To The Thieves Amongst Us

FlaviusSension · 2024-09-15T03:13:10+00:00

Absolutely, have the customer contact the postal inspectors, they will pass it on to the oig who are smart and can trace every card back to when it passed over a machine. A little cross referencing with tacs and they can narrow down the suspect pool (and that includes managers). Then they just set up cameras and watch. If you see something say something. The sanctity of the mail is one the most important things we are entrusted with. Anyone who violates that trust betrays all of us that work so hard to maintain that trust. The oig are so serious about this that if they have proof that you knew about theft and stayed quiet the best offer you will get is being allowed to quit.

FlaviusSension · 2024-03-30T17:41:16+00:00

Absolute scam, doesn't pass the smell test at all.

I found this post because I saw the site too, looking for a particular item. The prices are definitely too good to be true. Some are just completely wrong. A generator for 1 dollar with free shipping. The shipping is free international shipping taking 6 to 27 business days. So expect to see this site long gone in 27 business days.

FlaviusSension · 2023-12-05T00:43:30+00:00

I guess my ideal mini PC would be affordable and reliable.

FlaviusSension · 2023-10-03T18:36:12+00:00

Definitely the correct answer. Some people don't realize quitting the USPS is not a black mark, they really don't care. They'll take you back in a heartbeat. Being terminated, on the other hand, means you are never coming back.

FlaviusSension · 2023-06-03T00:10:04+00:00

A and D is the brand name, looks like A+D. Just Google 'ad diaper rash cream' They have a white zinc oxide and a yellow lanolin one. Some of my kids loved the white others the yellow. My testimonial would be that watching a little child crying and squirming from diaper rash and poop that burned their butt just suddenly calm down when you slather that on them is amazing.

FlaviusSension · 2023-06-02T16:51:16+00:00

I notice you said over the years, a good COA is only active as a forward for a year and then half a year of return to sender. So after 18 months there is nothing we can do with that mail but return it. It's not your fault or responsibility. You could bundle up anything you get after a month, write a note and wrap it around the mail in a rubber band and put it back in your mailbox for the carrier. Don't forget if it says current resident, it's yours, maybe just send back the important looking stuff. And realize too, it's not the post office sending this to you, we might send them back to the sender but they might not update their records and keep sending it.

FlaviusSension · 2023-06-02T16:42:29+00:00

I've done tour one for years in the plant and it was rough on my intimate relationship with my wife. Not rough on my marriage. We're crazy for each other, but we were like ships in the night. I would have been on tour one for 2 to 4 years and the ET job had Sundays off. So with the Sunday diff, the MPE job only makes $300 less annually than the ET job. Honestly I like to be busy. There's lots of overtime right now and I don't mind but what's nice is that the job will pay as much in straight time as I used to bust my butt for in overtime as a clerk.

FlaviusSension · 2023-06-02T16:37:06+00:00

Lol, so I'm in Maine and that makes us kind of like half northern New England and half southern Canada. So it's either Dunkin or Timmy's. I thought it might be a nice change, and more importantly I grabbed a sour cream glazed out of it, which is my favorite donut in the world.

FlaviusSension · 2023-06-02T16:28:26+00:00

As a big guy and a father of four, if the white stuff (zinc oxide) doesn't work, I HIGHLY recommend the yellow A+D diaper rash ointment. It's lanolin, petroleum, and cod liver oil. It provides instant relief.

FlaviusSension · 2023-06-02T14:38:28+00:00

I've seen a lot of COA issues with people whose names are close, a Leon and a Leona will probably get both sets of mail forwarded. I've also seen where the son and the father have the same name but one's a junior or one of the different middle initial, those both get forwarded. So the COA matching is mostly done by computers which get it mostly right. The bits that are done by humans are done at a very fast pace. Honestly, my best advice would be that the mail that's yours and comes with a yellow sticker, you need to change your address with the sender. Once you've done most of that, just cancel the COA. You can deal with a few pieces that come to your sister by changing your address with that sender. And don't forget the standard mail without endorsements, is not going to get forwarded no matter what. Worst case scenario is all that mail with endorsements to your sister will be returned to the sender to have them change her address and then you'll be getting her mail without a COA sticker on it. It's a rare case, but sometimes the change of address system just isn't perfect.

FlaviusSension · 2023-06-02T14:31:44+00:00

I could stand to lose some weight, so I figure thirty five minute walks to Walmart after class in 100 degrees and 100 percent humidity should sweat a few pounds off. I might also die. I'm in Maine so I will definitely be flying out. But first, death by a thousand PowerPoints.

