I talk about my mistakes so you guys don't make them!

White castle the night before work will have you hating yourself

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how r u making out

I'll try to talk about casing!

He's saying scan them with the load truck feature and it tells you what stop number it is. Then you can also use package look-ahead to see which packages you have coming up. I don't number mine- I write the address number and first letter of street on the box facing the rear of the truck. Like 1942 Ashley St, I'd write "1942 A" on the package so I can see it standing at the rear of the truck and takes under a second to identify the package I'm looking for.

I like the positivity in your comment. Thank you.

@@MailmanNick Your welcome, keep making great videos just like this, please consider checking out my content. 🌟Keep rising to be who you want to be🌟

Did you make your 90 days

Observe as much as you can and ask a lot of questions.

My pay went up to $18.51 with the new union contract as of now. Starting pay went up too which is great.

Thank you for watching! Old video

the unofficial term for this is called being a "runner" :P

I am not calling CCA Nick a runner. But it leads to a topic of "cheaters". You have some folks who "hop", they don't wear their seatbelt and they might not even turn off their vehicle and they do dismounts and knock them all out. You are supposed to "Park, Brake, Curb, and Take--of course your seatbelt too" so the "hoppers" beat the rule followers. Management in my office like to talk to you about "hey your coworkers got done 30 minutes ago what happened?" they like to manage based off comparing you to your coworkers as if you are in a race. That's a little of what is behind some of the negativity against runners is often runners will cheat and not take their breaks--then the post office looks at these runner's times and want to use their times as the benchmark. So not taking a 30 minute break THAT YOU ARE NOT BEING PAID FOR creates a higher workload and implies that you shouldn't take a 30 minute break. It is a soft form of union busting. Management likes to lecture and bring up coworkers times because they want to "divide and conquer the workforce". I had a manager tell me "my guy did 250 packages in 5 hours" as he was lecturing me--btw I did 25 per hour that day different route. I thought about 5 divided into 250 is 50 per hour, that's 1.2 minutes per drop of a package over 5 hours. HMMMMMMM something is fishy with that, is he curbing locking and taking? This is amazon sunday btw. Or does he have a stop that he is unloading a ton at one spot? want to piss management off? make sure workers all are done at the same time the slowest person is done hahaha I have had pieces given to me and being told "james gets this done in 2 hours" lol I'm not racing people but that's cool lol. Another great management tactic--not all managers do this--"hey here is a 1.5 hour piece to do" but in reality it's 2 or 2.5 hours haha. One major reason why i always keep my scanner on me--obviously because you don't want to have to go back to the truck--but the scanner shows your movements. So if you have a manager that likes to make sideways threats about "the district" you can know the scanner shows scans and movements so you don't have to worry hehe. Growing up in Church "God's watching you" now in the post office manager is like "the district is watching you" hahaha obviously lol we are working for the government it goes without saying we are being watched hahaha It's a good point , I am an intermittent faster so I don't take lunch breaks. But also a big reason is the feelings of being behind that make it difficult to stop. If i know i get done with a route at 3:30 yeah it's easy to take the entitled 30, but often as a CCA I am doing a route I have never done before and often in another office I have never been in before so I don't know my timing. But like they say "we get paid by the hour" RCAs i think get paid by the route. CCA's are "assistants" so if you are steady and working it doesn't matter we don't get paid by the route.

Thank you. I like helping people. I always wanted to see these type of videos when I was waiting to get hired.

@@MailmanNick ive learned all sorts of different things from watching these USPS videos. Its nice to see so many people willing to help others out. Its all foreign to me, been in the bar industry for over 25 yrs. Im totally up for the challenge

This job is way better than Amazon. 5 miles that's not bad at all.

I miss my hair sometimes but I shaved it earlier this year. It's a funny story why I waited so long to do it.

@@MailmanNick you'll have to share on your next video!

@@sanabellexo it's personal I can tell you on Instagram

I haven't attended a union meeting yet because I never get off early enough but that sounds fun lol.

Very good suggestions

Ask carriers, look at the case, get a pivot sheet

It usually is numbered by relay. At my office there's a number under the start of each relay or has mtd for mounted.

That'll probably be my next video!

@@MailmanNick Nick these videos have been amazing! I’m going for my fingerprints Friday I applied for the CCA position here in Connecticut, I can’t wait I’ve been in the restaurant business fir 13 years and I’m so happy to get this job! It’s a career move for me!

@@chuck176 I hope you get a good office. Good pay and bright future!

@@MailmanNick thabks my bro!!!

Usually the route is in a general area. I'm always looking at street signs. Ask for the pivot sheet it should you every starting point.

Get a rain jacket. Hold the mail tight to you. It's really hard to avoid the mail getting wet. Some carries have rain hats they use.

Umbrella is my best friend in the rain ☔️

Tells what section of the route it's in. Section 1 for beginning, 6 for the end, ect

I usually get done at 330 so about 7.5 hours. I'm like the only one he gives a whole extra route to. Others he only gives an extra 35 packages too lol. I'm pretty quick I got my own system. My postmaster called me her firecracker.

They don't get to dictate how long it takes to deliver. They can tell you almost everything else but not street time. That's how injuries and accidents happen, carriers trying to "make time".

@@tulsathundercat I hate when they give us a time limit.

Im pretty sure you need it but not 100% sure. One way to find out!

When you walk, the route is separated into relays. Park and loop.

If you like them, sure.

You throw mail away you can get fired. That's a felony.

Bi weekly, yes.

Illinois

@@MailmanNick u put out good content

Find local business or go back to the office

A few months