One local worker says the glitch will set her back more than 500 dollars that she planned to use for Christmas.

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas because today we live paycheck to paycheck," local mail carrier Kim Murch said.

More than $500? Live paycheck to paycheck? You're doing it wrong.

eqtworld: This would not have happened if the workers would just sign up for direct deposit.

While I agree that direct deposit is a good idea, I don't think this was an actual mail problem, but a problem with payroll itself, so it probably didn't matter which way they received their funds.

Uh oh. Look for postal workers going postal.

Or was that too obvious ;)

fark 'em...[at least] mine. tipped the guy a twenty a couple years ago when i was doing a lot of eBaying. a bit later, was missing some coins, cd's, & cigarettes I'd ordered. they were marked delivered, but i work @ home & hear when packages are left. not completely positive, but...the farker...

Direct Deposit rulez!!!

/FTW

When you control the mail, you control information!

I work at a support desk for postal employees. It's computer problems only, but I got a guy calling in about his paycheck because it was the only number he found. He said he hadn't gotten his direct deposit or his check stub. I gave him a number to call later, when it wasn't 2am on a Sunday morning.

/riveting story, I know

LaChanz

The classes aren't ossifying in every western country because money's easy to get. The system's set up so the rich get richer and the poor stay there.

Yes, you can work your way out of the system. But, it ain't easy or a sure bet. You can do everything right, wisely invest every penny that ain't nailed down, and one false move or bad turn will still lay you low. $500 ain't much, but it's more'n some have got for Yule.

\freakin' teachers for one
\\we're po
\\\need a raise just to buy the last o and r

This *might* be the headline of the year.


+2^x } x = whatever you want

The post office should make it up to them by buying them all Segways. It would speed up mail delivery and provide a great deal of amusement for us all!

I didn't a check from the USPS this week either!

I was the last to convert to direct deposit at my work since I figured they would screw it up...They did. Payroll missed a check and claimed I got it. I got a pay out after a month.

Note to self: Better wear the kevlar when I go to buy stamps.

Wow - news from Rural Maine trifecta in play here. First the drunk Fire Chief making the engine go "Woooo wooo!" and now postal workers who don't get their paychecks. Rural Maine, people: This is about as exciting as it gets.

Does this mean that they won't have money to buy ammunition?

LaChanz: One local worker says the glitch will set her back more than 500 dollars that she planned to use for Christmas.

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas because today we live paycheck to paycheck," local mail carrier Kim Murch said.

More than $500? Live paycheck to paycheck? You're doing it wrong.

The people who prepare your food, patrol your neighborhood, triage you in the ER and educate your children live paycheck to paycheck.

Life: You're doing it wrong.

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas"

I may not be up on current events, like wow I missed it. What day was Xmas on? What am I gonna do with all these effen gifts now? So will December 25th be the new New Year,s?

/so disgruntled,,,

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas because today we live paycheck to paycheck," local mail carrier Kim Murch said.

Am I the only one who thinks this quote makes no sense?

I'm an illeritate postal employee so I'm enjoying these replies

What a terrible commentary on our society when holiday celebration has been reduced to "I don't have $500 my life is ruined!!!"

Corrupt postal management and their union enablers "borrowed" the money. Management gets crack, hookers and bonuses. Union members get an annual $10 gift certificate for a turkey. Union officials get cash, hookers and Vegas boondoggles.

My pay was not messed up. They know better than to mess with career people who have concealed handgun permits.

forestwalker: LaChanz: One local worker says the glitch will set her back more than 500 dollars that she planned to use for Christmas.

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas because today we live paycheck to paycheck," local mail carrier Kim Murch said.

More than $500? Live paycheck to paycheck? You're doing it wrong.

The people who prepare your food, patrol your neighborhood, triage you in the ER and educate your children live paycheck to paycheck.

Life: You're doing it wrong.

So what do you think, I'm rich and have no farking idea? Wife's a teacher, I'm self employed. If you make over $500 a week, there's no reason that something can't be put away. Especially federal employees with all the medical benefits and union wages.

/trolling: You're doing it wrong.

samfibian: fark 'em...[at least] mine. tipped the guy a twenty a couple years ago when i was doing a lot of eBaying. a bit later, was missing some coins, cd's, & cigarettes I'd ordered. they were marked delivered, but i work @ home & hear when packages are left. not completely positive, but...the farker...

You tipped a package delivery guy? And a government employee at that?! Is that even legal?

"Have you paid your dues, Jack? Yes sir, the check is in the mail."

doglover:

The system's set up so the rich get richer and the poor stay there. + \freakin' teachers for one = Gimme a break!

