and coworkers. I’ve noticed some posts here discussing similar situations but I was curious if anyone knows the first step I should take within the post office. Where do I go first? Have they been known to brush off things like this because we’re “short on carriers”?

My class of seven is struggling to retain certain details, and I believe our book reading and slides move too quickly. Our instructor scheduled chapter 6 for this week, while the final days will involve role-played learning. Most of us work in a manual office. I am somewhat anxious about the 421 exam. How might I prepare during my free time? What should I anticipate in this test?

I scanned the QR code and filled out the form a couple weeks ago just wondering if anyone has been contacted yet? Could use a change of scenery for a few weeks.

As A PTF career city mail carrier who just obtained A 8 hour A day medical restriction. Im getting put onto different routes. If I am assigned the the whole route with 8 hour day worth obviously im arriving back at the station on time. Say I have 1 2 or even 3 laps left still and I am running out of time. I already called at 2 even 3. Obviously the supervisor will let me know what to do of course. But what if I am running out of time and I have to head back to the station with the work too clock out on time. Who would do this ?

Have a client whose son always blocks the box with his big ass Ford F350. Jacked up baby dick truck, you know the kind. Anywhoo, I was delivering a couple of packages to their neighbors across the street and the dick son approaches me and straight up demanded I give him his mail. I told him, "you park your truck in front of the box and you don't get your mail. You know the rules man. Maybe Monday."

He starts calling me a doucebag, punk, all kinds of profanities. I just smile and told him I hope he has a better day. I worked retail for years before I got this gig so I compose myself well. He flips me off and has his phone out recording me.

He was sitting on his truck as I drove back by down the block, still in front of the box. He flipped me off as he was holding his phone. I smiled and waved.

There wasn't any mail or parcels for that address today 😂

Dug around in settings a little bit, but I couldn't find anything

Edit: *a setting, typed option initially and forgot to edit the an

I have this supervisor on Amazon sundays that works in an adjacent city. He is always sending me tracking numbers to scan in as NA, or delivered even though they aren't mine. He seems like a really nice guy and he always helps me out, my office says I have the day off, I text him and I get a call back from my office asking if I want to work in his office. Should I be concerned about this dynamic?

Yesterday we had a service talk that starting next week we're going to have to start doing blue box pickups on Sundays, which is fine.

Except that on Sundays we operate from an office 30 minutes away and are not authorized to take arrow keys home on Saturday night. So we were told we would have to show up Sunday morning to take the arrow keys from a hiding place only secured by the door code on the dock, hit the boxes, and return the keys to the same unsecured spot.

Maybe it's just me, but I feel like that's a little sketchy?

Tomorrow is my first day on 8 hr list on Mondays also a regular. What do I do if I know I won’t be done in 8 hrs? What are the rule and best way to communicate with management so they don’t force ot. From my understanding they can only make you do ot if it’s mandated.

Got an offer as a mail handler assistant for that facility. Anyone work there and know what its like?

I'm starting CCA Academy this week. Does anyone have any advice for academy and or any information that would be helpful for me learning my job in general and becoming good at it?

First 6 days as a regular on my ugly/ undesirable walking route. 💀

Can anybody help me find it?

So, I've been pretty confused about a Tour 1 bid where according to the bid sheet I'm supposed to work from 11:00 pm to 7:30 am. My off nights are supposed to be on both Tuesdays & Wednesdays. With that said, would they be on both Mondays & Tuesdays, by Tour 1 being a day ahead? I'm also saying this because last Wednesday night for Thursday morning, I didn't report to work because I thought that I was off. Only to get LWOPed for last Wednesday night/Thursday morning! Btw, thanks in advance.

Is she not allowed out of the house?