BMWhips If you think standing walking pushing pulling bending squatting working in freezing cold and extreme heat and rainstorms and snowstorms isn't hard work then you need to get on board and try it yourself. Satchels of mail can weigh 50 pounds and most mail carriers have to lug that around for 8 hours or more while holding 2 and sometimes 3 bundles of mail in one hand. Shit isn't easy dude. And you have to remember who moved, who died, who's on vacation, names of residents etc.
I have actually worked next to this young lady, and let me say she is a positive, upbeat employee who works very hard and cares very much about doing a good job. We work at different stations now, but I loved working next to her! She once suffered injury, and her attitude about it was that she hated being injured and unable to do her job, and was doing all she could to recover and resume full duty as soon as she possibly could. Deide you're a sweetheart and the USPS is blessed to have you!!
I wrote a note to my postwoman and sealed it in an envelope, and clipped it to my mailbox. The next day I got a note back from her!! It was the cutest thing ever
As a carrier, these small acts of kindness really go a long way in making my day and encouraging me to want to do a better job for you: 1) On a really hot day, finding a cold bottle of water waiting for me in your mailbox is a wonderful treat 2) ensure that your box is easily accessable and opens and closes easily 3) We are on a tight schedule, please refrain from having us wait for you or engaging in conversation 4) Clean out your box regularly; spiders & wasps love to hide in there. Thank you!
I have friends and family working for usps going on 10+ years. I respect how hard they work and I hear all the complaints from them in regards to management. It's an extremely stressful job from what I gather. Respect to any and all usps employees.
my mate is a postman and he's always moaning about his job, but I told him he was lucky to have a job, after all its better than walking the streets..........
oh this was the good ol days! now we have 16 scan points, 1985 cell phones that link to your scanner, verbal abuse by management, longer routes to be done in same time!
A scan point is a barcode attached to a mailbox that must be scanned in order for management to gauge the time it takes a carrier to do a route. Do note, however, that scanners now have GPS, so management can see a carrier's location at a given time.
Mail carriers don't "clock in" at my post office. You get 8 hours to do your route. Finish early go home and get paid 8 hours. Finish late you work extra but get paid for 8 hours.
Matt Jenkins It's not illegal and part of the contract. You are paid based on an Evaluated time for the day. If it's rated for 8 Hours and it takes you 11, you still get paid for 8 that day. On the flip side if you get it done in 6, you still get paid for 8. If you go over 12 hours for the day, then you get time and a half overtime. Postmasters try to make sure this does not happen. However if you go over 40 hours for the week, then you get paid for all the hours that you worked. That is for substitute non-career carriers that get paid by the hour.
Matt Jenkins And this is for Rural Carriers (RCA)only. City Carriers are usually on the clock and get paid for every minute they are there. So if your fast it's a good deal and if your slow you kinda get screwed as an RCA.
Ohhhh the good 'ol days before Amazon swamped the post office. I carry mail for a very small PO, and trust me, we are scrambling! No shortage of mail lol.
Some mail carriers still walk their routes in 2015. Inside city limits mostly where many residents have the older style mail boxes by their doors and even old mail slots in the door.
In the office I worked, there were more college educated carriers than supervisors. Educated persons don't become supervisors. People who can't carry mail become supervisors.
The carrier job is decent, if you can get out on the street on-time. In my office, mail was NEVER up early. years back, the volume was insane. I left in 2001. An average day, say a Wednesday, would have 9 to 12 feet of letter size to case, plus another 15 feet or more of flats to case. Then a good 12 feet of dps Mondays or a day after any holiday, pushed that amount up. Parcels were never too crazy back then, except around holiday time. Accountable mail was a lot usually, because I had a town hall on my route. My town was real big on writing as many tickets to people as possible. Hence the certified, return receipt volume. I had 520 stops, both residential and business. Oh yeah, Christmas was very profitable. Lol
I'm a new CCA, and I doubt I would've bothered applying had I watched this video first. You make it sound like you hate it. It's really not bad at all. I mean the frozen winter is dreadful, and I pretty much hate all dogs at this point, but it is by far my favorite job I've worked, and I've done a lot in the past ten years of working.
+Seth Moore Hi Seth, I was a new CCA as well and yes I loved the job. The best part was being out doors and the friendly people had the chance to meet while I delivered. Although I delivered at a good pace it was not good enough and sorry to say I have been terminated. Always remember it's good to be efficient as long as the quality it there as well. Good Luck at your new CCA position.
