Post Office Pea Brains

GopherM

GopherM

Darwin was right
Success...I got home today and all of our mailboxes have been turned back around. Nice to see that they took the correct action for our senior citizens despite what they told some of the neighbors during phone calls.
 
bcp

bcp

In My Opinion
they had to pay the postal delivery person by the number of steps they had to take to deliver the mail
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do shorter mailmen make more money that their taller and longer legged counter parts?
 
HorseLady

HorseLady

Painted Spirit
GopherM said:
I just got back from a weeks vacation and found that the cluster mail boxes in our neighborhood had all been turned around 180 degrees. One of our neighbors had called the post office in Leonardtown and was told that they had to pay the postal delivery person by the number of steps they had to take to deliver the mail and that by positioning the back of the boxes so that they faced the street they were able to save a couple of steps on each delivery. The cluster boxes are mounted on a concrete pad that measures around 3 feet by 4 feet. Though the pad is flush with the curb at the street side of the box, the sides and rear of the concrete pad drop off by almost 18 inches. While this doesn't seem significant, at 60 I am the youngster on our street. The average of my neighbors is around 80 and many of them have difficulty with their balance. Several people have complained and the post office says that they don't care and that they will not turn the boxes around. It is very sad when saving 3 or 4 steps at each box is more important than the safety and health of our senior citizens. I wonder what will happen if one of our seniors goes postal???
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I'm one of those postal peep rural mail carrier who has to deal with the pea brain management! Yes, they'll try anything to save a buck! In this area there are three different delivery types... city carriers (hourly=drag your feet so you can ge a good paycheck,) rural carriers (salary=hustle and get your route delivered so you can get to your second job to make up the pay difference between you and the city carrier in the same office,) and hiway contract carrier (private contract=pay all your expenses, including car, hiring a sub for your day off or vacation time, etc.) They all have slightly different rules and delivery manuels, rural and city have different unions, and many postmasters really don't know their jobs. Alot of problems stem from former postmasters and carriers who have set "precidence" in certain situations. Rural carriers routes are evaluated for 10 to 28 days, and they are paid according to mail and parcel volume, mileage, dismounts (getting out and walking to the cluster boxes), etc. Of course management will try to squeeze all they can out of it to reduce thier costs. It always amazes me they'll pay some schmuck for a month $4 or 5k to count my route and try to take away $4 or 5k of my yearly salary. Idiots!

So yes, it is a pain when the carrier parks in your driveway and blows the horn but that may be the rule in his union book. Blocked mail boxes are a safety issue and may mean nondelivery of your mail. Unfortunately, some carriers are just as retarded as some management is. For the most part, we try to give everyone the same care, respect and service we would like our mail to be handled with. And we really don't open your mail just to have a laugh. At the end of the day I don't even want to open my own personal mail!

Just some FYI
 
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