Thread: Dh is ready to go postal !

Originally posted by miccit
Your DH doesn't work at the Parkland branch does he? Iknow they are working with half their usual staff right now. Some of the carriers are doing 3 different routes.

Sorry he is having trouble.

No, he works at Columbia Station which is in Seattle but so far South it is almost Renton.

Dh loves his route. He's always comeing home telling me about all of the cats and dogs he pet that day and all of the funny things they've done. He has "friends" all over his route. Before his route got changed he had a very elderly man on his route that he used to spend his lunch breaks with alot of the time. Mr. Tucker whould bring him some lemonaid or something and they would just sit and shoot the breeze.

For those that wonder why they get their mail late, it is probably just because your house happens to be at the end of your carriers route. Sometimes if the carrier has way too much mail then someone else will do part of the route for him & that could give you your mail at a different time too. There are just alot of variations.

I hope your husband feels better soon. It sounds like he needs a break. I've had a few problems in the past with the mail carrier leaving packages when we specifically asked him not to leave them if we aren't home. What he started doing is leaving slips in the male box and not ever bothering to ring the bell because many times he left slips in the box when I had been home all day. I don't know why he did that because he ended up having to take it out of the truck at the end of his shift and then put it back in the truck the next morning to redeliver it. For the seven years that we've lived here our mail has always been delivered in the afternoon usually between 2:00 and 3:00. Sometimes later. I don't know why or how but one day last week he had delivered it at a little after 9:00am. My neighbor was in shock so she called to tell me. lol I wish that he could make it so that we could get our mail in the morning for a change.

Well, today is the last day of Dh's week at home. I know I AM VERY READY FOR HIM TO GO BACK TO WORK! Right now we have to share a computer, "his" computer (mine is not hooked up to the internet right now). I am lucky if he gives me an uniterupted 15 min. on it. Right now he is sitting on the edge of the bed and stareing at me. Grrrrr.......

And here we all sit getting our freebies and adding to that job of the postal worker..lol
Postal workers have all T's admiration......had a friend that worked for the PO for a year and he bassically ran his route...lost a lot of weight and for what........nothing, never a thanks from the postmaster or nothing......Tell DH to hang in there and just think about his retirement years with a sweet gal like you........but realize being happy and retired there is a ton of ways to get there...
Now tell your DH go get em TIGER!!!!!!!!!

Dh went back to work today. Even though the supervisors didn't bother him today, he got stressed just walking into the place. But otherwise his day went fine. He has decided that he no longer wants to be a mail carrier. It's really too bad because he really enjoys doing his route; he gets lots of excersize and fresh air (well, as fresh as you can get in Seattle)and there is always an abundance of cats and dogs to pet.

So now dh is going to look into doing something else for the post office, not sure what yet. We'll see.

I have a question WHO gets 9am mail delievery?? Does anyone?? I always hoped to have early mail delievery. I live in Tacoma as well my Dad got his mail the other night at 9:30 at night (no kidding)

Originally posted by dlwt
I have a question WHO gets 9am mail delievery?? Does anyone?? I always hoped to have early mail delievery. I live in Tacoma as well my Dad got his mail the other night at 9:30 at night (no kidding)

I don't think anyone get's their mail that early. Most carriers start at 7 or 8 am & have to case up their mail, which can take 2-3 hours & have a little break before they head out to the street. I'm not sure what time my mail is delivered but I go out to check it around 11am every day and it is always there, so I must be toward the beginning of the route.