tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post5670329909279479570..comments2024-03-27T22:06:35.339-10:00Comments on Dead Tree Edition: USPS May Split Role of Letter Carrier By Creating "100% Street" RoutesD. Eadward Treehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01300353143826844617noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-29416600959051865522010-07-31T07:11:05.448-10:002010-07-31T07:11:05.448-10:00Seeing this makes me feel that I'm not crazy. ...Seeing this makes me feel that I'm not crazy. I say it to many Postal workers that the USPS won't last for another 10 yrs. Management think they're winning by cutting routes and our jobs, but they don't realize that they won't have a job either. Open your eyes and stop cutting corners.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-16984483491260065672010-07-17T17:37:50.117-10:002010-07-17T17:37:50.117-10:00Have you ever gotten a hand off from some one that...Have you ever gotten a hand off from some one that just doesn't care about thier route? Put together like crap, too many letters out of order. Now your talking about taking a part timer and letting them put my route together for me? And this is going to not add one minute to my street time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-70230268861545835992010-07-13T16:54:02.256-10:002010-07-13T16:54:02.256-10:00So PTF's will case the routes, and veteran car...So PTF's will case the routes, and veteran carriers will deliver this mess. Can you imagine the OT involved in pulling out all the mis-cased, mis-sorted, mis-sequenced letters as well as the mis-cased, mis-sorted, mis-sequenced flats. The CFS, ANK, FOE, etc, etc, etc...<br /><br />We'll be on the street for 9-10 hours a day!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15945309377308807931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-31796434463102343962010-07-12T16:40:34.996-10:002010-07-12T16:40:34.996-10:00And thanks to the COR System, every park and loop ...And thanks to the COR System, every park and loop carrier working 8 hours on the street will be CARRYING 35 POUNDS EVERY TIME THEY STEP OUT OF THE TRUCK!!!!! I was wondering how I was going to use up my 1600+ hours of sick time. Thank you, bean counting management idiots.............Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-72372664013754962482010-07-12T14:21:07.068-10:002010-07-12T14:21:07.068-10:00People are not machines. Our bodies will not hold ...People are not machines. Our bodies will not hold up to that kind of abuse. People that case will have problems with shoulders, hands, and elbows. People that carry will have problems with feet, knees and shoulders, not to mention the slips, trips, and falls that come with carrying. <br /> And the customer service will fall through the cracks. I have an all walking route, 10+ miles. When I take Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-38362299284480269392010-07-12T10:13:04.382-10:002010-07-12T10:13:04.382-10:00How many knee and hip replacements do you think ca...How many knee and hip replacements do you think carriers would need in there life time because of these stupid ideas the postal service comes up with!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04885200530929038381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-10503970966492608472010-07-11T17:28:52.566-10:002010-07-11T17:28:52.566-10:00I would like to ECHO what Mr. Martin has said.
...I would like to ECHO what Mr. Martin has said. <br /><br />I also want to chime in as well. <br /><br />If Congress is thinking of trusting the Postal Service with any of the 55 or 75 or whatever Billions, please don't. <br /><br />It is, they who will proberly line there pockets one more time before the good "Old Boys" retire with an early-out gratuity as well. Blowing the money Where are my glasses?http://postal-bytes.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-30611726138106500452010-07-11T08:12:17.129-10:002010-07-11T08:12:17.129-10:00When will they start at the top and cut the fat th...When will they start at the top and cut the fat there. <br /><br />What will they do with the Rural carriers. In our office they get paid for 8.5-9.5 hours and the most they work is 6-7 hours. Most have to try hard to make their route route 6 hours and they are not accountable for near as much as the city carriers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-64189370566824996572010-07-11T05:35:21.585-10:002010-07-11T05:35:21.585-10:00here is the huge problem. You would have people c...here is the huge problem. You would have people casing routes that have no idea who actually LIVES on the route. All those labels on the street that remind us who lives there, the caser would never see that. And so we would have so much extra mail to deal with on the street that never should have gotten there in the first place!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-5033711326159146702010-07-11T03:26:32.658-10:002010-07-11T03:26:32.658-10:00Just case everything in the office-it'll save ...Just case everything in the office-it'll save gas and give a safer delivery-shorter delivery when carriers don't have to paw thru dps. Now they are fixated on misthrows-if every body cased in the office misthrows would not be an issue. I just don't get why they are fixated on forcing long street time-less safe, waste fuel, trashed bodies? Why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-17381282784728592662010-07-11T01:23:01.822-10:002010-07-11T01:23:01.822-10:00How do you think the northern US letter carriers w...How do you think the northern US letter carriers would be able to deliver 8 hours on the street? Anyone in management willing to try humping snowbanks when it's 30 degrees below zero with a 20mph wind? Get real!