Did You Get Screwed By The Recent Rural Mail Count? If you were one of the unfortunate rural mail carriers who are working on recently adjusted routes and noticed a significant drop in your pay step after the recent mail count, I feel your pain because I am one of them myself. In September of this year, I decided to switch routes after 20 years Read More
Category: Miscellaneous
What Is Happening With The US Post Office?
Is the USPS Destined For Failure? If the post office where you work at is anything like mine, you probably have all asked yourself the same question – and with good reason. Every week I am amazed by the lack of organization and managerial skills of what used to be a very proud American institution. Take the current situation at our office: Two weeks ago Read More
Rural Mail Carrier Winter Gloves
Protect Your Digits! Are you a rural mail carrier working in a cold climate with snow and freezing wind chill temperatures? If you’re like me, you’ve experienced frozen fingers and frustration from not being able to keep your fingers warm while delivering mail during the winter months. I have tried so many different types of gloves over the nearly 20 years I’ve been a rural Read More
Rural Mail Carrier Workers Shortage
Severe Shortage of Rural Mail Carriers When I first started at the USPS over 19 years ago, I can remember having to take the civil service aptitude tests and being placed on a “waiting list” for future job opening with the US Postal Service. My oh my how things have changed! I feel like nowadays, if you have a pulse, you are eligible to work Read More
Rural Mail Carrier Anxieties
Are We There Yet? First of all, I need to apologize to all of you rural mail carriers out there for not staying up to date with my posts on this site. Like many of you, I have felt the burden of the never-ending onslaught of Amazon come down on me like a ton of bricks. Will it ever end? If it maintains this level Read More
Don’t Sweat It
Rural Carriers Need To Wear Proper Clothing This summer has sucked here in Minnesota with the high temperatures and humidity. Much of the U.S. seems to be in a heat wave this year with lots of sun and very little precipitation. Driving on some of the gravel roads on my route is like driving through a sea of chalk. The dust gets everywhere! If there’s Read More
Rural Mail Carrier Strobe Light
Make Sure They See You! One of the best investments you can make as a rural mail carrier is to get an emergency warning or flashing strobe light to place on your vehicle. Many post offices will provide a standard light to rural carriers free of charge but after years of dealing with what I felt was inadequate lighting, I decided to do some shopping Read More
Deck The Packages!
Is Christmas Over With Yet? I don’t know about you but Christmastime used to be my favorite time of year – until I started working for the USPS! Now I dread every holiday season with the constant flood of packages that not only add to the daily stress of the job but also take a toll on our rural mail carrier vehicles. Of course 2020 Read More
Death Of A Mailbox
Enough With The Political Mail!!! If this box could talk, what would it say? “No more political mailings!” or maybe “F-You Amazon!” I thought this photo was a good representation of 2020 in general and especially when it comes to life as a mail carrier in this COVID drenched year. Most mail carriers thought they were finally going to get a little break from the Read More
Welcome To Rural Mail Carrier
In The Beginning… I had been thinking about putting some type of resources together for other rural carriers and RCA’s to use as possible references to make their job a little easier. I’ve scoured the web; talked with lots of other carriers and experimented with many things on the route – especially with my vehicles and that is why I decided to start up this Read More