I applied on line then they emailed me my drug screening after this I waited and got another email for a orientation and a job interview the same day as orientation given to me by a Post Master. Then I received a email to come back in for the Live Scan which was there at the main hub as well on the same day we bidded on the Post Office by Test Scores who ever got the highest test score got to pick the Post Office they preferred to work out of as long as it was available then after we were assigned out Post Office we got a scheduled date for Postal Academy which consist of one week a 40 hour week you are payed for it... and one scheduled day of Certifying you to drive the LLV Postal Vehicle then you call your assigned post office for your schedule...for me their was no schedule ever even though I was promised one and they were short a mail vehicle. I delivered 15 Loops 318 houses a all walking route and completed it in 7 hours got down to six but Post Master said to do it in 4 hours...it was impossible I delivered as fast as I could and there was no time for lunch, break, or the restroom...thank goodness I did not have to use the restroom Lol! My hours were cut severely and in the end I was only getting 8 to 13 hours in the week then down to one 2 and a half hour day because he cut the routs and wanted me to deliver in 2 and a halft hours ..sorry Impossible!!! I was Terminated on my 62 day did not make probation. Reason for termination was Deliverying the mail too slow and short a mail vehicle. .. I did Love the job even delivered in the rain too. If you need 40 hours of work to support your family I suggest you think hard before excepting this Job ...I thought I was going to work 40 hours plus but look what happened to me ... there is a lot or favoritism played in the post office. Good Luck to you and God Bless You
Thanks for giving the public some insight for what letter carrier face on a daily basis. I hope people will have some understanding for the mail people!
G.I. Skull haha same here. Working for an engineering firm sitting in a cubicle 40 hours or more if on OT is killing me. Definitely a pay cut doing this, but I know ill be far more healthy. Fresh air, sunshine, and movement. Sitting in doors, staring at at screen is not what humans are meant for, it's a slow killer.
This is right on! I used to carry regular mail in Seal Beach 90740 California and helped out Signal Hill. For most of 20 years though, I worked in Special Delivery, basically delivering Express Mail within 3 zip codes, averaging 7 per hour. LOVED the job. Now I love talking to our Customers every day via telephone at the Call Center. I think the USPS Letter Carriers should use the NEED MORE TIME scan. Lack of time is our biggest weakness, we can always BUILD volume. (Ask me how!).
Yikes, there appears to be be an abundance of middle-aged virgins commenting here. Oh well. I am definitely considering applying to USPS-they make more $$ than half of those with the Bachelor's degree I'm going to be obtaining soon.
Guys I agree 1000%! I delivered mail in the Washington DC area and dealt with some of the rudest human beings I've ever encountered (in personnel and management)! Plus they CONSTANTLY pressure you to finish quickly ... but want to punish you if you make an error. The hell with USPS!
I did my 1st OJT today. Was ok. Better than my shadow day. I obtained more info about the job and expectations. I Defenatly drove more than my shadow day. We parked and looped on that day. 2 more OJT days left, then I may finaly start at my post office soon after..
Rich C any updates? I start soon as a CCA so I'll be doing the same as you and the anxiety is killing me. I feel like I'll be good but I just want some more insight, orientation has just been a bunch of BS.
I had a woman here in the US call me a SOB because after putting the mail through her door slot it made a loud smack on the floor and scared the shit out of her!!! I had a nice laugh to myself on that one!!
I appreciate this carrier's professionalism and pride in her work. In my area (north side of Chicago), I've seen carriers listening to music on their headphones or even talking on the phone while delivering their mail.
As this young attests, being a letter carrier, is in many ways, a very rewarding job. Most of the carriers in my office are energetic, competent, professionals. Unforunately,the biggest downside to the job is the egregious, unending harassment by management. Nothing will ruin a perfect day faster than seeing my supervisor's car in my rear view mirror, riding my bumper so she can pull me over to tell me that I'm failing to keep time.
I have to say, she looks profoundly depressed. I'm not suggesting anything negative about her in any way, but I think she's really saying, "this certainly wasn't my dream, and I'm sure it isn't yours. But it's a tolerable job when many aren't."
And you honestly think she would be working 9 years if she didn't like what she was doing? If she really wanted to do something else she wouldn't be spending all these years as a mail carrier. Check out the post by Earup 1673. He claims he used to work with her and he probably would strongly disagree.