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-90623458432539632072010-07-10T18:21:32.275-10:002010-07-10T18:21:32.275-10:00This will takeaway from the peronality of the rout...This will takeaway from the peronality of the routes that exist. Automate as you can but don't take away the personality from sustomer to carrier away. Carriers need to do the best they can to get the jobs done in an efficient and proficient manner without trying to break the bank and all will be good. 8 hours pay for 8 hours work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-41910352399971250982010-07-10T15:59:03.052-10:002010-07-10T15:59:03.052-10:00I do not see how this could possibly work. To act...I do not see how this could possibly work. To actually "know" a route you would have to case AND deliver..this sounds like a piecemeal setup that can't possibly work. The customers on my route would literally have a fit, they already complain to me and the management when a sub works that is not FAMILIAR with the route. Of course by the "polls" we read the public doesn&Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-37241047511650475652010-07-10T14:38:13.175-10:002010-07-10T14:38:13.175-10:00So, who does the Moved Left No Address paperwork? ...So, who does the Moved Left No Address paperwork? Who fixes the mangled Change-of-Address screw-ups? Who does the 3-way cards? Who handles the information request for the prosecutor's office, Social Security Admin, etc, the router or the deliverer? With section-8 housing and college/university routes, these functions are absolutely necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-43948064196503654212010-07-10T12:04:47.134-10:002010-07-10T12:04:47.134-10:00The Only way the PO can save tons of money is to e...The Only way the PO can save tons of money is to eliminate all the Non Assigned Managers/Supervisors EAS 15-22, who were placed in special projects just to accommodate them since they belong to a large clique w/in the Management unit. Every station doesn't need a Manager & numerous supervisors, they ONLY need one person to managed the entire station since all the employees already knows Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-46428727453213861702010-07-10T11:20:57.067-10:002010-07-10T11:20:57.067-10:00"Or perhaps the role of caser would be taken ..."Or perhaps the role of caser would be taken on by an army of part-timers rather than people who are currently career letter carriers." An "Army of part timers" who know NOTHING about the route, or the customers, and keep mis-casing the same mail every day. I CAN'T WAIT!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-77845402276062315082010-07-10T10:54:01.599-10:002010-07-10T10:54:01.599-10:00This is something that will not work. You cannot ...This is something that will not work. You cannot walk out and just deliver mail that has been put up by someone else. You will lose time on the street, weeding out stuff that isn't suppose to be there, ubbm, forwards, FOE's, etc. The people that case the route will continuely have to spend time with the letter carrier to ask about updates. ONLY the person casing AND carrying the routeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-26248945718114001792010-07-10T10:29:12.750-10:002010-07-10T10:29:12.750-10:00FOT elimination wouldn't necessary save time. ...FOT elimination wouldn't necessary save time. Office times are determined by the lesser of Estimated Standard (which includes FOT) or the average used. More than 95% of routes have an average time less than standard so that time will still be needed. In the end, the savings by doing this will be de minimis. We already have carriers walking almost 20 miles a day on hard surfaces...this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-7784492520712590662010-07-10T10:10:15.771-10:002010-07-10T10:10:15.771-10:00Injuries would be on the rise for sureInjuries would be on the rise for sureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-64742952101575084892010-07-10T08:18:24.942-10:002010-07-10T08:18:24.942-10:00Yes 2001, delivery redesign. Millions and million...Yes 2001, delivery redesign. Millions and millions spent and no consensus on changing the city carrier craft. The router/streeter test done in Rochester MN was a complete failure. The modified rural system, where DOIS (the first one that actually worked) was designed, came from St. Augustine. That is the system that should have been adopted then and still is now.tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-41909480280315115722010-07-10T06:16:33.491-10:002010-07-10T06:16:33.491-10:00A little info for the FOT savings, FOT is 5 min. p...A little info for the FOT savings, FOT is 5 min. personnel needs, 10 am break, pull-down time, pulling hot-pull case and parcel hamper, also signing for accountables. The only thing I see you would save for the street carrier would be the pull-down time which would be shifted to the caser. All the other time will be shifted to the street carrier but will still be needed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-63518634170326335312010-07-10T05:33:21.501-10:002010-07-10T05:33:21.501-10:00a person standing in a case doing nothing but casi...a person standing in a case doing nothing but casing and tying out is repetitive motion injury. Shoulders, elbows, and hands would never survive. We already have carriers with tennis elbow and arthritic thumbs. Don't need any more, of course, they would just get rid of you because you can't do the job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-27325365881153011672010-07-10T04:04:26.928-10:002010-07-10T04:04:26.928-10:00This is the old discredited router system of the ...This is the old discredited router system of the early 90's. 8 hrs. in the street esp. on a walking route?<br />Better get some under 30 young pups, 'cause thy will me major burnouts by 35.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-68058669633172734052010-07-10T03:07:10.679-10:002010-07-10T03:07:10.679-10:00Another IDIOT IDEA from management! Does the term...Another IDIOT IDEA from management! Does the term "repetitive motion injury" ring a bell? Let's increase the repetitions and see how many carriers we can break, then try to fire. Such a wonderful, caring organization -- the postal family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6615285628064623043.post-18714834074126762032010-07-10T02:23:50.562-10:002010-07-10T02:23:50.562-10:00What about customer service? If all you're doi...What about customer service? If all you're doing is casing you have no idea what's going on street. So more bad mail that should be forwarded going out to the street. What is it with the A-holes at Hq that every solution is worst then the problem and ends up delaying the mail? And like some one else said the fixed office time won't go away. It takes what it takes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com