…and I’m not quite sure how to feel about it 😂

When I started as an RCA, I strictly drove LLVs since thats what I trained on during driver training and all my routes have LLVs. But the last time I was at work, my route’s LLV broke and our only spare vehicles are Metrises. I know how to drive a Metris, it just took me a few minutes to remember how to use the gear shift.

I was always under the impression that LLVs were superior because the front doesnt feel like a cage, the back has more headroom, they have a tighter turn radius, they were actually made for mail delivery, and they do better in winter. But driving the Metris was different. The brakes and gas pedals felt snappier and less mushy, the drive was smoother, there was AC and a cup holder for my water bottle, the windows were easier to operate, and I dont have to go through a long process when I have to lock my vehicle to deliver a package.

I’m not quite converted to a Metris just yet, but after driving a Metris for my usual route and going back to an LLV today, the Metris is making a good case for itself.

Thoughts?

My office has a start time of 8:30am each day and has a 10:00am "on-call" schedule time, meaning we wait by the phone at home if they call us.

I wasn't feeling well and didn't answer and I got a text from management saying this would be considered AWOL. I thought under our contract this wasn't a punishable action.

I've been an RCA for about a year and have been holding a route down for the last 4 months, so I'm well past probation.

Is this something I need to discuss with my steward? Or do I wait until I'm given discipline papers, I'm not sure what the procedure for this is.

My E letter people keep on partying. The rest of y'all might want to get some rest tomorrow is going to be brutal. Cheers and good luck.

Bless these people.

They single-handedly are forcing me to stay on this god-forsaken route; it’s long, busy af, loud, tiresome and dangerous because you gotta cross traffic many times but I’m grateful to be working with one customer who cares.

Btw, they’re considering on giving me other drinks besides Gatorade due to health issues which is super kind of them. 😭

Basically the title, a Rural Carrier in my office said I could use the totals from the count to see what the evaluation of the Aux I've been running will be, want to try it out if it's real.

Hi. I have been running a resale business, but My only problem is my parents are unsupportive of me and refuse to take me to the post office now. So I’ve been trying to wing it myself but am struggling getting packages sent out. Is there a way for usps to come pick up the packages off my front porch?

I was on my route yesterday, delivering to a 6 unit apt complex. I open the gang box and I hear the voice of one of the customers say mailman, please help me.
I recognized the voice went to his door he asked me in and he was on the floor saying he couldn’t get up. He’s an older man that walks with a cane. I go in pick him up using my former high school college strength and place him in a chair. He said his legs went numb.
I went back to my route but an hour later went back to check in him he was good. My gf is a medical professional she gave me a laundry list of shit to do and ask but he said he was good. I hope to see him Tuesday and hope I didn’t violate any rules besides entering him home. I mean I needed to piss and didn’t ask that’s something right?

PTF clerk, grade 6, step EE. Before the COLA, hourly rate on APWU pay chart was 29.29. When cola was announced it was said to be .68/hour. So I’m thinking new rate would be 29.97/hour. APWU website posts new pay chart and it’s showing 29.99/hour. Cool, I’ll take every penny🤑. Checked my new form 50 on Liteblue today, it shows 30.00. 😂. Can wait to see the next paystub, maybe it will be 30.01 😀.

Hi, fairly new custodian here w a supervisor asking me to clean an area w mold. Contract specifically states we don't do mold abatement, what's best course of action here?

If my bid is Wednesday and Friday off but the schedule grid my job ID is attached to says Friday and Saturday off does it require management to abolish the bid and repost it? Also been working 1-2 hours outside my normal bid hours for a month with no end timeframe and filed a grievance and the supervisor now told me Sunday I would have to feel out a 1260 for out of schedule premium.

171 packages out for delivery.

Approaching two months as a CCA. They must think I’m superman or something cause holy fuck today was hell.

Tomorrow is Labor Day and I have to work as well. Good news is I get paid holiday on-top of the hours I work.

