Compared to what someone who works at Wal Mart makes.

True. Time off doesn't pay bills though. They get a lot of overtime, though. Carriers, that is.

My ex sil is a teacher. She had to work two jobs until she got remarried.

How you misunderstood it is that you think I'm calling your dad a thief or something stupid like that.

My father was a letter carrier. I'm grateful that these jobs exist so people like he, who was high school educated and not more, could still have a decent job without a trade to practice and without having to beat himself up doing manual labor all his life. Our economy needs jobs at all levels of skill.

As far as the salary, benefits, and vacation time, they are primarily the result of collective bargaining and thus, they are paid a far higher rate thanthe market would bear for them otherwise.

It's nice work if you can get it.

I stick with the Fed-Ex Express at my office. With the business account, I can send that same box of books across the country for $6 in two days, with tracking and insurance. For a couple dollars more, I can have it there the next day.

I play piano in a whorehouse. What difference does it make?

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I don't completely disagree with you the overall point you're trying to make, but this comparison is stupid. There's no way in hell you could take your average Wal-Mart worker and suddenly give them a USPS job and expect them to succeed. You have to be tremendously more self-managed to be a mail carrier if nothing else.

Luv, I have a ton of respect for teachers and postal workers.


They just don't have it nearly as bad as they think. Well, the postal workers, anyway.


Teachers have to put up with little bastards 8 hours a day. Screw that. I would need more then 4 months vacation a year to convince me to do that job.

I send things to the home office using the USPS. It beats FedEx and UPS by two days.:thumb:

I have nothing but good things to say about them around here. -25 temps and they still got my mail to me dailey.

Well, I think you're underestimating the average Wal Mart worker. They're not stupid people.

Okay, I get it. Postal workers equate to people who could possibly be dumbass thieves.


Anyway. Yes, I agree that they get paid quite well after an intial period and get great benefits for cheaper (although not paid for 100% like someone eluded to earlier). As far as benefits go, there are thousands upon thousands of workers that work for the same "company". Of course their health insurance and such will be less expensive. However, how many government agencies are unionized (literal question, I don't know)?

Ugh. Not going to make anymore arguments than to say that, while it may be "easy," it's not like they sit around and do nothing for their pay. Well, maybe clerks (jk).

Well, Jesus Christ, at least you finally admitted the possibility that the job might be easy.

Hey, my wife is a manager at Wal-Mart.


Oh ya, her pay IS shit. Medical benefits are the only reason she works.

I think the best part of being a mailman would be riding the horses across the western landscape.

They don't have to be micro managed. They get paid more not to steal.

:)