+David “CrazyCatMan” Massey ..The in town routes are called park & loop.Those are usually the ones that are walked. You park on the corner & deliver mailbox to mailbox (which is attached to the front door area) for a block or 2(up one side and back down the other) & then move your truck to the next corner and start all over again. The post office gives most new areas boxes on the street(curbside) that u drive or cluster boxes that are at the end or middle of a street that has maybe 20 or more boxes in 1 large cluster. Then u must go down the block to get ur mail.
She's a real sweetheart. However she did not mention the "other side" of the post office, the clerk side where the work can be very physical but indoors out of the foul weather. I've been a postal clerk down here in Florida for 21 years and have never envied the carriers having to go out in the rain and HEAT! :-)
"But you can work 80 hours a week if they need you." They pay the same right? I would LOVE that. I could care less about working double. haha. I would love raking in the dough. I thought when she said "you don't work full time" she was going to say you work less not more. But it sounds like she says, "You are guaranteed FOUR hours but you can work 80 hours per week." Does she actually say 4 or 40? 40 would make sense. haha. 4 would be way too low.
I work as a postman in the UK for royalmail and its Very much the same except we usually walk up to every door and post through the letterbox, there is only 1 'US style' mailbox on my round!
TRY THIS I DARE YOU>>>>Go watch the carrriers getting back at the end of the day. Notice the limping. Notice their wet clothing from sweating. .....They all suffer from debilitating work conditions.
Dont forget your collection mail has to be taken back and sorted with your markups . Staying alive great choice. Amazon ! Bills by mail - pay by mail use the mail box rule when posted it's considered delivered dont let them speed your payments electronically.
Yes it happens here too. I would hold the mail untill she fixes her box and I'd throw away the box cover and let her know I can't deliver to an unsecured mail box or knowing me I'd fix it myself since she is useless and I would be alot easier then dealing with her.
4:46 - typical post office fails, a box clearly opened and tabs folded over. They never hand you a package, they throw it onto the steps from 15 feet away and leave.
The USPS pay their carriers peanuts! It’s shameful! The pay needs to be much more! The unions are spineless and the contracts are laughable! My respect for the people that stay and make this a career!
Thank you!!!! What's messed up about carriers is that the postal service removes an hour of pay everyday for lunch, but you don't have time to take one because you have SO much damn mail ...
Jason Infantry. It SERIOUSLY is ... try it ... growing up there's no way in the world you would think delivering mail would be that much of a pain in the ass. Metropolitan areas are absolute nightmares!
Jay Luck i'm actually looking into becoming a mail carrier in California. I'm at cross roads in my life right now. I'm not sure what direction to take.
Jason Infantry. Not trying to be negative or piss on your dreams, but being a carrier can be tough .... plus, it depends what type of area you're delivering in. I delivered in the Washington DC / Northern Virginia area where I had TONS and TONS of mail with extreme and unnecessary pressure from management to "hurry" and get er' done. Which is impossible! If you're in more of a laid back town or rural area, you may have a better go of it .... if you become a carrier though, my advice to you is to stay away from metropolitan areas .... you'll have WAY less stress ...
my PO let you wear any team cap you wish, i have been wearing my team cap for 7 years now and 2 postmasters and 5 supervisors later i'm still doing it.and not just me EVERYBODY wears team caps or even USMC-u.s marine corp. caps to work.
Is this the same problem in the USA too...THE SAME PEOPLE GETTING PACKETS EVERYDAY!!!!!..shopping on the internet all the time. I`m amazed by the amount of stuff people get through the mail.. they must have money to burn. It is annoying that the same people have parcels everyday...THEY MUST NEED NEW STUFF EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!!! At the moment there is no limit to how much a person can buy off the internet.THERE SHOULD BE! Its ridiculous online shopping has destroyed the post...its made it harder.
I missed scanning a MSP point today because i'm a new T.E. and the regular didn't have all his scan cards ): I will get a print out of scan points from now on and make my own scan cards I guess...
