“I’m a UPS driver. “
Thank you for even showing up. For at least three months, Our local post office has been having difficulty finding USPS rural route drivers that work for a week. We get deliveries of Regular Mail about every four days, with packages held at the local post office to pick up twice a week if lucky.
Of course, customers are angry when waiting in line on a Tuesday for an hour while the counter staff are looking in the back for packages from the list of addresses in the line. Always reminding those in the line to thank the workers who DID show up, since working workers are not the problem.
It is ironic that the postal workers check identification for many people. Whoever is going to stand in line for that long without a daggum good reason.
And we should rely on mail-in ballots for elections, don’t forget.
It IS getting difficult to hire new rural carrier associates (RCA’s).
They start a little over $19/hour, must provide a suitable delivery vehicle, and may end up not working much if they land on a smaller route. Some routes the regulars are working 6 days per week, and the RCA only works vacations, and sick days for the regular.
It’s a tough gig to get started in. Some of our RCA’s have gone out and bought a $20k USED RHD jeep, only to work one day a week.
Meanwhile, burger flippers in our town start at $15/hour, don’t need a HUGE outlay of cash to have the job.