Re: OT going Postal ( Trying to answer Ricks post )
- From: "xlr8" <xlr8@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:56:06 -0500
"Del" <delmail333@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1138741215.873358.132270@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> OK Group,
> my last post for a few weeks,,
>
> Heres my Story,,, Re-tired City Carrier, 45 years old,
>
> My Routes at the Post Office were some of the worse in SC & one of them
> still is,
> What you see in the mornings waiting for you is about 20 FEET of
> letters IF you stand them up Add about 14 feet of magizines,, What you
> have to do is "Case" that mail & they want you to be able to do about 4
> feet in a hour,,,, What happens is you start racing your-self everyday
> ( ok I did 4 feet today, I'm going for 5 feet tomorrow ) ,,, Then its 6
> feet,, If you skip lunch to make your-self look good ( Or Faster ) then
> they expect you to do that everyday ,
> I was going in at 6:00 am & was the 1st Carrier at work, & the Last to
> leave everyday ,
>
> Throw in some of the 10 mile walking Routes & you'll need help to get
> off on time,, Problem is, they have a Over-time desired list w/ NOBODYs
> name on it ,, Carriers are suposed to be off by 2:30-3:00,, Hell I
> never left the PO until after lunch time,,, So when you see mailmen or
> ladys out after 3:00 you know they have a over-loaded route ,,,
> The other thing is the Pay,, I started out at $ 19.00 a hour & when I
> left it was over 33K a year
> These Carriers make more $$ than your everyday Joe,, When a Carrier
> gets harrassed to the point of quiting,, they know it will be very hard
> to make that kind of $$ just anywhere &
> If the harrassement doesnt stop, what you see is what this Lady did,,
> They will take that Huge anger out on any & everyone in their path,,
>
> When I left I was being harrassed VERY Much for not being able to talk
> on the phone ( They knew I was DEAF when they hired me ) ,, They knew I
> had a 12 hour Route & Wouldnt adjust it to the Union standards ( it has
> since been made into 4 Routes ), But their B/S story was they wanted me
> to be able to call if I needed help on "Any" day & at the same time
> they Knew I needed help everyday ( most of the time by 2 Carriers ) &
> thats just to be able to get off work by 6:00PM
>
> The Late Strom Thurman from South Carolina ( US Senitor ) Reveiwed my
> Case because of a ADA Claim by myself ( Nothing could be done against
> the PO ) Even though I had everything in writing from the Station
> manager theatening me w/ charges for not talking on the phone,, Postal
> Inspectors Grilled me for weeks on end & Guess what ??, No Charges were
> filed & the Harrassement didnt Stop.
>
> I told the Postal Inspectors the PO could Pay me to work or I'd file
> for Disability & they could pay me to stay at home & I've been doing
> this over 10 years & getting 80 % of what I was making ,,, They couldnt
> admit they were wrong & to this day they still wont admit it ,
>
> Who-ever that was that said they saw people not working & Goofing off
> must have been in the Sorting Dept,, That doesnt happen w/ Carriers (
> They only get a 10 minute break every hour ) So if you're wondering if
> "I" ever went Postal,,, The answer is YES ( Sorry xlr8 )
> But I put 2 Cops in the Hospital along w/ myself & I could have been
> charged w/ assault,
> I had 2 resisting arrest charges instead,, But it Costed me a HUGE
> $$$$$$ figure to settle that mess & not end up in Jail .
>
> So if you think the PO is going to tell you why these things happen,
> You can forget that !!!!
> They'll Hide behind Govnt, Red Tape til there is no more PO 1st !!!
>
> Take Care Group !,,, See you guys in a few weeks !!!
>
> Pin-Del,
>
Sorry back to ya Del. I cannot condone your violence toward the police. I
have had some very enjoyable conversations with you via e-mail but when
violence is directed towards police, I have to take a stand.
If someone goes "postal" (a term I personally do not like) on me, there will
be an extended hospital stay for them, or worse. "Losing" a confrontation
for police is not an option. If we lose a physical confrontation with
someone, death is likely to follow. Try working under THOSE conditions!
I understand stress at work (BELIEVE ME), but there are much better releases
than violence. I've seen some stuff on the job I'd rather not talk about.
The kind of stuff that, if you let it get to you will tear you up inside.
Sometimes that's hard to deal with and I understand that, but there's no
excuse to swing at a cop (bad idea).
Take care Del, I hope things go well for you, if you need anything, please
feel free to contact me via e-mail.
Have a good day,
Jim
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