As a Los Angeles Carrier, I can attest the content is true and honest. I can also validate that, if you take out the BeeGees background music, this video would be no different than the dozens of training videos the Postal Service shows to us.
adm1128 So, you're saying that USPS's financial situation is on the mend? That's be fucking awesome, because I'm thinking about applying to work for them. It can be tough work, but they make a damn pretty penny where I live lol
barbellbender15 Sociology is on the top 8 worst return of investment degrees you can get. This is a field that truly is overworked and underpaid. Switch degrees while you have the chance if you're just in it for the money. www.salary.com/8-college-degrees-with-the-worst-return-on-investment/slide/3/
She is really cute. Delivering packages for USPS, UPS or FedEx is not as easy as it looks. People get upset if they do not get their package or letter ontime.
damn shes old school carrier... she called them ptf instead of cca's... can somone explain what is splitting route?? or explain what she meant after the part of casing packages.
Mail carriers work hard and don't get enough praise! THANK YOU!
50k a year isn't enough?
Macaulay Culkin How do you get 50K from 15.00hr??
Macaulay Culkin How about Tim Cook. CEO of doing nothing at Apple. $378 million in salary. And Apple pays $0 in Taxes. Jackass.
your going to compare a CEO to a mail carrier, then have the nerve to call me a jackass?
BMWhips If you think standing walking pushing pulling bending squatting working in freezing cold and extreme heat and rainstorms and snowstorms isn't hard work then you need to get on board and try it yourself. Satchels of mail can weigh 50 pounds and most mail carriers have to lug that around for 8 hours or more while holding 2 and sometimes 3 bundles of mail in one hand. Shit isn't easy dude. And you have to remember who moved, who died, who's on vacation, names of residents etc.
I have actually worked next to this young lady, and let me say she is a positive, upbeat employee who works very hard and cares very much about doing a good job. We work at different stations now, but I loved working next to her! She once suffered injury, and her attitude about it was that she hated being injured and unable to do her job, and was doing all she could to recover and resume full duty as soon as she possibly could. Deide you're a sweetheart and the USPS is blessed to have you!!
She seem very polite
The title should be renamed to "A Day in The Life of a Mail Carrier brought to you by The Bee Gees".
I wrote a note to my postwoman and sealed it in an envelope, and clipped it to my mailbox. The next day I got a note back from her!! It was the cutest thing ever
Was she attractive??
did you scissor her?
That's kinda creepy
As a carrier, these small acts of kindness really go a long way in making my day and encouraging me to want to do a better job for you: 1) On a really hot day, finding a cold bottle of water waiting for me in your mailbox is a wonderful treat 2) ensure that your box is easily accessable and opens and closes easily 3) We are on a tight schedule, please refrain from having us wait for you or engaging in conversation 4) Clean out your box regularly; spiders & wasps love to hide in there. Thank you!
My grandparents are friends with a mail carrier and we were talking for 1 hour lol
Also ty for ur work
Thank you mail carriers for what you do for the community.
I have friends and family working for usps going on 10+ years. I respect how hard they work and I hear all the complaints from them in regards to management. It's an extremely stressful job from what I gather. Respect to any and all usps employees.
@Steve Miller DUMBASS!
@Steve Miller So your comments were reasonable? ASSHOLE!
@Steve Miller SO you are a truthful dipshit and dumbfuck.Sorry for calling it wrong I thought you were a Dumbass and an Asshole.Glad you corrected me.
Why this look like it was filmed in 1998?
'98 ?? Ya mean 1989.. I Like it! *Hail the 80's, its when 90% of the Best Movies were made.*
5 Fold Understanding umm okay ?
Haha, Real Talk. I thought the same thing. 💯
A s t h e t i c
@@5foldunderstanding547
1980s action movies were the best! I loved the Rambo trilogy
my mate is a postman and he's always moaning about his job, but I told him he was lucky to have a job, after all its better than walking the streets..........
The only thing wrong with this job is management.
Amen.
DELANODOMINICANO Amen
DELANODOMINICANO could you please elaborate?
you got that right
Fruit Rollup management fucking sucks there all fucking asholes is that good
After working for the USPS for over 43 years...I am laughing my ass off at all the idiots who think this is an EASY and FUN job! It is just too funny!
just wondering what is an estimate you get when you retire?
+Jay Santos I just retired in September 2015.
+Crossfire117 ohhh OK what would you say is the top pay for someone working there?
Yep!
Crossfire117 it's miserable?
Sure hope we always have good people -- who are well cared for -- delivering our mail. Thanks to the fine folks of the USPS !
