Say, did anyone else get an Amazon "holiday wishbook" in the mail? I think they're trying for a Sears Christmas catalog feel. And I think they're kinda hitting it, although I like to think Sears had somewhat fewer labor violations. At least, after the '30s.
Yes, and it made me SO FLIPPING ANGRY. Our mail delivery is so jacked up, my friend who is a mail carrier has been working 7am to past 9pm six days a week for weeks. So is everyone else at his station, and yet they are not able to finish delivering routes consistently. He's certain there's some conspiracy we don't know about yet flooding the system with first class mail, because they volume is insanely high - exclusive of packages. And then Amazon goes and does Prime day DURING ELECTION SEASON topping off all the election-related mail (which you cannot opt out of) with even more packages. It seems very retaliatory and mean, and is hurting kinda everyone since all of mail is seriously backed up. Voter pamphlets were out for delivery week before last, but I still haven't gotten mine because I'm about 60% of the way through a route so it didn't get finished any day last week. I didn't get mail for a week, same for everyone on my block. Not because the carrier wasn't working, he absolutely was, busting his ass, but was so bogged down with parcels (which apparently take priority in delivery over actual mail) that his route just went unfinished. It's a serious issue that kinda receeded in the news cycle even though the republican sabotage of USPS is still very much happening.
I have Wed off next week and the last week in Oct I should have 4 days off so I can go one of those days.
At work our packages are backed up. Not from post office though it's Fed Ex. They are only allowed to take 160 packages per day. I think there are some days when our manager can get them to take more. Right now we are processing about 1000 items a day which the number of packages depends based on how many single item orders we have. Anyway we probably have close to 160 fed ex packages ready right now and so we have to be careful that the fed ex guy takes the older stuff not just the newer items.
Twitter came back just as TCG came home.
We have switched most of our customers from FedEx to UPS because FedEx was limiting how many trailers they would pick up from us. And we are not doing *any* service level upgrades or guaranteed delivery deadlines for Christmas. Which is good for me because that is a pain to manage, but very unusual.
Wow that all sounds bonkers!
Ah you should definitely record this zombie song and post somewhere!!
Rory and I went to the dog park but it was a little after 5pm and it was a madhouse! The other two times were a weekend and like, 330. Soooooo many people and dogs! But he seemed to have fun.
this guy was in my left fist the whole time I was in the dentist's chair last week, with my mask dangling from my pinky finger. Nobody said nothin'. They better not.
I'm so sorry about the jerks.
It's a serious issue that kinda receeded in the news cycle even though the republican sabotage of USPS is still very much happening
Still can't legally vote. Optimistic that it'll be fixed tomorrow. Planning to drive two hours to office on Monday if not.
this guy was in my left fist the whole time I was in the dentist's chair last week
I'm big on talismans. I wore a bracelet my BFF made for me, a necklace another close friend gave me, and earrings I associate with a third close friend. (And I had a CBD gummy - with a tiny bit of THC - to help with pain and anxiety).
Thankfully, seems like I worried for nothing. I just told him that I would leave one earbud out and not ignore him, but that I would be 74% more chill if I had something else to focus on. And he was fine. Though when he heard I was listening to The Beatles, he proceeded to explain John & Yoko's Bed In; I've chosen to believe it's because of my apparent youth rather than Mansplaining.
Cass, the WaPo would love to hear from you. [link]
On a related note: what have we decided is the appropriate response when someone apologizes, but you're not gonna say "It's OK" because it's not, at least not yet?
Different culture and all, but if it's not a situation where expressing one's true feelings and opinions is considered to be rude/hurt fragile feelings (for any reason), I'm going with smiling and nodding and saying "... very well". I think it's the equivalent of "I heard your apology".
