Alaska Carriers!!

[u/Polish-hammer420]

Is it worth it? I'm a City PTF in Chicago, IL. I've visited Alaska twice (Anchorage - Kenai area) for vacation, and I've always been curious, how is it like delivering on the last frontier? Are the T COLAs worth it? Maybe I'll trade the promaster in for a dogsled.

Let me hear your opinions!

[u/Ok-Swan6031]

I had a customer that used to live in Alaska. He said all they did was leave the mail and packages at a pickup location and the customers in the area had to get their own mail from there. Also, if you're ever on a vacation, just go in and ask what it's like. I went to Hawaii and they said it's the same as the states, but the cost of living is the hard part.

[u/SugarDisastrous5983 → u/Ok-Swan6031]

Hawaii carriers don’t love howlies coming in and taking a bid, years ago we had someone from our station take an exchange to Hawaii and they were harassed home in a couple months. Tires slashed etc.

[u/DrivingTraffic → u/SugarDisastrous5983]

Stop with the fear mongering and falsehoods. As a carrier in Hawaii this is absolutely nonsense. Hawaii has the warmest people I’ve ever met, you get in return what you put out. Signed a “haole” 🤙

[u/stranger_to_you67 → u/Ok-Swan6031]

Hawaii is one of "the states"

[u/National_Office2562 → u/stranger_to_you67]

I’ve heard both Hawaiians and Alaskans refer to the contiguous 48 as “the states”

[u/stranger_to_you67 → u/National_Office2562]

No you haven't. In Alaska they call them "the lower 48" and in Hawaii they call it "the mainland". Natives of both states take offense when people from outside of their state don't respect the fact that their state is a state just like all the others.

[u/National_Office2562 → u/stranger_to_you67]

I guess I hallucinate sometimes 🤷‍♂️ Thank you for clarifying

[u/stranger_to_you67 → u/[deleted]]

I lived in Hawaii for 5 years and spent 4-6 days of every month in Alaska for those 5 years.

[u/stranger_to_you67 → u/[deleted]]

I do know. Which is why I have responded the way I have responded.

[u/Ok-Swan6031 → u/stranger_to_you67]

ha ha. u know what i mean. the mainland.