She looks stressed out
oh this was the good ol days! now we have 16 scan points, 1985 cell phones that link to your scanner, verbal abuse by management, longer routes to be done in same time!
Bobby Murphy What's a scan point
A scan point is a barcode attached to a mailbox that must be scanned in order for management to gauge the time it takes a carrier to do a route.
Do note, however, that scanners now have GPS, so management can see a carrier's location at a given time.
James C So basically you can't bs on the job?
This video is 2010
Thank you for all you do for us!
You are cute Darlin!
Mail carriers don't "clock in" at my post office. You get 8 hours to do your route. Finish early go home and get paid 8 hours. Finish late you work extra but get paid for 8 hours.
That's illegal...they have to be paid for hours worked. I seriously doubt the USPS is doing this
Matt Jenkins It's not illegal and part of the contract. You are paid based on an Evaluated time for the day. If it's rated for 8 Hours and it takes you 11, you still get paid for 8 that day. On the flip side if you get it done in 6, you still get paid for 8. If you go over 12 hours for the day, then you get time and a half overtime. Postmasters try to make sure this does not happen. However if you go over 40 hours for the week, then you get paid for all the hours that you worked. That is for substitute non-career carriers that get paid by the hour.
Matt Jenkins And this is for Rural Carriers (RCA)only. City Carriers are usually on the clock and get paid for every minute they are there. So if your fast it's a good deal and if your slow you kinda get screwed as an RCA.
Thanks for the clarification
Your a rural carrier
Ohhhh the good 'ol days before Amazon swamped the post office. I carry mail for a very small PO, and trust me, we are scrambling! No shortage of mail lol.
Amazon destroyed the USPS
What a sweetheart! And remember to keep your dog on a leash no matter how cute they are.
You make it look easy! Even though it's a tough job I love it, rain or snow!
Some mail carriers still walk their routes in 2015. Inside city limits mostly where many residents have the older style mail boxes by their doors and even old mail slots in the door.
I enjoyed the video. Good job. extra points for "Staying Alive".
I love it honey. From a letter carrier in Lancaster ca. 27 yrs.
In the office I worked, there were more college educated carriers than supervisors. Educated persons don't become supervisors. People who can't carry mail become supervisors.
The carrier job is decent, if you can get out on the street on-time. In my office, mail was NEVER up early. years back, the volume was insane. I left in 2001. An average day, say a Wednesday, would have 9 to 12 feet of letter size to case, plus another 15 feet or more of flats to case. Then a good 12 feet of dps Mondays or a day after any holiday, pushed that amount up.
Parcels were never too crazy back then, except around holiday time.
Accountable mail was a lot usually, because I had a town hall on my route. My town was real big on writing as many tickets to people as possible. Hence the certified, return receipt volume.
I had 520 stops, both residential and business. Oh yeah, Christmas was very profitable. Lol
I'm a new CCA, and I doubt I would've bothered applying had I watched this video first. You make it sound like you hate it. It's really not bad at all. I mean the frozen winter is dreadful, and I pretty much hate all dogs at this point, but it is by far my favorite job I've worked, and I've done a lot in the past ten years of working.
+Seth Mim a cca also lol,I agreeoore
+Seth Moore Hi Seth, I was a new CCA as well and yes I loved the job. The best part was being out doors and the friendly people had the chance to meet while I delivered. Although I delivered at a good pace it was not good enough and sorry to say I have been terminated. Always remember it's good to be efficient as long as the quality it there as well. Good Luck at your new CCA position.
+Seth Moore how long did it take after your drug and backaground to get an interview?
+deborah sala did it take awhile?
I applied on line then they emailed me my drug screening after this I waited and got another email for a orientation and a job interview the same day as orientation given to me by a Post Master. Then I received a email to come back in for the Live Scan which was there at the main hub as well on the same day we bidded on the Post Office by Test Scores who ever got the highest test score got to pick the Post Office they preferred to work out of as long as it was available then after we were assigned out Post Office we got a scheduled date for Postal Academy which consist of one week a 40 hour week you are payed for it... and one scheduled day of Certifying you to drive the LLV Postal Vehicle then you call your assigned post office for your schedule...for me their was no schedule ever even though I was promised one and they were short a mail vehicle. I delivered 15 Loops 318 houses a all walking route and completed it in 7 hours got down to six but Post Master said to do it in 4 hours...it was impossible I delivered as fast as I could and there was no time for lunch, break, or the restroom...thank goodness I did not have to use the restroom Lol! My hours were cut severely and in the end I was only getting 8 to 13 hours in the week then down to one 2 and a half hour day because he cut the routs and wanted me to deliver in 2 and a halft hours ..sorry Impossible!!! I was Terminated on my 62 day did not make probation. Reason for termination was Deliverying the mail too slow and short a mail vehicle. .. I did Love the job even delivered in the rain too. If you need 40 hours of work to support your family I suggest you think hard before excepting this Job ...I thought I was going to work 40 hours plus but look what happened to me ... there is a lot or favoritism played in the post office. Good Luck to you and God Bless You
Thanks for giving the public some insight for what letter carrier face on a daily basis. I hope people will have some understanding for the mail people!
