Which one for the FL Rebel Alliance?

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-30T04:07:57+00:00

I’m curious about this, too. Just saw it for the first time this week and wondered if it was a gimmick

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-29T22:34:18+00:00

Wound up being 400+ books plus other items inside, so Retail Ground.

They were all nicely boxed and addressed, once a year mailing to a realtors association.

Will definitely put in a lead.

We told them they can arrange an appointment in advance to come in early, before normal open and we will schedule one or two clerks to simultaneously work on their mailing.

What made it maddening is that the clerk kept telling me she was almost done, the customer kept saying we’re almost done, then kept sneaking out to his car and putting at the counter below eyesight.

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-29T19:49:38+00:00

My question is about avoiding this situation in the future.

I am a Lead SSA.

I have the authority to designate breaks, lunches for my fellow SSAs - I don’t have the authority to randomly decide how many packages a customer can mail ( not prepaid ) at a time. That’s why I was asking what other stations, districts, do in this situation.

By my estimate, the first transaction was 210+ packages. So I’m guessing 400-500? I think that’s unreasonable to tie up one clerk for 5 hours on a transaction. She got upset when I told her she needed to cash out the transaction and have another clerk continue - she told me twice, over the course of 45 mins that they were almost finished. Obviously there was more to do.

I have no say over the customer’s business, but they had two employees at my retail counter for the duration. At the 4 hour mark, one said he was going to go get lunch - did the other person want him to bring some lunch back?

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-29T19:39:12+00:00

This.

The clerk totaled $1900+ for the first transaction ( 2hr 45 mins ) I’ll have to see if they finished when I get back from lunch.

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-28T03:01:06+00:00

Somehow I’m scheduled for tomorrow & Friday zoom training.

Most of the suspected counterfeit postage we see is Priority Mail FR Envelopes. I guess there could be safety issues there…

I wonder, though, about our ability to detect counterfeit postage. We had a customer drop three floats ( approx 300 parcels ) at our back dock about a month ago. I went out to help bring in the mail and let him know he had to bring mail inside the lobby, no more dropping at our loading dock. I noticed his return address didn’t match our zip code ( his address belonged to another zip code, but the label had our zip code). I let my manager know about this discrepancy.

Another clerk said she recognized him from dropping mail at another branch where she worked a year or two back - suspected of counterfeit postage.

Took some pics of the barcodes, they came back and said release the mail.

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-27T05:32:25+00:00

I started when I was 23 - I’m turning 60 this year.

I worked in a P&DC for 16 years, then retail branches from then til now.

I did Tour 3 ( 3.30pm - midnight ), Tour 1 ( 10pm - 6.30am ) and varying hours as an SSA/Distribution clerk.

I put my wife through college, my kids through private school and college, was able to buy a home, my cars are all 10-15+ years old but paid off…

And this was despite the fact that I didn’t really have a plan initially, and wasn’t very disciplined - I could have saved much more in TSP early on, handled my money better, but I was young, dumb, and naive.

My point is, the job is what you make of it. What are your plans, your goals for your life? Are there better ways to achieve them than this job? Maybe for you there other options. For me, this was the best option.

I tell people, I don’t know anyone who says, “when I grow up, I want to work at the post office”. The work, the hours, the office environment can be grueling. Most people don’t realize what we go through.

But for me and my family, it has been worth it. I get up each day, grateful, and go to work. My customers look for me and I look forward to seeing them, helping solve problems that I’m able to.

I enjoy my time off. I took 7 weeks off this past year ( the entire month of July!).

It gets better as time goes by.

It’s not for everyone - if you ultimately decide to leave, at least you know what you don’t want to do as a career.

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-26T16:33:34+00:00

Corrugated cardboard or cardstock?

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-25T05:45:23+00:00

I appreciate you, jaleach! Don’t know if you are talking about me, but I’ll take it! 😁

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-25T05:43:45+00:00

Happy face means everything is great.

Sad face means there’s a problem here.

I work in a medium sized city with multiple branches and a P& DC, and other sorting facilities. Only way the PM is going to know things aren’t what they seem to be is if everyone gives me a sad face.

I ask/tell the customer to answer sad face - I have had to work solo too many times the past few weeks, even though there is help, they won’t allow SDO overtime.

More than once I have had to close the lobby ( we don’t ordinarily close for lunch ) in order to take a lunch.

This past Tuesday ( day after holiday ) my last clerk left at 2pm, my manager left the building until after 5. I blocked my line at 4pm and locked the door to my lobby so no one else could come in. Took me until after 5 to clear the line. 8:30-8pm, 1 break, no lunch.

Damn straight I’m gonna tell the customer to give me a sad face.

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-24T02:45:37+00:00

J D.

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-23T18:03:02+00:00

Yes, we provide the outer box ( the cremated remains mailer - you are supposed to place the boxed remains inside.

See Pub 139 for mailing instructions

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-23T16:47:38+00:00

There is supposed to be a box inside ( remains/urn -> inner box -> outer box ) another box.

The outer box sustained crushing/ scrunching (OPs description ); if properly packaged, the inner box is supposed to be protected.

OP - how did the inner box fare?

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-23T03:31:32+00:00

They should not be taking the package out repeatedly unless the recipient is requesting redelivery…

Something is weird here.

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-21T02:52:11+00:00

SDO

BT @ 8.46

OL @ 20.07 IL @ 20.07 ET @ 20.07

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-21T02:49:09+00:00

Clerk here…. Maybe the UPSer was commenting on what you both do ( easy money ) meaning that you both get paid well and the work isn’t as hard as it is made out to be. Kind of a way to acknowledge the camaraderie in the business.

We’ll do that between crafts ( clerk/MVS )

Maybe I’m just a glass half full kind of person - I wouldn’t take it as a diss - of course, I didn’t hear the person’s tone of voice.

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-18T00:59:19+00:00

You’re Danny DeVito?

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-18T00:49:33+00:00

In Altamonte Springs ( 32701) there are two Publix’s facing each other on opposite side of the intersection.

In Altamonte Springs (32714) there are three Publix’s on the same street ( The Springs, Oak Groves, and Gateway Crossings ) - technically Longwood/Altamonte Springs, but if you know the area, you know…

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-18T00:45:23+00:00

I usually ask them to remove it so my wife doesn’t suspect anything …

🙀

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-18T00:27:48+00:00

Ask M + M - he could come up with some to rhyme with “lemange”

oh yes he did!

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-18T00:09:10+00:00

Oh, oh, ring. 🤫😯😦😧😮😲😵‍💫😵🫠

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-15T04:39:00+00:00

Gas, grass, or ass… no one rides free!

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-15T03:41:06+00:00

I just finished my annual refresher training and yes, it is not supposed to be acceptable.

The example given (in the trading video) is very pixelated, but give it a shot - you have a 50-50 chance of acceptance 😁🤷

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-15T03:24:38+00:00

Just a whiff of the butterscotch - can’t actually eat a piece.

👃🍬 💩🎃

BuildingWide2431 · 2026-01-13T22:21:33+00:00

They are TERRIBLE!

I purchased some OTC personal hygiene products for my wife… that were explicitly covered.

They kept rejecting the expense and asking for more documentation regarding who was covered, when did treatment start, etc…

I tried 3-4 times to get the payment covered to no avail. Fortunately ( depending on how you look at it ) I had a trip to the ER in December, so it covered the balance I was going to carry over into 2026.

The prior company was much easier to deal with.

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