Shipping USPS struggling to avoid a default

I'm sorry...haven't they been talking about this for two years? And been threatening to close down places for just as long? I have no faith in them anymore and their "warnings".

If they want to save money there are ways, but it would start a debate.

 

Nothing immediate's or even mid-term is going to happen to packages in the system; that's already been confirmed so it should be cool. It's a payment to a retirement fund, which is unfortunate for the retirees, but isn't anything that affects day-to-day deliveries and mailing for people using USPS. Of course the postmaster general is going to make serious-sounding statements, American Congress doesn't seem to be in a mood to spend any money.

.hlp

 

Well, I know one problem is (here goes) the USPS is Unionized and their workers make far more than they should to push packages. If they would have accepted the cutbacks they tried to get years ago, then perhaps they wouldn't be in the pickle they are now. But no, they went on strike, threw a hissy, and now they're losing their jobs in an economy where no one wants to hire them.

It's one reason I don't support Unionized labor in a field where it's not dangerous to work. Electrical, Plumbing, Factory, THOSE need Unions. And maybe the people who drive in the trucks might need some form of protection, but they chose the danger when they chose the job, just like a Police Officer chose his.

Sorry. I just don't feel for them.

I guess maybe once they default someone will step in and offer shipping at lower prices-

OH GAWD WALMART.

 

Well, someone I'm sure will pick it up, because regardless it's a money maker. And the number one salivater would be a big business like Wal-mart. Because you could one stop shop, bank, ship, fax, eat, and eventually LIVE there.

They got their hands in everything. Including your pants. $16.99 on sale now.

 

The problem is not the mailcarriers, it's the administrators. My stepfather is a mailman, and between the salary cuts and the hikes to the federal health insurance, he can barely pay the bills.

And I'm sorry, but just because mailmen aren't likely to get shot on the job doesn't mean it can't be dangerous. We live in CT and my father has had to deliver mail in blizzards where everything else in town was shut down, but the mail still had to go out. We recently got hit by Irene, and the town issued a state of emergency- we weren't allowed to leave our houses unless it was an emergency. Except that the mailmen still had to go to work, despite flooded roads and downed power lines.

 

I still had to go to work, too, when we had an ice storm and I only worked at KFC. I still had to go to work in the middle of winter, when I had a City government job, and I was a computer technician and had to drive thirty minutes over the interstate bridge.

It's a job, you agreed to it, and yes, I've had times where I was barely making the bills, too. But as I said, it's a job, you agreed to it, and sometimes it sucks. I've been into everything from cleaning up medical offices, toilets, and on up. So I can sympathize. It's hard, but you chose the job you took. If you wanted better, get better. Work harder. Be ambitious.

 

Because that's so easy in this economy.

 

True. But it wasn't easy five years ago either, when I was told I was too nice to hire, too educated, and too 'female' by three different guys. Sometimes you just have to keep trying or make your own way while working what you've got. People give up too easy and blame other people for their problems. "Oh, it's the economy, oh, it's because no one's hiring, oh, it's the admin's fault."

Things are only as bad as you'll let them be.

 

Off-topic. Thanks for understanding.