Thanks for the vid. I start CCA academy tomorrow and am looking forward in getting started...
Thanks for the informative video! I'm making a character for a story who is a mail carrier and this really helped me get some more inside information!
doesn't get any better than this - th-cam.com/video/TEfUeMMHU8Q/w-d-xo.html
Treated like a kindergarden in the office when I case mail in the office. No talking allowed
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I have been carrying for 23 years.. and all that she said is true.. well done young lady !!
I'm a letter carrier and believe me that little lady could out work the toughest of men! It's a tough job to do.
Really great video very informative.
The mail trucks look fun to drive. They are a Chevrolet S-10 with a mailbox on it! Those are cool trucks.
I am glad to have a substitute to carry my mail on my day off!
She's cute
Her legs need work but yeah
savage
She seems like a sweetheart. I just applied for a job at the Post Office too. :)
I'm considering changing my career to this because I cannot stand sitting in an office all day. It will pay less but I don't give a shit!
G.I. Skull haha same here. Working for an engineering firm sitting in a cubicle 40 hours or more if on OT is killing me. Definitely a pay cut doing this, but I know ill be far more healthy. Fresh air, sunshine, and movement. Sitting in doors, staring at at screen is not what humans are meant for, it's a slow killer.
Very hard workers rain sleet and snow 👏
When you control mail, you control... INFORMATION.
She's a cutie, I wish she was my mail lady;) Mail carriers are hard workers.
Mail Carriers still work a six-day work week, right? (Or, is there a FT carrier Monday through Friday carrier and a PT carrier on Saturdays?)
My Mail Carrier never looked this good .
Hey love I have a question how long does it take for collection mail to be delivered?
This is right on! I used to carry regular mail in Seal Beach 90740 California and helped out Signal Hill. For most of 20 years though, I worked in Special Delivery, basically delivering Express Mail within 3 zip codes, averaging 7 per hour. LOVED the job. Now I love talking to our Customers every day via telephone at the Call Center. I think the USPS Letter Carriers should use the NEED MORE TIME scan. Lack of time is our biggest weakness, we can always BUILD volume. (Ask me how!).
How
Are you even a human?
lmao
That’s weird how you worked in Seal beach and signal hill, why did they make u work there vs just working in Long Beach?
I love your first name.
We all need it
Yikes, there appears to be be an abundance of middle-aged virgins commenting here. Oh well. I am definitely considering applying to USPS-they make more $$ than half of those with the Bachelor's degree I'm going to be obtaining soon.
you are a douche bag all you do is comment on cops and jockstraps what a moron shut the fuck up!!!
brandon foster That's a mail carrier, not a cop :)
You are a great lady,you told the truth about the P.O.A great job but to much pressure,the stupid supervisors suck!
Guys I agree 1000%! I delivered mail in the Washington DC area and dealt with some of the rudest human beings I've ever encountered (in personnel and management)! Plus they CONSTANTLY pressure you to finish quickly ... but want to punish you if you make an error. The hell with USPS!
I did my 1st OJT today. Was ok. Better than my shadow day. I obtained more info about the job and expectations. I Defenatly drove more than my shadow day. We parked and looped on that day. 2 more OJT days left, then I may finaly start at my post office soon after..
Rich C any updates? I start soon as a CCA so I'll be doing the same as you and the anxiety is killing me. I feel like I'll be good but I just want some more insight, orientation has just been a bunch of BS.
I had a woman here in the US call me a SOB because after putting the mail through her door slot it made a loud smack on the floor and scared the shit out of her!!! I had a nice laugh to myself on that one!!
Does lack of volume of mail mean less time or do you cover more areas?