How old were you when you learned teacher's pay sucks? How old were you when you decided to be a teacher?

If you want to be rich, do something that pays a lot. If you want to teach kids (and presumably make this a better world to live in) then teach.

Weird Al sits back in his chair and nods approvingly.

LaChanz

The classes aren't ossifying in every western country because money's easy to get. The system's set up so the rich get richer and the poor stay there.

no you have it all wrong the system is set up so if you work hard, save and invest carefully over the years you too will become if not rich then at least comfortable. It doesn't happen overnight, so quit your whiniing and get to work. on an aside though, I am a postal worker and I will say this: NASA and Microsoft won't be coming to the post office any time soon to recuit management staff.
wanna see my gun collection?

forestwalker: LaChanz: One local worker says the glitch will set her back more than 500 dollars that she planned to use for Christmas.

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas because today we live paycheck to paycheck," local mail carrier Kim Murch said.

More than $500? Live paycheck to paycheck? You're doing it wrong.

The people who prepare your food, patrol your neighborhood, triage you in the ER and educate your children live paycheck to paycheck.

Life: You're doing it wrong.

QFT, friend.

eqtworld: This would not have happened if the workers would just sign up for direct deposit.

I work for a state agency that went to mandatory direct deposit. It was to make life easier for HR, the staff and the facility. For HR they didn't have 50 people standing outside their door on payday waiting for their checks. For staff my money just drops into my account. For the facility we didn't have to worry about the entire place emptying out as soon as the checks hit.

We had one person quit over mandatory DD. She didn't trust it, said that unless she received a paper check she didn't get paid. We did get a payroll stub and you could go online to see when your check hit, but that wasn't good enough for her. She made a huge stink over it before quitting - 2 years before she would have gotten a retirement. Then she tried to sue over it. It was pretty funny.

There are a lot of folks living check to check, one of my coworkers buys her last week of groceries on her credit card because her paycheck won't make it. (Here's a hint...your 14yo doesn't need a cell phone with 1400 minutes on it).

LaChanz: forestwalker: LaChanz: One local worker says the glitch will set her back more than 500 dollars that she planned to use for Christmas.

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas because today we live paycheck to paycheck," local mail carrier Kim Murch said.

More than $500? Live paycheck to paycheck? You're doing it wrong.

The people who prepare your food, patrol your neighborhood, triage you in the ER and educate your children live paycheck to paycheck.

Life: You're doing it wrong.

So what do you think, I'm rich and have no farking idea? Wife's a teacher, I'm self employed. If you make over $500 a week, there's no reason that something can't be put away. Especially federal employees with all the medical benefits and union wages.

/trolling: You're doing it wrong.

That depends on your expenses, how many kids you are feeding or putting through school, housing costs, etc. It is possible that this person had 500 saved, but has to use it now to live on since they are missing a check. Just because you think you could live well and save on "over 500 a week" does not mean other folks with their own set of circumstances could. Perhaps my original response should have just fixed your original post, changing it to "Perhaps you're being forced to do it wrong."

There's always work at the post office.

Our postman is a work of art. He lives in the neighborhood and almost always takes afternoon naps at his house. If his naps go too long you don't get your mail. No junk mail, nothing. I have complained to the local postmaster but she refuses to do anything.

If he does wake up in time to deliver he is so groggy that he can't deliver to the correct address.

I hope he is one of the workers who is missing the money.

There are still morons who don't have direct deposit?

It's called CASH, baby...

forestwalker: LaChanz: forestwalker: LaChanz: One local worker says the glitch will set her back more than 500 dollars that she planned to use for Christmas.

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas because today we live paycheck to paycheck," local mail carrier Kim Murch said.

More than $500? Live paycheck to paycheck? You're doing it wrong.

The people who prepare your food, patrol your neighborhood, triage you in the ER and educate your children live paycheck to paycheck.

Life: You're doing it wrong.

So what do you think, I'm rich and have no farking idea? Wife's a teacher, I'm self employed. If you make over $500 a week, there's no reason that something can't be put away. Especially federal employees with all the medical benefits and union wages.

/trolling: You're doing it wrong.

That depends on your expenses, how many kids you are feeding or putting through school, housing costs, etc. It is possible that this person had 500 saved, but has to use it now to live on since they are missing a check. Just because you think you could live well and save on "over 500 a week" does not mean other folks with their own set of circumstances could. Perhaps my original response should have just fixed your original post, changing it to "Perhaps you're being forced to do it wrong."


That's why he was saying that they were doing it wrong. All those things you mentioned are choices made by the individual. If you are bringing home 500 bucks a week, don't spit out 3 kids, have two shiny new cars sitting in the driveway, live in a house in the burbs all decked out to beat the Jones next door, pay for private school for the kiddies and think you are going to do anything but scrape by check to check and complain about it. The choice was made, now relish in the check to check living.

