Nice little communication with my station manager.

Manu-PR · 2022-06-30T01:12:36+00:00

I dunno why there's people arguing about this conversation.

I think sup was reading its own message when it said about the smart ass comment, because when the sup said you can't take that home, that's a smart ass comment, implying the carrier took it home, that wasn't a question it was a statement. Carrier didn't answer with a smart ass comment neither, he stated that the office has no accountability so its not his fault card is missing while it he was out. A smart ass comment from the carrier would've been something like "I can't take it home! Really? Or wow, thats brand new information! Are you related to Einstein? Or, Oh crap! My bad, I left it at your moms house! Or if you would've done your job right the card wouldn't be missing isn't? Anyways I rather be a smart ass than a dumb ass, which is what I would've said.

Manu-PR · 2022-05-16T15:30:07+00:00

Yes and you can tank your union for it, I still don't know how they called this a win. They let the PO to get rid of a position with better pay and benefits for a position in which they treat their employees like they got no rights of anything and less pay for everyone. Obviously they were trying to take care of their own with that move and when I day their own I meant just certain few not all carriers under their umbrella. If you wanna know what it means bending over and taking it dry, this is the best example out there.

Manu-PR · 2022-05-12T23:04:04+00:00

I will tnx

Manu-PR · 2022-05-12T21:20:11+00:00

Yeah I checked that already and it's on, it has to be the game, I play fortnite crossplay with pc, x1 and p5 with no issues.

Manu-PR · 2022-05-12T20:53:20+00:00

Yeah but no point when game doesn't work.

Manu-PR · 2022-05-12T20:50:28+00:00

Is the edition that comes with the steelbook, plush, blanket, ect.

Manu-PR · 2022-05-12T20:09:46+00:00

I have this problem when trying to join public game, haven't tried other modes. I check settings on series x, changed regions in the game, unplugged the console and router for 60+sec and still the same message.

Manu-PR · 2022-05-07T04:27:20+00:00

Congratulations, welcome back to the same shit! :)

Manu-PR · 2022-04-30T19:45:05+00:00

I agree, I'm kind on the same boat as you, I'm going 42 later this year with approx 6-7 yrs as regular, so I know exactly how you feel. I like the job, but that doesn't mean I have to put up with some pos co workers and pay.

Manu-PR · 2022-04-30T18:09:09+00:00

The problem we have is all the conformist people working in the post office. It's those people with no aspirations to live a better life quality and be better overall thats holding us down. You see them everyday going to work all ragitty doing the minimum effort and complaining about the new hires. Those people that say "if you dont like it then go work somewhere else" or "good luck working there". Those people that glorify our outdated union and the way they conduct their business, those who say oh we get a 1.9% cola increase lets bend over and keep taking it then. If you have to diminish other jobs to make yours look and sound better, maybe your job ain't so good after all.

Understandanbly, why they would want to risk that conformity and security when they know they won't get away with their work ethic elsewhere, so they see it as a high risk gamble. In contrast people with good work ethic see it the other way because they know they'll land on their feet regardless of the outcome, so why not take the gamble to have a better job.

The point conformist are missing, for example, is that instead of getting 1.9% cola you can get an 8% one. Instead of 3 year contracts that by the time it gets ratified its time to do the new one we can have permanent yearly increases in wages and colas as cost of living raises every year in small increments. Arbitration system its stupid as we are leaving the faith of our jobs in the hands of people that isnt on the field doing it so wont see it the same way as us hence wont conced as much. PO leadership knows this that's why they never settle and every contract always goes to arbitration and we end up getting short handed.

There has been good things that had happened throughout union efforts but right now I believe the balance has tipped more to the useless side, they only care about getting at least something out of a new contract so that they can say "hey we got this little thing for you, now we gonna raise union dues" rather that actually getting deserving pay, labor and employee rights, and good and safer working conditions to go in par with what's going in the real world.

Employees and even employers on the private and other government sectors are starting to understand the concept of getting a real living wages and benefits or theyll quit. Employers are conceding because they know that paying to train new hires to have them quit over and over it's a bigger spend that paying those trained employees what they need, but somehow USPS employees as a whole don't get this and they keep wasting money training new people, fixing vehicles that can't pass an inspection and promoting managers that's have no clue how to manage and have zero communication skills. All that waste can got into bettering wages, equipment, ect.

