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Listen up, folks. Throughout this entire year as you’ve been ordering more and more things to be delivered to you, the amazing humans at the . @USPS have been working under extreme conditions, including but not limited to lack of PPE and sanitizers, 1/16
lack of hearing protection, extremely short staffed schedules, and machines being removed without proper studies. During the normal holiday season, casuals (temp workers) come in to help meet delivery demand but hiring projections are always based on previous figures. 2/16
Other fun facts? The Post Office pretty much operates on a hub and spoke system and there’s massive mail processing facilities located in major cities. Trucks move your mail from the MPF to airports or to the local post office, which then gives it to your friendly carrier to 3/16
deliver to your place. If they’re lucky, the carrier is driving a now 30-35 year old LLV (or long-life vehicle) which was never designed to hold the massive amounts of packages now beleaguering the system. 4/16
But back to the MPF. Many postal workers are struggling right now. They’re facing daunting outbreaks of coronavirus in their facilities that have resulted in the deaths or disabilities of hundreds of workers but are still (mostly) coming to work anyway, even though @USSenate 5/16
and the US Congress refuses to deal with the postal funding challenges or to censure Louis DeJoy for his inept management. #PostalMailhandlers, #Carriers, and #Clerks are dealing with the same issues you are, like financial insecurity, worries about rent, and trying to teach 6/
their kids at home. And they’re doing this while working 16 hour days, every day, from November 1st on, without much chance of a day off, because they believe in an America that has grossly failed them AND you! 7/16
They also believe that you deserve to see your family members smile when they open that package on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Their machines are breaking, their bodies are breaking, but they’re still trying because they’re freaking #heroes. 8/16
Please don’t take your anger out on postal workers or their family members right now for delayed deliveries. You might not get your package in time but it’s not the Post Office’s fault. They’re dealing with situations no one could have predicted. 9/16
Remember we’re in a pandemic and that every layer of our government has failed them AND you. It’s time to reach out to your #electedofficials and demand that they do something to straighten out this mess. They’re the ones you should take your anger out on, not postal workers. 10/
Also, please be kind to your carriers. This is an incredibly challenging season for them. If you want your mail delivered, remove your ice and snow! Make sure your dog is secure. Be kind! 11/16
And feel free to learn more about the INSANE pension funding scheme the Post Office was forced into by Congress, about the proprietary data that every logistics company would willingly pay a small fortune for, or how certain logistics companies are now stepping in to the gaps.12/
Please remember this: the @USPS is one of the few government agencies actually mandated by our precious constitution. It’s actually still a beautiful system. If you consider the size of the US, it’s brilliant that you can get a letter from NY to CA in under a week so cheaply! 13/
At the end of the day, you might still be mad about your delayed package but you should take this anger and channel it into making something that’s good even greater. The Post Office rocks because the people that work there ROCK and do work that would destroy most of us. 14/16
So thanks to the men and women of the @USPS. I’m planning on leaving my carrier a small token of my regard (a card and a coffee shop gift card) and encourage you to do the same. Follow . @USPostOffice911 or @APWUnational for more info. 15/16
Three generations of my family have worked at the post office. I literally wouldn’t exist without them. Christmas season is always rough for postal families too, so thanks to YOU for coming to my talk! 16/16