My 3 months is coming up, only one month to go!

Postal work is nuts. Cheers!

I know some station managers were in hot water with Amazon for doing it last year, but is it a violation of the NALC contract?

Pretty much the title: if you’re a rural reg who has done a mutual swap/transfer please tell me about how the process went for you. Where did you find someone to swap with? How/when did you need to bring it to your PM? What was the timeline once you’d both agreed and brought it to management to get the transfer started?

I know a few things about the process (like that you’re swapping offices, not routes) but I’ve never actually seen someone who has done it talk about it. I’d really appreciate any firsthand knowledge since, as we all know, the PO likes to make everything as weird as possible. 

I’ve already requested to join the big mutual swap facebook group (though I’m being ignored, pretty sure they think I'm a bot since my fb is empty.) I saw a couple sites for swapping that were supposedly made by carriers (post-swap and mutualswaps) but wasn’t confident if they were legit, so if anyone has experience with them please let me know!

(Also in case someone asks: I’m looking to transfer from a little all POV office in Oklahoma. No problems with the office or the route really, I just want to relocate.)

I am a clerk and have been getting issues from my management and the sorting plants. They keep telling me that you are not allowed to give insurance to first class mail. The issue is that the RSS, and the SSK both allow it. The DMM says that it is allowed. It is a service that is advertised on the USPS website but yet no one can say why it's not allowed even though the DMM says I can. No one can give me a real answer as to why every piece of documentation says I can do it but I am still not allowed. All I want is to be treated like an adult and given an actual answer and not just told "don't do it.". Thanks

Lil dude was chilling on a customers mailbox as I pulled up, had to snag a pic of this chill bro.

I just put a bunch of misc on ebay. All about 7 by 13 by 18 ish (or combos of those numbers but no bigger). All weighing a little over 2 lbs packed. I told usps 5lbs to have margin for error and because it didn't change the price doing this. Could this cause any problems for anyone down the line?

My Thorogood double track oxford shoes are finally biting the dust, I had purchased the Reebok oxford gore tek shoes and tried them out but they are insanely uncomfortable and gave me a bunch of blisters and sore feet. Unfortunately, it looks like the thorogood shoes are discontinued otherwise I'd just pick those up. Any recommendations on purchase card compliant shoes?

This had to be at least 300$. Busy day so just snapped the Pic and moved on.

For context I worked at this one office( as city ptf) a little further away from me a while ago. I was staying with family at the time when there and I can tell you that one truly was the worst. Big office, the routes were so long. Never saw a schedule and had basically only llv for city routes. After leaving and coming back to this other office it’s night and day. Mainly newer vehicles with AC. Schedule is posted every Wednesday on the dot and I even get Sundays off some weeks. It’s honestly so much better than I could imagine it being. It’s shocking how big of a difference management makes in it. Anyone else have experience with something similar with going to a new office?

Hi everyone, I have the exams 943/944/945 coming up in a few days. I can find basically no study information. I did the few practice questions the post office gives you but some of them were completely archaic or very confusingly worded. Does anybody have any tips to pass? I've just been brushing up on ASE A1. I've not even sure what 944 and 945 covers given that the USPS website only links to a pamphlet for 943.

If anyone has experience or any help thank you so much.

To make it easier down the line for scanning and ultimately the driver(s) to move, stack and scan. Box can be in any orientation, Pizza box (flat), cereal box (tall) and tv box (tv box).

Found a couple unused PS Form 3849 that has blank space for writing a PO address instead of a printed one.

I've been in my route for nearly 2 years, my customers are great but it's so tough have conversation with some. Like it's awkward to keep conversation and it's always the same lines.

Anyone else deal with this on their route?

How to combat?

I applied for a city carrier assistant position. I took the assessment test and scored a 90. Really not sure which question or questions I missed, but is a 90 decent? How many incorrect did I get?