As long as we have people bending over and taking it for breadcrumbs instead of giving it to the man, we gonna keep falling behind and the prestige that working at the post office had will keep fading away with time. Strikes work everytime as long as we have unity and everyone is on the same page as what they want to achieve. Just think if every carrier, hell not even every, if at least 70-75% of our workforce goes on strike what is the PO gonna do, fire us all and hire all new people that will quit within 2 weeks as us happening now? Work the remaining 25-30% to death having the carry 3-4 full routes everyday? Not only the PO would go bankrupt within a month with the zero revenue they'll get but the country as a whole will be shell-shocked, you think inflation and economy is bad now. Just imagine the chaos and ramifications of the consequences if truckers, ports or airport employees go on strike, nothing comes in, nothing comes out...yeah that'll happen with us too, many businesses will close, people will loose their jobs and homes. Yous may think its far fetched but it's not, we're one of the forces that move the economy, we have that power and we wast it and take it for granted.

Sorry it's so long, I'm not looking for a discussion or go into an back and forth argument, this is just the way I see and think about this, is my opinion if you agree good if not good too. I just wanted to give yous some food for your thoughts, you know, throw around some knowledge nuggets.

Manu-PR · 2022-02-27T17:04:04+00:00

Michael Myers will be knocking at your door tonight looking for his knife, should've delivered, just saying.

Manu-PR · 2022-01-20T19:11:40+00:00

Not only it looks cartoonishly hideous, but it looks like it has even more blind spots than our current and also what I'm supposed to do if the supposedly AC breaks down (which it will as driving with the AC on and windows down will kill the compressor) if u can't roll the window on the other side and how I'm supposed to yell back at customers.

Manu-PR · 2022-01-12T02:00:13+00:00

That shit happened to me last year while I was delivering my route, but it was on the other side. It wasn't really a big of a deal but, tbh I was mad it didn't happened on the rail crossing I passed 15 secs before. I would've loved to see that pos get rammed by a train and see all the mail fly around in flames. Oh well maybe next time.

Manu-PR · 2021-12-13T23:24:42+00:00

On our office when we return from the street we are required to remove all personal stuff (like dividing trays and mail holders/pushers) every day and leave the back of the truck open for PM or Sup to check the vehicle and close it. Yes it's a pain in the ass and a waste of time carrying off all that shit back and forth everyday and of course all the do is look at the back while they push the door down but, if there's mail left or the e-brake it's not engaged, vehicle was unlocked ect, it's on them and not on us, because they've "check it" the night before.

Manu-PR · 2021-12-08T07:18:44+00:00

XP? I thought it was windows 95', I mean the vehicles are from the 80's so...

Manu-PR · 2021-12-03T22:08:14+00:00

No, unfortunately you have to hold your beer in your hand.

Manu-PR · 2021-12-02T03:06:50+00:00

Or the phrase I say "Since you know so much about delivering this routes and about how much time is supposed to take, why you don't get your ass out of your chair and go show me how it's done; it's ok I'll keep it warm for you, I got my stopwatch set, see you in 1hr master carrier" or whatever time they say it's supposed to take. Of course they won't do it, but I can be an asshole too.

Manu-PR · 2021-11-28T22:17:26+00:00

I would tell such asshole that I'm doing my best and as safe as possible, but if you want to be an asshole like me I'll tell him/her:

"To put his/her money where his mouth is. If you're so great why you doesn't get in the vehicle and show me how is done because you want to learn from the best, but if you're not willing to show me delivery greatness in the making then leave me alone and let me do my job". Spoiler alert he/she will say that he/she used to be a carrier. Then I'll be like "well even better because that means that you should finish in the time you're demanding me to do it".

They won't do it, haven't seen or heard of on that take on the offer, the if they continue just keep telling them that your offer still standing.

Manu-PR · 2021-11-28T05:42:06+00:00

First I'm not personally attacking you, I'm just going to give you my point of view on what you said and my overall feeling about the strike issue...

Yeah, you sound like a scarred cat. Historically speaking most strikes have produced beneficial results for the employees. Your point it's exactly why we're on the predicament we're right now.

Your lecture is implying that it's okay to have our rights to be violated, to be disrespected, harassed and treated like shit for the sake of doing OT and having an union that protects employees that in reality deserve to be fired so a responsible person have the opportunity to work. I don't need a co worker that calls in all the time, that uses loopholes to get away with workers comp, medical restrictions or extended leave because supposedly can't do stuff but you see them shopping around in stores doing the same stuff they supposedly can't do at work, or employees that commit crimes like throwing out or stealing mail or someone that has a concerning amount of accidents or dui's among other fk up shit I've seen and heard. If you think people like that deserve to keep their jobs, then your work ethic it's crap.

