THis here car is the new POV of the future...with the decrease in volume that I keep hearing about there should be NO ISSUE with making the mail fit. According to the postal policy regarding the "size" of the vehicle...it says :
"Your personal vehicle must be large enough to accommodate the normal mail
volume and constructed to protect the mail from loss or damage." PO603
I am assuming that the "normal mail" is the volume you recieved during count...does anyone out there disagree that you could fit that volume adequately in this vehicle? I am seriously considering a small compact like this...and how can they dispute that its not adequate? oh hell who am I kidding? IM not buying another mail car...they better seriously look at the financial feasibility of the current EMA...im losing on the wear and tear...and Im not gonna accept a lose for long...it makes no sense...Any short time RCAS that hang around for this are either really desperate or morons. Im not sure desperate even applies if you look at the loss on the value of your vehicle that you are not being reimbursed for. With us being cut out of the COLA increase when all our exspenses are the same as anyone elses...its just mad not to seriously take a hard look at our carreer choices...but wait! newsflash...were not carreer employees anyhow! how we lookin now?
I for one am starting to consider that with the uncertainety and God forbid "recession" of the mail system...maybe it would be smarter to quit and come back when fuel and stuff is affordable? Come back when our Union negotiates time standards and "benefits" that we can live with? come back when the job is stable and you are paid for the actual work you put forth on their behalf? HA HA HA ,...who am I kidding? Its not looking good ! I predict a serious shortage of "available" RCAs in the postal future.
While i have been told recently that I have a negative attitude ....i beg to differ...I dont believe its negative to state the truth as I see it. And anyone who cant see that the above blog is the truth...the whole truth and nothing but the truth is an IGIT>..and thats a nice word. I reckon an optomist would look at the current EMA and see their tank half full....a REALIST looks at it and knows...that the damm thing is empty!
The RCA's current hourly wage is decent. However, if we subtract all the expenses that EMA does not cover, that decent wage becomes minimum wage. I hear ya SS and I can't blame you if the PO becomes an image in your rear view mirror.
Spauldo08:36 PM EST