I appreciate this carrier's professionalism and pride in her work. In my area (north side of Chicago), I've seen carriers listening to music on their headphones or even talking on the phone while delivering their mail.
Whats wrong with listening to music?
As this young attests, being a letter carrier, is in many ways, a very rewarding job. Most of the carriers in my office are energetic, competent, professionals. Unforunately,the biggest downside to the job is the egregious, unending harassment by management. Nothing will ruin a perfect day faster than seeing my supervisor's car in my rear view mirror, riding my bumper so she can pull me over to tell me that I'm failing to keep time.
HOLY SHIT. CHIZZLED CALVES.
I’d bet my life she’s now in management
I have to say, she looks profoundly depressed. I'm not suggesting anything negative about her in any way, but I think she's really saying, "this certainly wasn't my dream, and I'm sure it isn't yours. But it's a tolerable job when many aren't."
Oh yeah thanks to amazon it's hard on all the people except management
Bro you spoke nothing but TRUTH
And you honestly think she would be working 9 years if she didn't like what she was doing?
If she really wanted to do something else she wouldn't be spending all these years as a mail carrier.
Check out the post by Earup 1673.
He claims he used to work with her and he probably would strongly disagree.
@@MIKECNW Yes. Golden Handcuffs. Job pays well. First year I was on track to make $80K. PLENTY of people will tolerate the job for that.
...why is she walking? Dude if I got one of those US Postal truck...I not walking nowhere...
David Massey Um, takes too much time to stop and deliver , stop and deliver, stop and deliver, etc..... And btw she was driving a mail van.
David Massey i would park that fucker right to the front door haha
+David “CrazyCatMan” Massey ..The in town routes are called park & loop.Those are usually the ones that are walked. You park on the corner & deliver mailbox to mailbox (which is attached to the front door area) for a block or 2(up one side and back down the other) & then move your truck to the next corner and start all over again. The post office gives most new areas boxes on the street(curbside) that u drive or cluster boxes that are at the end or middle of a street that has maybe 20 or more boxes in 1 large cluster. Then u must go down the block to get ur mail.
+David “CrazyCatMan” Massey Dude...if you don't walk you don't have a job!
David Massey Right sir toss the package over the fence as its the sender should consider that government dose not like work
Very well done! We have curb service. I would enjoy mailing a letter; but the stamps are more then the gas!
im trying for a carrier job it cant be worse then retail im trying to get out of..
How it go?
@Melo DeathMetal negative
I think it would be neat to delivery mail on your own. Turn stereo up. I would like to drive around though
She's a real sweetheart. However she did not mention the "other side" of the post office, the clerk side where the work can be very physical but indoors out of the foul weather. I've been a postal clerk down here in Florida for 21 years and have never envied the carriers having to go out in the rain and HEAT! :-)
Good job curbing the tires.
I wonder what it is like to deliver mail in cities like Detroit or Chicago or around the holidays.
"But you can work 80 hours a week if they need you."
They pay the same right? I would LOVE that. I could care less about working double. haha. I would love raking in the dough. I thought when she said "you don't work full time" she was going to say you work less not more. But it sounds like she says, "You are guaranteed FOUR hours but you can work 80 hours per week." Does she actually say 4 or 40? 40 would make sense. haha. 4 would be way too low.
I will probably never get any mail back. When I went to fetch the mail, it was a note from someone saying that they are interested in buying our home.
Did you need permission from p.o. to film this? thinking about doing a project related to my walking route.
you got that right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Special thanks mean $$$$ 😂😂😂👍
curbing the wheels... very good letter carrier she is!
I work as a postman in the UK for royalmail and its Very much the same except we usually walk up to every door and post through the letterbox, there is only 1 'US style' mailbox on my round!
TRY THIS I DARE YOU>>>>Go watch the carrriers getting back at the end of the day. Notice the limping. Notice their wet clothing from sweating. .....They all suffer from debilitating work conditions.
I'm glad I'm close to being in the last punch bunch
Dont forget your collection mail has to be taken back and sorted with your markups . Staying alive great choice. Amazon ! Bills by mail - pay by mail use the mail box rule when posted it's considered delivered dont let them speed your payments electronically.
4:52 LOL
Yes it happens here too. I would hold the mail untill she fixes her box and I'd throw away the box cover and let her know I can't deliver to an unsecured mail box or knowing me I'd fix it myself since she is useless and I would be alot easier then dealing with her.