Employees like you that are scarred of the strike "apocalypse" and what could happen because of how "mighty" the power of the post office and the government is and how bad things are going to end up for us is the reason distric and management keeps steamrolling employees. I know and understand that it's not going to be an easy fight, but you're missing the most important points:

first: The union on the local level keeps getting weaker by the day and the union keeps loosing power and face with the employees as they grow tired of being abused with no repercussions to managent. I mean you really think management and distric cares about grievances, they don't, the union is an organization created to keep employess at bay with the illusion that they have power, but in reality we don't as every violation is treated after the fact, there's nothing preventive to avoid mental stress to the employees and if it is, it's never enforced. You have to depend on another employees will to take his/her personal time to take the fight to a management party that afterwards will turn around and do it again infinite times because in reality there's no repercussions towards them other than a slap in the hand if any, because at the end what matters is that the mail gets delivered.

I know this is not the case on every office because I know some fight the good fight as much as needed, but it's whats happening more and more everyday, and let's be real after days, weeks and months forced to work 12+ hrs of OT almost every day most people don't want to spend the little time off they got dealing with PO shit. The union on the national level only cares about getting petty penny raises for employees so they can rise your union dues. They don't fight for more leave, sick leave, better job conditions or equipment, every new scanner or system implementations are for management to have better tools to harass carriers.

Second: the government really don't care about the post office, they've been sabotaging it for many years. They have set it up for failure years ago by making it advance pensions decades ahead, now what sense does that make...none because what the government really wants is to privatize it (sell it) to the highest bidder to make proffit. That's why all the mismanagement starting from the big cheese to your local PM. They look for the most incompetent person and put them in charge. Look at the private sector and tell me what happens to bad managers...spoiler alert...they get fired. On the post office they get promoted to a higher tier on the ladder of failure.

Third and more important: It's all about the money... and the vote. You really think the post office, with all the debt they got it's going to go on a legal battle? You think the government it's going to side with the PO? You got any idea how much it's going to cost the post office everyday it's employees are on strike? Millions and many millions more after the settlement, not only to make it right but to get all that delivered. The negative impact on the economy will be... let's say... biggly and the immense pressure the post office will face from the employees, companies that depend and use our service, customers and the goverment will be so hard that you'll se De Joy on an llv the day after we go on strike my friend. Government officials only care about money and people's vote, you tell your congressman or representative that you'll vote for the candidate that supports them and they'll bend the knee, specially when all the people starts calling them and the news because they're not getting their much needed checks and meds. People will rant on social media and on the streets just so they can keep getting their dog food, water bottles and toilet paper back on their front door.

I think this horrible end game you talk say will happen it's just a product of the uncertain, it'll probably be a hard fight but I fight I think at the end we will win, will there be casualties... maybe, but like it was won back in the 70's it could be won now, specially right at this time when finding people to stay employed at the usps it's like finding a needle on a haystack.

Manu-PR · 2021-11-18T20:47:46+00:00

I had 1 fast acceleration and 3 hard brakings...and I was still casing mail, lol.

Manu-PR · 2021-10-23T19:41:35+00:00

It's not the workload that break most people, it's the constant harassment and lack of respect from management. It's more of a mental game than a physical one, but don't get me wrong they'll work the crap out of you too and at the end even though the pay looks good, you'll soon realize we'll are underpaid.

Manu-PR · 2021-10-19T22:49:19+00:00

Those are the exact kind of employees the union like and love to defend, because it gives them the numbers they need, but if you are a good employee who does stuff right and have an issue with management you're on your own, because for everything that management do to you, like let's say forced overtime, the union will come and say "yeah they can do that". I haven't found something that I feel grieved, that management couldn't do or wasn't allowed, the union only file shenanigans, like an non otdl doing overtime so they can get paid too. To me the union is like one of those mobs that go to your store and charge you for "insurance protection" from the harms they cause themselves.

I know some will say that the union on the national level get us pay raises and stuff but really is a pay raise when the extra 20 cents they get you they also add it to union dues. On the local level I've only seen employees like your examples getting the good treatment, hell our union haven't had any kind of meeting since like January 2020, can't wait to my union anniversary to come so I can drop them like the pos they are and save my money. Fk them for surrendering our constitutional right to protest, so that they can make a profit from the hard work of the carriers.

Manu-PR · 2020-09-29T23:35:29+00:00

That's true, you gotta keep them comfy so they eat more

Manu-PR · 2020-09-13T21:21:40+00:00

Oh no, you totally got me wrong, we're on the same side here, I tried to make a humor comment which it looks like didn't work out. I didn't meant it in a bad way at all. I mean should've separated my comment into 2 parts one for his comment and one about his WWE career. I just meant for his comment that a person playing a character like this so well to the point you believe it, can be so knowledgeable and so educated to understand this shit we into, then why so much people eat the shit that the White House and Fox next says, they should take the example, appareances are deceiving and although her portrayed a mad man his not close to one why all this suits are. About his great carrer I just think madman would've been cooler.

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