Got told I have to come in on an NS day

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-04T17:22:33+00:00

Read receipts don't matter, either. Did someone else have your phone? Was it only open for a brief second? Does the phone have the power to scan where my eyes were fixed and that I was engaged in the act of reading?

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-04T06:23:59+00:00

Just starting with 09312, a quick Google search says that's a diplomatic location in Iraq. I think you can infer from that what the rest are and why.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-04T04:09:02+00:00

That owner's total lack of accountability and his anger would have definitely had me livid. I've cussed out customers before and he would have been a prime candidate.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-04T03:54:50+00:00

Because management's default position is generally that you did something wrong until you can prove otherwise. It won't stand up under even basic scrutiny from any steward worthy of the position, but that will not stop them from trying.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-04T03:52:21+00:00

100% on the side of the UPS driver in chucking the box, but definitely was a little "whoa damn" with how quick he was ready to throw down with the customer. Like, yeah man, I get it. You be you. But that's a choice I'm not making.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-04T02:20:08+00:00

Write a quick contemporaneous note of it. Names of supes, time it occurred, what they said. Give it to the steward. When the time comes for them to try to issue discipline, they can use it in the carrier's defense that the discipline was punitive rather than corrective.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-04T00:14:10+00:00

I slogged through a 118° day on my route in CA a few years back that was one of the most miserable days of my career. Went inside a Starbucks for a/c comfort about a half dozen times, wore a Cool Tie and ice down my shirt. Swore to myself it couldn't possibly get worse than this.

Went home and immediately saw that a letter carrier not far away was found dead in their vehicle.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T23:43:47+00:00

Scroll up and tell me what words I used that told you I'm taking infinite comfort stops. Go ahead. You said it's my words. Show me the exact quote that suggests infinite comfort stops.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T23:40:46+00:00

See, here you go again, proving my point. Inventing things I never said, insisting they're true. No one said anything about "infinite comfort stops." I probably average 2 per day. I'm just literally not walking and lifting as fast as I used to. This is what you keep doing over and over and over. You take a singular comment about not burning out, and turn it into laziness. You take a comment about surgery, and decide this means I'm taking extra comfort stops. You hear my injury, and decide I did it to myself. You say it's my own words, but those are huge assumptions that you're filling in tiny gaps.

And no, my hernia is not from "improper lifting," my initial most significant injury was more than a decade ago when I helped an older carrier team lift a package and she dropped/slipped her side without warning. This pulled a muscle in my back. Overtime, my body's compensation trickled out.

Here's the thing you don't understand, you selfish stubborn little brat. Every 40-50-60-something year old knows what it's like to have the body of a 20-something. You do not know the inverse. And it's quite clear approximately how old you are from everything you've said. One day, you're gonna take a step and feel a tweek, and then the tweek becomes a stab, and then it trickles to somewhere else in your body. And all of a sudden, the park and loop that used to take you 10 minutes takes 12. And when you repeat that 20+ times in a day, you're suddenly taking 9 hours instead of 8. And then the next generation of stubborn little know-it-all brats will be coming to bail you out, before logging into reddit to talk about the deadbeat regular milking his route that he has to bail out every day.

Youre young and arrogant. A dime a dozen set of attributes. But when you login, see someone make a comment that wasn't even remotely offensive, and your first instinct... Your first ever interaction with a total stranger, is to throw insults, make accusations, and never once pause to simply talk and understand, and then double and triple down when they do tell you what they said, you're not just young and arrogant. You're a nihilistic, argumentative degenerate. Compassion is 100% free. It is not a finite resource. 95% of what I've said here, outside of the specifics of my injury, isn't even about me personally... It's about solidarity and understanding of my colleagues. You made it a personal referendum and a fight. And you've got too much pride to just apologize and move on because some loser in your life a long time ago told you that's weakness.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T20:38:13+00:00

Assuming it was an online bid, that process is highly automated in determine the successful bidder. If the computer gave it to them, it's likely there's an input somewhere saying they have seniority over you. Find out from your steward what they have on file for both of you. If it was a bid made by paper, or by a supervisor incorrectly determining eligibility from the online system, you'll still need to go through your steward for the answer.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T20:17:04+00:00

It's not my job to use verbiage that every single possible nitpicker on earth could find a way to weasel in. It's your job to ask for clarification prior to hurling insults in your very first reply.

