I have a former Guard coworker who worked for the post office as a carrier. He used to regale us with stories about how he would finish his route early and go home for a nap or to do household chores. He also took a lot of time off to fly on Guard missions and one new supervisor told him he needed to chose between the Post Office and the Guard. He asked her to put it in writing and she did! So he filed a complaint with the union and our US Representative and she disappeared soon after. Multiply that by 100,000 and it’s no wonder that the Post Office is in such terrible shape. If people could only see the gross waste and inefficiency they would demand immediate action.
Yes, a lot of UNION workers in the Post Office take advantage of whatever they can get away with, some of us still take pride in doing a good job and giving a good days work. I’m glad I NEVER joined, too many dems with dem attitudes.
My outgoing mail flag snapped off my mailbox. I put outgoing mail in the box anyway figuring my mailman would see and take it when he delivered my mail. Nope.
So I called his supervisor at the post office. Told me carriers aren’t required to pick up outgoing mail without the flag up and she couldn’t force him to. Said with a heavy sigh, their Union says so.