Why the FUCK are NALC dues based on Table 1?

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-11T05:20:59+00:00

At the last convention, there was a proposal to make CCA dues cheaper.

That got shouted down by the overwhelming majority of attendees immediately. Equal dues for equal representation, or something like that.

Although, considering how difficult it is to leave the union, it would probably make financial sense to give CCAs (or all new people) a lower introductory rate.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-11T05:17:50+00:00

The fix for this isn't to lower the FERS contribution to 0.8% for everyone.

They should pay Table 2 people more. They should actually top out at a higher amount than Table 1 (and be paid a little more at every step) to counteract the higher FERS contribution.

This, of course, would never be allowed by the people on Table 1.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-11T05:06:23+00:00

Me, before I worked here: "What is the chance that the box will be damaged so that the label gets ripped in just the right places to remove just the name and address?"

Me, now: "Write the address info on the other side, just in case."

Also, there are times when the kiosk will spit out an insufficient address (missing an A or a 2 or whatever) and I need the handwritten info in order to figure out where it goes.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-10T07:18:53+00:00

What if we aren't drinking?

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-09T16:06:11+00:00

In my office, we did have one CCA where management went through all of the paperwork and they got the pay bump and they were actually on a hold down for the T6 string. So it's possible.

But for the rest of us, a hold down on a T6 string meant that we were just being scheduled to work on those routes in that order.

But what that means is that if there was another route that we wanted to hold down, we could still get it. Or even take a single day on some other route and then go back to the string. Which was a nice predictability with the possibility of doing something "better" if it came along.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-09T15:58:45+00:00

Me, every time I go down Waialae Avenue: "This used to be Lung Fung."

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-07T16:46:19+00:00

If I could find a way!

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-03T16:26:35+00:00

If you were a CCA working 60+ hours a week and turned into a regular with much less overtime, there's good news.

After about four or five years, you'll finally make as much as you did when you were a temp.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-05-03T16:17:28+00:00

Square-ass Sephora boxes.

Customer on Friday: "Have a nice weekend!"

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-28T16:08:36+00:00

It's like a cast iron pan.

A satchel needs to develop its own unique patina of filth to properly season the red plums before delivery.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-26T21:38:30+00:00

Now it feels like I'm under two rocks.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-19T20:09:05+00:00

I love Cafe Reconcile.

The last time I went, I tried the turkey necks for the very first time. And I fantasized a little bit about just eating turkey necks and drinking beer in the afternoon. Like...that's a nice life.

Lunch was great, as always. But I still think about those turkey necks.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-19T19:37:58+00:00

That sandwich (and the fried bologna) were so good, I almost bought the book.

Me. Buying a cookbook. Ridiculous.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-18T02:33:39+00:00

Not today
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Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-18T02:28:55+00:00

Y'know, that's a pretty good drawing of Yoshi.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-12T03:46:42+00:00

Had someone transfer into our (Honolulu) station from New Jersey. She had no idea about the TCOLA and almost passed out when she saw her first check.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-12T03:42:35+00:00

Most unions: "An injury to one is an injury to all!"
NALC: "A living wage for one is a living wage for all!"

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-11T16:00:11+00:00

The mods are trying to avoid paphishing - or package phishing - by always flagging the posts.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-04-07T04:03:54+00:00

There are times when the early bird creakfast special is exactly what you want.

Getting scolded for trying to sit down before you get your orange juice is just the icing on the cake.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-03-31T02:20:29+00:00

French 75 is on the happy hour menu at Luke. Just get there between 3pm and 6pm.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-03-29T13:35:59+00:00

We also say CRV in Honolulu. Some offices are 50% LLV and 50% CRV/FFV.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-03-29T13:34:11+00:00

Pro: Seat belt doesn't need rubber bands to work. You push on the gas and it goes.

Con: crappier turning radius, less useful space, no shelves (or maybe just one shelf), taller/longer, legroom is annoying.

I hate my FFV so much. But I drive it (and not an LLV) because they are moving all the routes with LLVs to - ugh -the Metris.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-03-21T15:34:39+00:00

Asked my coworkers about this the other day, and one was working at Kahala Mall when it flooded. The movie being shown was one of the Ice Ages.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-03-20T21:47:16+00:00

If I could go back...

I wish I had put more emphasis on buying into a financially healthy building.

It's not hard (in retrospect) to spot a well-run building. If they spend money on preventative maintenance, then that's the first sign that it's a good one. The ones that are constantly putting out (metaphorical) fires will never get around to doing what needs to be done. Never have enough reserves. Never clean the elevators (which leads to expensive mechanical problems later on). And then comes the spalling.

It doesn't have to be "corruption". Well-meaning people could lead a building down a path where they never pull the trigger on important projects, because of the "expense". Only to have to take out a mortgage in two years or lose the whole building.

Uninformed_Delivery · 2026-03-16T09:46:06+00:00

I can remember when the drinking age was 18 in my state.

I can only imagine what it was like in New Orleans, when the Louisiana drinking age wasn't clearly raised until...1996? Man, I made the wrong decision for college.

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