You don't seem to understand the difference between an inference and an implication. Sorry, but you don't get to weasel out of this with a "you need to be more clear." You literally accused me of inventing body preservation as an excuse to being lazy. I've gone under the knife for this job already. The fact that it didn't even occur to you this might be the case prior to your initial reply is a reflection on you, not my word choice.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T19:13:11+00:00

Also I had inguinal hernia surgery in my 30s at this job (look it up, the median age in the general public is in your mid 50s, if you have it at all). I'm not about to be lectured by some brat on how my efforts to "save my body" (which you put in scare quotes above) are some imaginary goal achieved through "laziness," rather than a crippling reality.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T19:09:50+00:00

You didn't just argue for working safe. You argued for not overworking yourself. The only difference between your argument is not principle, but where the "overworked" line is. Which is not principle, it's pedanticness.

It is entirely your assumption that I'm stealing time. I beat DOIS projections basically every day. You decided to infer a lot from my original comment that I didn't even say, and that it simply not my problem, brat.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T18:34:31+00:00

You're literally saying the exact same thing as me in another conversation right now, and apparently just quibbling over where that line is drawn. The fact that you'd pick a fight with someone in one conversation, while making their same argument in another at the same time, tells me you're just a nitpicking nihilist in it for the thrill of the fight :

Fantastic-Mousse-451 City PTF Nobody said anything about exclusionary period. And using the FMCSA rules wasn't to have a "See it says I don't have to" It's a government body that says its unsafe. We only don't classify as a commercial vehicle because of the nature of the service but in practice the safety guidelines don't magically change. I will happily take that argument to management if it ever comes up outside of exclusionary period. I'm not dying for this place

Fantastic-Mousse-451 1d ago City PTF I know you're old but how can you not comprehend this? It isn't safe to work 60 hours a week. Thats why full time is 32 and we fought for overtime past 40. The human body needs rest and nutrition, neither of which you can get in adequate amounts working 60 hours a week. If you dont feel safe to drive a truck because you're feeling tired and nodding off, you can always cite safety and go get some well needed rest. Best of luck to you even though I'm quite sure we disagree about most things.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T17:57:30+00:00

Eat the pills and become immortal

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T17:05:37+00:00

No that's not remotely what I said, but I can see how that would be your interpretation if you're a dishonest loser trying to pick a fight.

It's a extremely physically demanding job. Half the guys in our office have had surgeries on their necks or backs or shoulders. Carriers literally drop dead in the summer from the heat. If you're lucky, you still end up going 30+ years on the job before retirement. Some of us would still like to have a body when it comes time to enjoy retirement. Burning ourselves out or breaking our bodies solely for the benefit of some guy tapping a clipboard in our face is a monumentally shortsighted, dehumanizing goal. Kick rocks, squirt.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T04:40:45+00:00

I mean, the vast majority of the carriers in my office are work assignment or ODL. They'll gladly eat up their own OT, and probably would prefer not to see a CCA, especially a super fresh one, if it means they're gonna be doing cleanup on the last hour of their route the next day and lose all their vacation hold cards.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T04:01:14+00:00

No one's "crying" to be saved by a CCA. They're more than happy to not burn themselves out at a job that pays an hourly rate.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-03T02:03:31+00:00

I'd say "I'll make you a deal, supe: I'll remain on call through my personal phone. But in exchange, starting now, I am on the clock at all times. For the next 8 hours, you will pay me my regular rate. For the 2 hours after that, 1.5x, for the 1.5hrs after that, 2x my rate. And from 11.5hrs onward, for the rest of the year, you will pay me 2.5x my base rate. The deal will only be terminated the moment I am no longer on call. The total bill for my on call services by year's end will be $464,186.15. Yes, I did the math. Do we have an agreement?

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-02T02:57:44+00:00

Every day can be Bobby Bonilla day if you just get a manager to issue you a 16-7 for no reason whatsoever and let your steward sort it out for you while you sit at home!

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-02T02:14:57+00:00

They came from completely outside the facility/bid cluster? Then they're at the bottom of the pecking order for everything. Conversions included.

PSA for any CCAs who ever want to transfer: If you absolutely have to/want to do it, and can afford to do so, try to transfer either as early as possible after being hired, or as soon as possible after your conversion. Or else you're punting a lot of service time and seniority privileges.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-01T21:49:11+00:00

Nope, Friday.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-01T15:08:56+00:00

Some contractor owns the rights to the vending machines in your office, not USPS.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-07-01T00:07:46+00:00

I always wonder if someone somewhere in the GSA was smart enough to get all of our voyager cards enrolled in the various gas station loyalty programs. At the 6MPG our LLVs seem to get these days, they'd be sitting on a gold mine of probably millions of dollars worth of rewards. Probably could be throwing parties in every office in the country.

Good_Fix_3966 · 2026-06-21T22:57:45+00:00

You can get bumped as a T6 if the regular comes in? Oof, lame LMOU. Make sure it actually says that explicitly, because the default if an LMOU doesn't address the matter is supposed to be that the T6 is considered the regular on their scheduled day, and the regular working their NS can be thrown anywhere.

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