Why are Post Office employees such JERKS?

The ones that come to my house are usually really nice. The actual Post Office workers are always awful, but that is unionized labor for you.

They cannot be fires for being unproductive, rude, etc.

If you have an Ace Hardware with a Post Office inside, try that on for size. all the benefits of the USPS but without unionized labor.

I think the disappearing thing is hilarious. It happens every time I visit the Post Office. They just get up and walk away.

This is why Unions are useless.

Probably because they're in positions that will soon be eliminated. They prove services that are no longer needed.

Yeah... because unions are to blame! Typical Repub redneck mantra. Yawn.

They have to deal with the public, which puts them in a bad mood, and they have little chance of being fired. Imagine how bad Mcdonald's would be if the employees didn't have to worry about getting fired.

dubiousity wrote:

Yeah... because unions are to blame! Typical Repub redneck mantra. Yawn.

Um, he is 100% correct.

Why do you not think it has to do with the unions?

Seriously, I am open to changing my mind.

The lady behind the counter when I went to the PO today was friendly, helpful, and courteous. Fucking unions.

Uiokl wrote:

The lady behind the counter when I went to the PO today was friendly, helpful, and courteous. Fucking unions.

Yes, that is the typical experience at a Post Office. Thanks for contributing.

You're welcome. Happy to help.

Kids say the darnest things. Last summer my three year old daughter pointed at the rather large PO worker behind the counter and said, "It's Fat Albert!". She had just seen the movie with Kenan Thompson and thought it was him.

Office Man Monkey wrote:

Uiokl wrote:

The lady behind the counter when I went to the PO today was friendly, helpful, and courteous. Fucking unions.

Yes, that is the typical experience at a Post Office. Thanks for contributing.

Hahahaha LOL OWNED!

I forgot to mention that it was at Ace Hardware, though.

Natural selection.

All of my recent experiences in my town PO have been positive. But, I do remember an encounter about 5 years ago in the town next to mine that pissed me off. I was there first thing in the morning on my way to work to buy some stamps or mail something, and it came to around $1. All I had was a $20, and the guy told me he couldn't break a $20 for that purchase. And he was rude about it. I went back the next day and asked for what I needed. He gave it to me, told me how much it was, and I dropped down the exact amount of pennies I knew I needed to get the postage and walked out of there. I was so glad the same guy was behind the counter.

Some places have actually nice and friendly people. Most are indifferent. And only a couple that are almost rude. That's my experience.

Noticer of Owns wrote:

Hahahaha LOL OWNED!

I just hate that DyeStat died.

Government employees can't be fired or promoted, so there's no incentive for them to do a good job.

How did you come to this bizarre conclusion? Government employees are promoted and fired all the time.

public debt wrote:

Government employees can't be fired or promoted, so there's no incentive for them to do a good job.

Government employees are fired and promoted all the time. It is harder to fire a government employee because they are entitled to due process rights (notice and hearing) prior to termination. That is the result of judicial interpretation of the constitution, not union work rules. Government employment is considered a property right that invokes due process rights.

For less that 50 cents, I can mail a document from Poulsbo, WA to Acton MA using the post office. That is a great deal that no one in the private sector would offer.

Post office employees are very aware that they will see substantial job cuts within a year. The post office is losing tons of money due to loss of revenue from email and online billing. The post office actually is very competitive in overnight and priority delivery with the private sector. But, some postal employees have a pretty good idea that they are going to get the ax soon and will see a big loss in pay and benefits when they move to the private sector. Can't blame them for being a little bummed out about that.