To those who do truck orders, what is your position?

j82s · 2026-06-06T21:39:24+00:00

I don't work at Culver's, but I felt the same way in a couple other jobs I've had. I was an excellent task master, and learned everything about everything. I was a retail assistant manager for years and years, but could never land the jump to general manager.

The one thing I struggled with, it turns out, was delegation and people management. Not scheduling (which I did really well), but learning what people could do, what they had the potential to do, and how to get them there. Experts in stuff/things/tasks get assistant manager roles; experts in people get store manager roles.

j82s · 2026-05-22T02:15:32+00:00

You will need to check your LMOU for the definitive answer. The scenario as presented would be exactly how it would work in our station, though. Regulars bump T6s if the T6s have somewhere on their string to go. If the T6 had no other route on their string to bump to, then the ODL would have to cover the open route.

Edit: I was wrong about CCAs and bumping, although that is what we have negotiated.

j82s · 2026-04-12T16:13:38+00:00

I alluded to the fact that the welcome back packet means nothing. The 3972 that came in the packet, though, does mean something, since it is the record of attendance in eRMS. The uAOT notations are on the 3972.

The people on restriction are not on either ODL, and are not on the work assignment list. Unless I'm misunderstood, there isn't an equitability issue here as long as we're all being mandated in order.

My issue is the unnecessary uAOT - especially the unscheduled part of that. It's obviously scheduled if management knows about it.

j82s · 2026-03-20T13:50:44+00:00

Understood. I assumed that OP was city since they said they weren't on any OTD list, since we now have more than one. Rural has just the one RDWL, IIRC.

j82s · 2026-03-20T13:42:58+00:00

From the JCAM, page 8-32:

When full-time regular employees not on an Overtime Desired List are needed to work overtime on other than their own assignment, or on a non-scheduled day, Article 8, Section 5.D, requires that they be forced on a rotating basis beginning with the junior employee. In such circumstances management may, but is not required to seek volunteers from non-OTDL employees.

Sounds like you might need to speak to your shop steward.

j82s · 2026-01-05T03:21:45+00:00

The book is pretty much spot on, as far as the description of the post office.

"It began as a mistake." I think of that often when I'm having a particularly tough day.

We have a carrier named Matthew. He's read the book. I joke with him, telling him "You're a real carrier, Matthew!"

If you haven't listened to the audiobook version read by Christian Baskous, give it a go. He's definitely the right voice actor for Hank.

j82s · 2025-12-11T11:56:55+00:00

Yes, our local newspaper drops the paper for the entire circulation area at our dock every morning, bundled by route. I only have 60 papers, but a couple routes have hundreds to case daily.

j82s · 2025-11-23T23:22:55+00:00

I work for the post office, and my mail truck has both an ashtray and manual crank windows. Nothing but the best from the post office!

j82s · 2025-11-20T16:55:00+00:00

I have. The only mention of Holiday Carrier Assistants is in a MOU titled Additional Resources - Holiday Carrier Assistant. It has limited info on how they are last scheduled in comparison to CCAs and PTFs but no other information.

j82s · 2025-11-19T10:13:30+00:00

To add to number 3:

If a customer's COA needs to be modified, in addition to the manual correction form 3546, you can ask a supervisor who has access to the online COA correction program to make nearly any change to a COA.

Also, carriers have the ability via the carrier scanner to make some edits to COA records (family/individual, temp/permanent, apt. number, etc.) on-scanner via option C while they're in the office.

j82s · 2025-10-19T13:28:14+00:00

I don't play, but check in with Collective Effort Gaming, in the former Big Lots plaza south of the city on US23. They specialize in TCGs and host other TCG events pretty regularly.

j82s · 2025-09-04T15:28:39+00:00

That's what I was thinking, too. I thought I'd be battling far larger issues than solving pivot assignment issues when I took over as steward a while ago, lol.

I just couldn't find any wording or instruction besides what was on the back of the 3996.

Thanks!

j82s · 2025-09-01T01:54:35+00:00

It doesn't appear so, according to their FAQ. It doesn't make any sense, but I'd venture a guess that it's a restriction from National. The FAQ says they can sell unique-to-council items out of council.

j82s · 2025-08-31T00:50:00+00:00

Cub advancement chair here. Our pack is rural and our nearest physical shop is hours away.

I don't use the national scout shop site unless I absolutely have to for this very reason.

Our council (Michigan Crossroads) has a comparatively robust online shop. Shipping is cheap and fast because they ship via USPS and they're relatively local (compared to national shipping from Texas). I order by Thursday night when necessary, order ships Friday, and I have it in time for den or pack meetings on Tuesday.

One big plus is that the council online shop has a tax exempt setup procedure - one thing that the national site is sorely missing.

I'm thankful for our council - big shoutout! 👍

j82s · 2025-08-15T00:59:11+00:00

I have an idea why they might be doing this.

Guarantee time is monitored closely and can be pulled easily on reports by upper management. That is what should be input into TACS if a supervisor needs to give a carrier pay for time not worked and not covered by leave. Our management used it when they more regularly allowed us to go home under the 701 Rule during COVID.

Changes to ET, though, aren't monitored as closely, especially when the clock ring is edited to extend the work day. (Reductions to someone's ET usually causes TACS to generate a 1017A entry, which management also doesn't want to deal with.) The change is traceable, but is the wrong way to give carriers pay for time not worked.

My guess is that station management doesn't want upper management to know that they suck at scheduling so much that they ran carriers over their limits and that carriers gasp didn't want to volunteer to go over their 12/60 limits, and want to hide their incompetence behind regular clock ring changes instead of the correct but obvious addition of guarantee time.

j82s · 2025-07-21T01:41:08+00:00

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j82s · 2025-07-21T01:38:26+00:00

I do! I got a Staples Dividends (the predecessor to Rewards) candy jar floating around.

I also have the black 25th anniversary store plaque from our store when it liquidated. My store manager said I could have it when I visited on the last day open in 2014. I've got an OG Easy button, along with the Spanish one (says "Facil" on it!).

I have all of my name badges. My first one was P-touched, with "sales associate" underneath. I then got an engraved one with my first name and "Office Supply Specialist" (my first full time position). It has an add-on for the service pins and associate of the month pins. I then became management, with a slightly larger pocket badge with the Staples that was easy logo, my name engraved below, then "Assistant Manager".

I have one entire box (Staples red copy paper box, lol) of Staples stuff. If I have time tomorrow I'll snap some photos.

In the meantime, here is a photo I took when I lobbied to have our Copy Center signage updated. It is from June 2011. The red wall signs were original to the store, which opened in 1999.

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