You've Got Mail, But the Mailman Hid It (overpaid, whiny union USPS thieves)

NBC Connecticut ^ | Dec 14, 2009 | Yvonne Nava

[netmilsmom]

LOL!!!!!

Mom was an old cranky Pollack.
Trust me, she was the last in the neighborhood to give up her “cookies” except to dad.

[SparkyBass]

Our local Post Office is a pit.

However, our delivery lady (rural, contract) is the tops. She works terribly hard, makes sure to wait long enough for us to get to the door and hands stuff to us personally.

Once she even looked up my number and called me when I had forgotten to sign a customs form properly so I could run down to the annex (from where they ship) so I could sign it and get it out the same day.

When she comes to our home with a big delivery (if I know it is coming) I go to the curb to help her get it out of her jeep.

I make sure she gets a nice Christmas card and gift card. She went to the trouble of dropping a hand-written thank you note in our box the next day.

I tell you, when you get a shining star, it really makes a difference! (heck, Marlene may even read FR!)

[Tijeras_Slim]

You can fit 2 bags of shot in a flat rate box. They hate that.

[RockinRight]

Never understood that - they’re already public workers, why do they need a yoon-yun?

[ASA Vet]

I’m not enamored with their Union.

Which one?

National Rural Letter Carriers Association
National Association of Letter Carriers
National Postal Mail Handlers Union
United Postal Workers Union

[Red in Blue PA]

[savedbygrace]

Not surprising. Based on your posts I’ve read over the past several years, it’s clear you had a solid upbringing in morals and ethics.

Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[nascarnation]

they’re already public workers, why do they need a yoon-yun?

So it can collect hundreds of millions in dues and donate to Democrats.

[chrisser]

I do most of my shopping on line, so I get 1-2 packages per week via UPS, Fed-Ex or USPS. The ONLY ones that are left exposed to the weather are delivered by the USPS. UPS and Fed-Ex leave them on my covered front porch.

We have a covered front porch. Yet UPS and Fedex will walk around to the back of the house, and drop the package at our back door (which has a small overhang). If it's small, they'll open the storm door and leave it between the door and the inside door. If not, they'll put it in a protective plastic bag. I presume they go through all this so it doesn't get stolen off the front porch before I get it.

USPS, OTOH, leaves it on the front porch. Not in the covered area, which he walks past on his way to the next house. No, he leaves it on the outside corner of the porch, behind one of the porch supports, so if you look out from the front door, you can't see it, and if you get the mail, and don't go around the corner, you won't see it there either. Unless I notice it when I drive in, passing the porch, it could sit there for weeks (and has occassionally). Its not like our porch is 2 stories up - three steps and he could be standing on it under the covered area. One step and he could probably reach the floor and give it a shove into the covered area. It's actually more work for him to put it where he does.

Unfortunately, I've given in. I have all my packages delivered to my office.

[red-dawg]

There is a community mailbox in the hallway outside our offices that suddenly became a crapshoot if your outgoing mail reached it's destination.
About a year ago I mailed six bills, all to different places in the country and NONE of them made it.
I had to pay late fees because of this. I became the biggest pain-in-the-a$$ of the post office EVER.

I called the postmaster EVERY DAY for 3 months.

EVERY DAY.

They began to remember my name when I called. I just wanted to know what happened and if any of my mail had been found. I knew nothing would ever be done about it, I just wanted to exact a little payback.

I never heard anything from them.

[wac3rd]

To extort more permanent bennies and cash-ola.

[netmilsmom]

And you my FRiend!!!!!!

[netmilsmom]

All of the above.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

To help NBC with their enormous workload, I took the liberty of rewriting this article for the year 2013. They can simply dust it off and run it then...

If your mother-in-law goes to the Waterbury or Wallingford Federal Health Care Facility and Mail Processing Center, she might not have have been heard from recently

Apparently managers at the FHCF&MPC have been hiding patients, Ray Arcovio, president of the Waterbury area Federal Health Care union, told the Waterbury Republican-American. And he wants to sincerely apologize.

Workers have been stuffing patients into closets and unused rooms at health facilities in Waterbury and Wallingford because they don’t know how to keep up with such a high volume of patients, he told the newspaper.

"They're just pushing them aside for the next day," Arcovio told the paper. "We've had issues with them hiding the patients.

In an effort to cut back on costs, the FHCF&MPC now transfers patients from Waterbury to Wallingford.

Arcovio says the problem is being handled.

"We have dealt with it and got the assurance it wouldn't happen again," he told the Republican American. "The employees who see it and are aware of it are fearful to speak out about it for fear of repercussions."

[Oldpuppymax]

My mail gal was a sweetheart, always putting a puppy treat for my lab in my box with the mail. If we were out walking as she drove by, she would toss a treat for my lab to catch. Well the PO passed a new “law” making it illegal for workers to put ANYTHING in your mailbox except mail. She is no longer allowed to deliver puppy treats along with the mail. Pretty shrewd huh? Now THAT’S our bureaucracy in action!

[Leo Farnsworth]

“Fire them all, just like Ronald Reagan did with the Air Traffic Controllers in 1983, I believe.”

The ATC employees went on strike. A strike that was illegal - ATC employees CAN NEVER go on strike.

Reagan gave ‘em 72 hours to stop their illegal strike. RWR what a guy!

These postal workers are likely not prohibited from striking....

[IbJensen]

Not to worry.

America's first African-Indonesian president will resolve all problems with the USPS. They'll have their hands full with mail delivery and handling your health care.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

 

 

 

NEWMAN!!

 

 

 

[ASA Vet]

These postal workers are likely not prohibited from striking

Yes they are prohibited from strikes.

[Myrddin]

You can fit 2 bags of shot in a flat rate box. They hate that.

I don't reload my shotgun shells. I've hardly fired more than 10 rounds in the last 10 years. By comparison, I was reloading almost 1000 rds per week of 38SPL while living in San Diego. The annual membership at a good quality indoor range afforded more opportunity to shoot than my outdoor range in Idaho. It's all about free time and weather. The latter isn't an issue for an indoor range. The fortunate intersection for the outdoor range is rare.