if i were the postmaster general

if i was in charge of this here operation, things would change.
lots of things.

1)the name of the game would be trying to keep workers happy, knowing that happy workers are more productive, and give better service..better service equals more business ..which equals a healthy bottom line..which means a happy company.

2)carriers would be given EARLIER start times in the summer so that they could get the pivots set up earlier.. and they would not be starting their jobs in the blazing afternoon sun.
they would also end tour earlier so they could have some time to spend with friends and fam which would make them happier..(see number 1).

3) the uniform would loosen up for the summer too..no daisy dukes or tank tops..
but at least groovy message t-shirts..so we'd be like walkng billboards..cool walking billboards.

4)the LLV's would be retrofitted as convertibles, or at least with air conditioners and sunroofs..and CD players
everybody else is having fun in the sun..so why shouldn't we?

5) people with last minute vacation needs would be granted time off..that's what those TE's were hired for, right? or better yet..give the regulars some freakin OT
so they can afford to go on a vacation in the first place!!!!

i'm on vacation next week..and will leave all of this stuff far behind for a while.
after this week's nonsense (letter of warning for a missed scan point????
seriously???) i am good and ready to bust out ...maybe you know the feeling!

food drive revisisted

When the temps are hot, the food drive ain't so fun...( i overheard one of my co-workers referring to it as the FFD ...f..ing food drive). we all start out feeling good about helping but by week's end, we're just a bunch of angry schleppers.

The other day, temps soared into the high eighties.
A customer (also in her high eighties) left this lovely earless easter bunny
for the carrier to take to the food bank.
"Some little kid is gonna love this!" she told the carrier.
Not as much as i love it!
Where the hell are the ears???
Don't know if you can see it on the picture, but there is a big old hole in the cellophane wrapper where she ripped into it!
Can't decide which is more bizzare; the deaf rabbit or last year's chocolate handcuffs.

food drive faux pas

nothing is worse than picking up food for the food drive
and having to look at it all day when you are really hungry.
all the sudden, that 5 year old can of pinto beans with the dents in it
makes your mouth water. it is a battle just to keep yourself from ripping open the box of Corn Flakes and grabbing a few hand fulls.

okay, there is something worse.
what's worse is picking up food all day while hungry and then being the one that delivers the food after work to the food cupboard when you are now way beyond hungry. you're wondering what Ramon noodles would taste like dry. that kind of hungry.

you're never supposed to go grocery shopping when you're hungry.
likewise you should never deliver food to a food pantry while hungry.
with that in mind, i made a trip to the vending machine inside the P.O. and bought a bag of Twizzlers and a bag of animal crackers to eat before making the trek.
after wolfing them down, i stuffed the empty bags in my pocket.

when i hopped out at the pantry i was greeted by a host of elderly volunteers, ready to help unload the tubs of food. i opened up the back of the truck, then threw my vehicle keys in my pocket. that's when it happened. the crinkling sound heard round the world.
as my keys hit the empty wrappers in my pocket, i felt as if all of those volunteers were thinking that i ate some of their food and had jammed the evidence into my pocket.
of course none of them were actually thinking that..
or were they?