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i went postal err, i mean coastal today. NO! i mean POSTAL!!!

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vorghagen:
Chad, What. The. ---fudgesicle---. Is. That?

danny_galaga:

well, ive been a postie for i week. and i have to say, its been freakin great! maybe for the first time ever, im actually enjoying work. and being properly paid for it (the oldies grumble about the pay, but they havent been in private industry for a long time. damn green grass over that fence  ;))

job starts at 6:35am. get in and start sorting mail. this takes a hell of a lot of time. the guys that have been there a while are like robots, while i fumble along. lunch time depends on how many letters you have that day (seems to be about 1000-1500). but 10:30am seems about normal. WAY early for lunch for me (and only 30 mins) but i can live with it. out on the road by 10:30-11:00. it was my first day essentially on my own today so i got on the road about 12! You are paid for a certain amount of time. If you finish early and no one needs any help, you can go home! obviously today wasn't one of those days. yesterday, because someone was helping me we finished at 1:30! i went and saw a movie (bourne ultimatum, bloody good!)

so far this week on the road we helped a guy in an electric wheelchair who was stuck. i was chased by a corgi! i almost fell off my bike laughing ( i definitely drew the long straw. one girl i know is doing a really rough area. she had a freakin attack dog jump a fence and chase her  :o) several magpies attacked me, and ive had a few lil chillen come out jumping up and down for the mail. thats a bit of a reward. so cute  :) one dissappointed little boy, upon not receiving any mail followed me to the next mail box to get that instead! daddy broke the news. not a happy camper that day!

oh, and it just so happens that im delivering to my own place! i better make sure im careful with the neighbours mail. dont want them complaining...

shardian:
Good to hear mail service is an enjoyable job in aussieland, but I'll still ask you in a month or two if you still like it. here in the US, there is a reason they call a killing spree "going postal". Postmaster is a high turnover job. Nothing they ever do is good enough, always highly stressed. I've never even seen any of the postmasters I've known smile even away from work. Now the delivery people are hit and miss. Still a fairly high turnover, but they are well paid. I believe they make $17 an hour.

danny_galaga:

initially it's less here, at about 17 an hour aussie. but each year for the next five years it goes up a buck so that in five years its about 22 an hour (",). and yes, ive copped a few postal jokes. a friend found this pic for me for instance. hmmm, i have been enjoying golden eye on my N64 lately. i especially like the sniping aspect and even though im not suppoesd to i find it satisfying to shoot the scientists when they run away  >:D

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: shardian on August 31, 2007, 08:23:31 am ---Good to hear mail service is an enjoyable job in aussieland, but I'll still ask you in a month or two if you still like it. here in the US, there is a reason they call a killing spree "going postal". Postmaster is a high turnover job. Nothing they ever do is good enough, always highly stressed. I've never even seen any of the postmasters I've known smile even away from work. Now the delivery people are hit and miss. Still a fairly high turnover, but they are well paid. I believe they make $17 an hour.

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well, i really really suck at this job! but, since i've pretty much sucked at any job i've ever done and this one is the highest paying one so far i think i'll stick with it (unless they fire me of course).

should it be a concern that after work i like nothing better than to play goldeneye on the n64, climb a tower in the 'surface' mission and get sniping?

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