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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: November 2014
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Friday, November 28, 2014. Dog Days (And Nights) of Mail Delivery. I didn't even know there was a dog there,". The regular on the route said to me after I brought back the mail for a house where I had almost been munched by an invisible pit bull one night last week, or the week before. It's all a blur. They sent me in for reinforcements, and I arrived on the scene probably around 5:30 or so. It must have been at least 5:30 because it was already completely dark. The ab...
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: The Death of DOIS? - Or: Better Uses for the Bomb
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Friday, August 7, 2015. The Death of DOIS? Or: Better Uses for the Bomb. For Your Friends Contemplating RCA or CCA - Which Postal Poison Pill Should You Swallow. The Postal Tsunami gains its coastal destroying power with copious amounts of Starbuck's coffee, which is not cheap. Unless they completely annoy or offend you, please take a look at what my blog sponsors on this page have to say. I have removed Amazon. Image is attributed to: "Atomic bombing of Japan" by Naga...
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: February 2015
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Friday, February 27, 2015. Tax Season Means Broken Mail Boxes. Just an introductory word to endorse Danny Glover for President, and then I'll move on to today's topic. I don't know if there are any morals or conclusions to be drawn from any of this. You try to tell customers to use the US Mail because of the computer hacking identity theft problem, then something like this happens that kind of makes it a hard sale. Live long and prosper. Photo is my own. The Postal Tsu...
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: April 2015
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Thoughts on "Free Trade" - Why Should a Postal Worker Care? I put "free trade" in quotes because I think the term is a misnomer, a dangerous misrepresentation that disguises the real intentions of the powers that push these accords into existence. Free trade in itself sounds like a really swell thing after all, doesn't it? So why should the American Postal worker care? As a justification to keep our wages stagnant. Wednesday, April 22, 2015.
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: January 2015
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. When does the Mailman Stand up to a Wolf Pack Attack and When Does he Run? It is especially frustrating when the boss who carried mail for all of six months tries to act like the resident expert on dogs, a veritable postal "dog whisperer," and chastises a letter carrier in front of all of her peers on the workroom floor when she was just doing the best she could to escape from an impossible situation. I hope all of my East Coast letter carrie...
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: July 2015
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Thursday, July 30, 2015. Things Not to Say (Or Do) to Your Letter Carrier on Their Lunchbreak. Please don't say (or do) the following to me on my UNPAID lunch:. Can I get my mail? Do you have my package? A couple of weeks ago a customer from the next route over accosted me in the blissful Eden beneath my peaceful postal lunch tree and rather rudely insisted that I had his package. "What is your address? Aren't you supposed to be working? Can you get out of the truck?
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: Doug Hughes the Flying Mailman - Madman or Martyr?
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Saturday, July 11, 2015. Doug Hughes the Flying Mailman - Madman or Martyr? Neither was I particularly thrilled to learn, sometime later, that this psycho pilot on a flying bicycle was a letter carrier. In fact, I think I shook my head and rolled my eyes a little, thinking that's all we need, another screwball in a postal uniform to deepen the public perception that postal employees are just overpaid malcontent misfits who can't play well with the other kids. Image fro...
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: May 2015
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Thursday, May 28, 2015. The End of the Pennysaver - Should this Mailman Mourn? Then Tuesday a letter carrier in our office said he heard on the news that Pennysaver is gone for good. Since this coworker's pronouncements and opinions are of somewhat dubious value, I hesitated to believe it. I went online to check it out and sure enough, according to an article in the LA Times the company had to shut down unexpectedly after its lender closed a line of credit. Sometimes t...
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: More on how Planet Postal Revolves Around Amazon - Still Beating this not Quite Dead Horse
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. More on how Planet Postal Revolves Around Amazon - Still Beating this not Quite Dead Horse. One of Jeff Bezos' precious parcels for any reason other than maybe the house burned down. Even then, I think a letter carrier is better off throwing the parcel on top of the smouldering ashes than risking the wrath of some Bezos-brainwashed supervisor by taking it back to the Post Office. Secret inside sources for the Tsunami. Confirm my suspicion that...
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere: CCA Page
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The Postal Tsunami by Mel Carriere. Update - In case you were wondering about possible CCA travel pay.Click here. Tempted by the dark side? Discover the dark reality of Postal Supervision before you leap. Here's how to follow the mail when the mail won't move. Got some aches and pains? CCA Tips and Tricks - How to Deliver Mail in the Dark. CCA Tips and Tricks - How to Avoid Slips, Trips and Falls. Name Your Postal Poison - Is CCA or RCA the right choice for me? CCA Bootcamp - What to Expect During Your B...
