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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 3491578" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Indeed it does have an image problem.A guy once asked me what it was like working as a route contractor. My answer...."it falls in somewhere between trendy sharecropping and politically correct slavery". </p><p>At the same time I don't think that the guy at the other end cares much as long as what he ordered gets there in one piece and on time. </p><p>Keep in mind also, these rural mail carriers are also third party bid contractors. In the past they received a vehicle allowance to use their own rides but then USPS got the brainy idea of giving them those old worn out little letter cars. Not giving a rat's expletive deleted about when anything destined for the rural areas actually made it there they sent them out to the rural areas to save a nickel on vehicle allowance fees. </p><p></p><p>In fact for a number of years the UPS terminal in my area would park a truck designated for a low volume area and start filling it up with boxes over a several day period then call in a part timer shove him in and send him on his way. They honestly didn't care if he never came back.</p><p>As the demand for even lower shipping rates continues to ramp up there will continue to be efforts to respond to it and just as is the case with passenger airlines it will not be a pretty sight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 3491578, member: 58386"] Indeed it does have an image problem.A guy once asked me what it was like working as a route contractor. My answer...."it falls in somewhere between trendy sharecropping and politically correct slavery". At the same time I don't think that the guy at the other end cares much as long as what he ordered gets there in one piece and on time. Keep in mind also, these rural mail carriers are also third party bid contractors. In the past they received a vehicle allowance to use their own rides but then USPS got the brainy idea of giving them those old worn out little letter cars. Not giving a rat's expletive deleted about when anything destined for the rural areas actually made it there they sent them out to the rural areas to save a nickel on vehicle allowance fees. In fact for a number of years the UPS terminal in my area would park a truck designated for a low volume area and start filling it up with boxes over a several day period then call in a part timer shove him in and send him on his way. They honestly didn't care if he never came back. As the demand for even lower shipping rates continues to ramp up there will continue to be efforts to respond to it and just as is the case with passenger airlines it will not be a pretty sight. [/QUOTE]
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