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Comment by DeAnn on August 9, 2013 at 4:49pm

The post office now is hurting. Mail volume is at an all time low due to technology and they are forcing people to do the work of 2 people. It is bad because this causes injuries and then you have even less people to work. Their solution is to cut saturday delivery and try to make everyone part-time. I'ts a mess. The problem is you have people with no business experience trying to run the post office like a business.

CatMom does your carrier have a foot route? He probably didn't want to have to lug it around. LAZY...    Your regular carrier is probably a chief steward which is what I am. I am with the clerks union but your's is with the carriers union. When you are a chief steward you have to be available all the time and you can be going to several different offices at various hours. That is why your carriers supervisor is having someone else do his route. I hate it when I have to complain about a fellow postal employee but my carrier just doesn't pay attention to what he is doing. He is careless. As with any company you are going to get bad apples. Our union is very strong so more often than not those bad apples get away with not doing their job properly. Being a union steward is kinda like being a public defender... You have to represent people that you know do not deserve it because it's my job to do so. It is when you WIN for the underdogs and those who Management has wronged. That is when it makes it all worth it.  

Diane most of us are doing the same thing trying to hang on until retirement. My husband is a supervisor for the postal service as well. He will retire in about 5 years. I am to young to get a retirement from the USPS so I will just quit when his retirement comes... Now if we can only last 5 years ;)

Comment by CatMom509 on August 9, 2013 at 4:09pm

DeAnn,

Wow, I knew it was getting pretty bad!  The worse is when you have outgoing mail with a package to be picked up and they totally ignore the red flag being up (with a brightly colored note inside our mailbox that I have a large outgoing postage paid box).  They put the incoming right on top of the note!   With gasoline being what it is, I like being able to give boxes to my carrier, but who does our route seems to change all the time.  Our carrier is supposed to be the union rep and assigns someone else to do our route all the time!  Oh, well, I feel for all of you, though~~

Saturday is another day you can get a letter!!!  Hang in there~~

Comment by PrayingNavyMomsHusband on August 9, 2013 at 3:32pm

Here is a link to some info regarding the lighting of blue candles prior to and during Battle Stations.  You really have to give it to the Navy and Marine Corps regarding tradition!

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/bootcampmoms/page/blue-candles

Comment by ellen0502 on August 9, 2013 at 11:44am

Jeanie, The males don't like their tighty whities and want their civies ASAP. The females granny panties can double as a parachute if needed, and Victorias Secret loves PIR day.

Comment by diannep on August 9, 2013 at 11:44am

Jeanie:  Yes, the girls usually loudly complain about the "granny panties!"  They like to "change those out" pretty quickly after PIR.  But then, the guys usually aren't too thrilled with their whitie tighties and like to change theirs out too!  :-)

Comment by diannep on August 9, 2013 at 11:42am

DeAnn:  I feel so very sorry for the post offices now....I guess with all of the federal cuts, they are working with less staff and those there are overworked.  We get our  mail anytime from 9 in the morning to after 8 at night (yes, in the dark).  My former mail carrier, who was wonderful and a friend, moved to another PO a few years back.  She told me that it is awful now...she is working 12 hr days, usually until 9:30 at night.  She is hoping and praying that she can hang on (and they hang on to her) until her retirement in 3 yrs! 

Hoping that none of the sailor letters, to or from, get lost for anyone!  :-)

Comment by DeAnn on August 9, 2013 at 11:32am

also catmom being a postal employee I wouldn't doubt that the problem is on our end either. My mail comes from the Anaheim facility and they are sooo slow. I work for the Santa Ana office processing times are much better there. My carrier also constantly gives out mail to neighbors and vice versa. I made sure he knew I was waiting on letters for what good that did. 

Comment by DeAnn on August 9, 2013 at 11:28am

Catmom... I would have expected it on Thursday because I know his division sent letters on Sunday from other parents who have SR's in the same division. I am really hoping for it today. I really need to hear something from him. I didn't get his call last weekend so I am getting anxious. I am trying to be positive and think he must have volunteered for some position or something and it is keeping him really busy :)  better than thinking he got the privilege taken away. His recruiter told him he better volunteer for anything and everything. I'm not so sure that was the best advice though???

Comment by Jeanie on August 9, 2013 at 11:19am

I received 2 letters as well, my girl seems to be doing really well. Her letters were very positive although she did say she missed home and me. The worse thing so far according to her anyway were the panties that went up to her belly button. That made me laugh out loud :). Hope it did some of you, hang in there!

Comment by diannep on August 9, 2013 at 10:47am

Ladies, just a reminder that if you may have used your SR's last name in your screen names, please change it.  RTC will not allow us to expose any last names of SRs on this site.  Thanks!

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