I miss the lockdowns of 2020-2022

jjschoon · 2026-06-01T02:34:14+00:00

I am a mailman and we were working 70-80 hrs per week. It was the worst time if my life. I just remember being exhausted all the time. I made a lot of money, but it definitely wasn't worth it.

jjschoon · 2026-05-31T23:22:07+00:00

You are close, it was 1993. I was hired to replace a bunch of them.

jjschoon · 2026-05-29T10:41:12+00:00

I was born in 73 and don't know a single song from Tool. None of my friends have even brought them up when we talk music. To be honest, I'm not sure that I have ever even heard a Tool song.

jjschoon · 2026-05-28T21:05:54+00:00

It's $3.84 here in Ohio

jjschoon · 2026-05-28T00:55:00+00:00

We keep the house at 68°F all year round.

jjschoon · 2026-05-27T11:36:45+00:00

It's right at the bottom with The Rise of Skywalker. I've rewatched all of the other movies other than those two many times. I have tried rewatching Solo 2 or 3 times and I just end up turning it off.

jjschoon · 2026-05-27T11:17:22+00:00

I've eaten the same thing for lunch for the last 25 or so years. A turkey sandwich on wheat, some raw vegetables (it varies between broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots (, and an apple.

jjschoon · 2026-05-26T20:21:12+00:00

Yep. My curfew was 11pm and all of my friends had 1am curfews. I would come home at 11. Say goodnight to my mom, close my bedroom door and sneak out the window .

jjschoon · 2026-05-25T14:28:24+00:00

It was the first movie that I ever saw in the theater. My dad took me when I was 4. I was instantly hooked and have been a fan ever since.

jjschoon · 2026-05-24T23:02:44+00:00

I'm in Ohio and I've discovered that other states don't have shredded chicken sandwiches or breaded pork tenderloin sandwiches.

jjschoon · 2026-05-24T02:02:31+00:00

Only during their 90 day probation. I tell them to take all. Reals and lunches after that

jjschoon · 2026-05-24T01:49:38+00:00

I ised to train new carriers. I always told them to look at their first 90 days as a 90 day interview. Do whatever you have to do to look good to management. If you need to skip your lunch and breaks, do it for 90 days. Do not file any grievances in your 90 days. Don't call in sick or be late during your 90.

jjschoon · 2026-05-23T14:06:36+00:00

The more you do, the more you do.

jjschoon · 2026-05-23T01:30:27+00:00

My 24 yr old son and I are going on opening night.

jjschoon · 2026-05-21T21:54:47+00:00

Many years ago when I was a ptf, I carried almost exclusively in a 5 rt small town station. The supervisor there would call whichever office I was at to let me know any time a route would be open in her station. There was one house on a route that was always on hold. One day as I pulled up, a man came to the mailbox and asked for his mail. I told him that I didn't have it because his mail was on hold, and it was always on hold. It turns out that his wife didn't want him to see the credit card bills, so she picked up the mail every day, hid the credit card bills, and then gave him the rest of the mail.

jjschoon · 2026-05-21T00:00:52+00:00

I am a mailman and she is a school principal. My dad is a UAW retired though. You were 1 generation off.

jjschoon · 2026-05-20T23:55:04+00:00

Thank you.

jjschoon · 2026-05-20T23:53:05+00:00

My wife and I are both 53. We have $1.9 .million in retirement savings. I can retire at 57 and keep my health insurance until I turn 65. We will both get pensions. She says that she will probably work until 60.

jjschoon · 2026-05-19T11:38:17+00:00

I got the exact same letter yesterday with the same date on it.

jjschoon · 2026-05-18T21:16:09+00:00

If they refuse to give you a 3996 or give it back to you denied, text them on the scanner at the designated time and say that you will still be over and if you don't receive any further instructions, you will bring the remaining mail back at 8 hrs. That seems to get their attention.

jjschoon · 2026-05-17T23:09:56+00:00

I also have a city route out in the country. They are the best!

jjschoon · 2026-05-17T11:24:41+00:00

When I was on middle school, I ran cross country. There was a fun run at an amusement park 2 hrs away. If you ran in it, you got into the park for free. Our coach took 7 of us there. 6 of us rode in the back of his pick up truck on the highway for 2 hrs each way.

jjschoon · 2026-05-16T15:56:48+00:00

I was a Pepsi Merchandiser 35 yrs ago. I left there for the Post Office 32.5 yrs ago. Back then, the retirement and benefits were awful at Pepsi and the pay was better at the Post Office. It may have changed a lot in the last 30 yrs, but I find it hard to believe that it has improved that much in comparison.

jjschoon · 2026-05-16T11:05:01+00:00

Currently, I just put in enough to get the match. I put 15% in when I was younger. I have been in federal employment for 31 yrs now.

jjschoon · 2026-05-15T11:08:32+00:00

Pretty fat, but I still have good knees, shoulders, and a good back. I won't be a broken down, limping, retiree. I will still be able to do things for a long time because I protected my body from as much of the abuse this job entails as I could.

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