Those catalogs now come palletized, and are never hand unloaded. It’s interesting to see the Postal Service struggle to process the mail with less and less people - mostly old people, and little new equipment. I’ll be 50 this year, and am the third youngest in my department. Most of the clerks and mail handlers in my facility are 55+, working 12 hours/day 6 days a week to keep up. Hopefully our new Postmaster will do more to stem the losses and turn this ship around. He has a monumental task ahead, and I wouldn’t bet on success.
72 hours a week?
That’s a killer schedule for anybody.
But I’m sure the money is good.
Contrary to what’s often general opinion, the older postal workers who respect their work often times have a difficult job. The stereotypical sullen, lazy window clerk is just the tip of the iceberg. Behind the scenes, there’s a lot people who take the job seriously.