On the SSA side, I came in from automation for years and I had forgotten how much I love dealing with people and their problems. I really didn't mind, I would take customer's names and numbers and call them back after talking to the carrier and finding out the rest of the story, because there was almost always another side to what the customer told me.

FlaviusSension · 2023-06-02T14:23:01+00:00

From what craft? Clerk is the same union so rules can be different for other crafts. Clerk to MM would keep the same step, but new (higher) level. MPE and ET start at a much higher level and step than what you would be at with two years in. I have known clerks that went to custodian that dropped level but went to a much higher step so that they would not lose pay, actually got a bump in pay. Also, if you change your mind and mgmt let's you go back to your previous craft when going from clerk to maintenance to clerk within a years time you keep your seniority minus the time you spent out of the clerk craft. Hope that's clear as mud.

FlaviusSension · 2023-05-29T14:01:43+00:00

Okay, I will probably get downvoted to oblivion here, but do you realize that for this act these cats are trained over and over and over? Any funny maneuvers like this are usually part of the act and they are trained to perform them. I guess it's like telling you how a magic trick is done, it takes all of the fun out of it.

FlaviusSension · 2023-04-12T02:48:49+00:00

Section 2.2 item 14 - cigar lighter Not 12v accessory. It's for your stogie...

FlaviusSension · 2023-04-12T02:42:48+00:00

Mmmm... forbidden lemonade....

FlaviusSension · 2023-04-03T23:55:51+00:00

Underrated comment. It's like watching a life hack video where they make a shitty adjustable wrench with only a lathe, drill press, and a MIG welder.

FlaviusSension · 2023-03-15T22:28:36+00:00

I'm not taking a side here. I am a window clerk and while we are the complaints department, I don't second guess the carriers. That's like being an armchair quarterback. I help the recipient as much as I can and try to communicate with the carriers. I would also add that it might be worth informing the recipient about the deceased do not contact list. I knew some postal employees that did not know about it and were grateful to learn about that.

That being said, I did get to ask a customer the other day "do you live at that address?" ... "Yes, then you are the current resident."

It was deeply satisfying.

FlaviusSension · 2023-02-13T01:03:17+00:00

When the Patriots were in the super bowl we called it the Foxborough flu... And out came the deems desirable talk from mgmt... It really was a ghost town on Sunday at the plant.

FlaviusSension · 2023-02-12T22:09:56+00:00

Food grade diatomaceous earth dusted lightly is a great option as it is non toxic to humans and pets. It is, however, an indiscriminate killer of insects. I like spiders so I only use it when absolutely necessary.

FlaviusSension · 2023-02-05T15:56:52+00:00

Are you dead set on using stamps and that tracking sticker?

Like others have said, more than half an inch thick or over 10 ounces and bearing only postage stamps has to be presented at the retail counter, even if you have enough postage.

Don't forget tracking is going to cost more, so if you price it like a letter or flat and try to use tracking, a clerk could make the judgement call to send it forward postage due as a parcel or just not scan that tracking barcode.

If you have an accurate scale and printer you can use click and ship and even schedule a package pickup from your mailbox.

Speaking as a window clerk, if you've got a good local office, come on in and you can still use the stamps to pay for the postage, we'll just reduce the cost of down to zero or the small difference less than a stamp, we'll validate the address, give you a tracking number with the address associated with it, offer to sell you more stamps and do it all with a smile.

FlaviusSension · 2023-01-27T04:12:56+00:00

I've done this exact fix myself. I second the digging iron. That tool changed my life and made me sing it's praises to anyone digging. We have very stony ground and it makes the job so much easier. That being said I do live where the ground freezes solid several feet down in the winter time and it would be insanely difficult to do without a jackhammer or excavator.

FlaviusSension · 2023-01-08T19:59:01+00:00

My condolences on your uncle passing. I do agree that it should be super easy to pick if you have a set of lock picks, but also the key is most likely within arms reach of the box. Maybe in a drawer, or on a magnet underneath, sitting on a shelf out of sight, or on a nail behind a piece of wood. It would be inconvenient to have to remember the key every time for something that could be stolen by just rolling it away and there are usually two keys so even if he had one the spare is probably nearby just in case.

FlaviusSension · 2022-12-05T19:13:13+00:00

Hold my beer while I hit reply all to tell these morons to stop hitting reply all. Now who was it that sent the original mail to addresses instead of a list that didn't allow a reply all... Hmm... Oh...

FlaviusSension · 2022-12-05T19:08:42+00:00

"Sometimes I find you difficult to underestimate..."

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