4:46 - typical post office fails, a box clearly opened and tabs folded over. They never hand you a package, they throw it onto the steps from 15 feet away and leave.
It's always the little dogs who bite.
I’m here because my mail carrier is wildin
Deide is adorable but kinda looks like she is making this video at gunpoint. LOL
I feel like im being followed you ever have that feeling ? :)
I'd love to deliver her a package of my own. :)
I look at all the mail they have in their truck and wonder how they get rid of all of it at the end of the day driving that flinstones truck.
The cold weather sucks!
The USPS pay their carriers peanuts! It’s shameful! The pay needs to be much more! The unions are spineless and the contracts are laughable!
My respect for the people that stay and make this a career!
Lunch?!? whats that??
Thank you!!!! What's messed up about carriers is that the postal service removes an hour of pay everyday for lunch, but you don't have time to take one because you have SO much damn mail ...
Oh must be a hard life
Jason Infantry. It SERIOUSLY is ... try it ... growing up there's no way in the world you would think delivering mail would be that much of a pain in the ass. Metropolitan areas are absolute nightmares!
Jay Luck
i'm actually looking into becoming a mail carrier in California. I'm at cross roads in my life right now. I'm not sure what direction to take.
Jason Infantry. Not trying to be negative or piss on your dreams, but being a carrier can be tough .... plus, it depends what type of area you're delivering in. I delivered in the Washington DC / Northern Virginia area where I had TONS and TONS of mail with extreme and unnecessary pressure from management to "hurry" and get er' done. Which is impossible! If you're in more of a laid back town or rural area, you may have a better go of it .... if you become a carrier though, my advice to you is to stay away from metropolitan areas .... you'll have WAY less stress ...
my PO let you wear any team cap you wish, i have been wearing my team cap for 7 years now and 2 postmasters and 5 supervisors later i'm still doing it.and not just me EVERYBODY wears team caps or even USMC-u.s marine corp. caps to work.
Is this the same problem in the USA too...THE SAME PEOPLE GETTING PACKETS EVERYDAY!!!!!..shopping on the internet all the time. I`m amazed by the amount of stuff people get through the mail.. they must have money to burn. It is annoying that the same people have parcels everyday...THEY MUST NEED NEW STUFF EVERY SINGLE DAY!!!!!! At the moment there is no limit to how much a person can buy off the internet.THERE SHOULD BE! Its ridiculous online shopping has destroyed the post...its made it harder.
I missed scanning a MSP point today because i'm a new T.E. and the regular didn't have all his scan cards ): I will get a print out of scan points from now on and make my own scan cards I guess...
What's the font on the title slides? I like the w's and y's...
How old is this film?
I was wondering as well. Seems like most of these videos are old, but hell, it's funny sometimes to see old technology and what not.
+Dakota Jaegle 5 years old. Things have change a LOT in those 6 years!
As a Los Angeles Carrier, I can attest the content is true and honest. I can also validate that, if you take out the BeeGees background music, this video would be no different than the dozens of training videos the Postal Service shows to us.
My mail dude was awesome...
There are a lot of good career opportunities there!
Does she still work for the post office in 2020?
4:52 Haha
My mother does this job!!!!!
Little be stressful but I like my job help me to take care of my family that’s all I need .
Note. video was in 2010. Mail volume is up. Way up! The internet taketh away and the internet giveth back!
adm1128 So, you're saying that USPS's financial situation is on the mend? That's be fucking awesome, because I'm thinking about applying to work for them. It can be tough work, but they make a damn pretty penny where I live lol
***** I think I will apply at some point, especially if my near-future degree in Sociology doesn't help me find a job lol
barbellbender15 Sociology is on the top 8 worst return of investment degrees you can get. This is a field that truly is overworked and underpaid. Switch degrees while you have the chance if you're just in it for the money. www.salary.com/8-college-degrees-with-the-worst-return-on-investment/slide/3/
Cody Barnes I'm planning on going into business instead. A degree in the social sciences is often enough to get you into business.
She is really cute. Delivering packages for USPS, UPS or FedEx is not as easy as it looks. People get upset if they do not get their package or letter ontime.
damn shes old school carrier... she called them ptf instead of cca's... can somone explain what is splitting route?? or explain what she meant after the part of casing packages.
good job