And a large percentage of people would want the government running our health care system??

Benjimin_Dover: forestwalker: LaChanz: forestwalker: LaChanz: One local worker says the glitch will set her back more than 500 dollars that she planned to use for Christmas.

"I think for a lot of people there would have not been Christmas because today we live paycheck to paycheck," local mail carrier Kim Murch said.

More than $500? Live paycheck to paycheck? You're doing it wrong.

The people who prepare your food, patrol your neighborhood, triage you in the ER and educate your children live paycheck to paycheck.

Life: You're doing it wrong.

So what do you think, I'm rich and have no farking idea? Wife's a teacher, I'm self employed. If you make over $500 a week, there's no reason that something can't be put away. Especially federal employees with all the medical benefits and union wages.

/trolling: You're doing it wrong.

That depends on your expenses, how many kids you are feeding or putting through school, housing costs, etc. It is possible that this person had 500 saved, but has to use it now to live on since they are missing a check. Just because you think you could live well and save on "over 500 a week" does not mean other folks with their own set of circumstances could. Perhaps my original response should have just fixed your original post, changing it to "Perhaps you're being forced to do it wrong."


That's why he was saying that they were doing it wrong. All those things you mentioned are choices made by the individual. If you are bringing home 500 bucks a week, don't spit out 3 kids, have two shiny new cars sitting in the driveway, live in a house in the burbs all decked out to beat the Jones next door, pay for private school for the kiddies and think you are going to do anything but scrape by check to check and complain about it. The choice was made, now relish in the check to check living.

That's a whole lot of assuming ya got going on there.

kraut7: There are still morons who don't have direct deposit?

There are still moron employers who do not offer direct deposit. Because it's cheaper for them to hire one accountant for 5 companies and work the everloving shiat out of her.

you bet I want single payer health care system run by our Gov.,certainly not run by our Banksters and wall street gangsters.
Privatization is Robbery,nothing more.
Predatory Capitalism is NOT working.
NO INCUMBENTS or RON PAUL in 2008 !
smile....

I make almost exactly the median income. I don't live paycheck to paycheck anymore. In the last 20 mos. since a lengthy unemployment, on my median income, which is actually a raise from the wage I was hired at, I have: paid off $9k in cc debt, opened a Roth IRA and funded it with $3k, saved $4k in cash. I didn't go out and buy a new car, I fixed the one I had, I didn't go buy a new wardrobe, I didn't go buy that new mtn bike or Sig 226 I wanted, I took care of my business. If you don't want to live hand to mouth you have to control yourself. I am finally starting to feel like I can spend a couple bucks on luxuries, but... I still need to get a bigger cushion under me (10k would be nice) and a car with less than 270k mi would be nice too, but I'll drive it until I can buy it's replacement in cash, cash that's making me 6% interest until I have enough. Always be your own banker.

My sister was one of those postal "federal" employees everyone is talking about. She was considered "part-time" even though she often worked more than 40hr's per week. Because she was "part-time" she didn't have any benefits (Medical or otherwise). Most Postal employees that run the routes with your mail are part-time and do live from check to check. If this women got $500 for a weeks work I'd say she's either working a lot of overtime or higher up than most postal employees. Sounds like a problem in Human Resources/Payroll. Or could it be that we still aren't paying enough for stamps again?

SammyDavis: My sister was one of those postal "federal" employees everyone is talking about. She was considered "part-time" even though she often worked more than 40hr's per week. Because she was "part-time" she didn't have any benefits (Medical or otherwise). Most Postal employees that run the routes with your mail are part-time and do live from check to check. If this women got $500 for a weeks work I'd say she's either working a lot of overtime or higher up than most postal employees. Sounds like a problem in Human Resources/Payroll. Or could it be that we still aren't paying enough for stamps again?

I really do work at the United States Postal Service, in a headquarters feild unit.

The problem is that the postal unions, yes I set unions as there is more then one, fight automation tooth and nail. This means the USPS has a ton of dead weight in personel. Happily the USPS is looking at an 80% turn over rate in staff in the next 10 years, as the baby boomers retire. This will free up better paying positions for those who want to work, allow the USPS to cut overhead by not rehireing for about 40-60% of all positions, and create opportunites for automation.

Comeing in the next five to ten years the USPS will allow you to print barcoded mail pieces at home and will be processed by haveing an RFID tag stuck on it. This will greater automation and control of the mail flow reduceing delivery times and the amount of people needed to handle the mail.

My Dad works for the Post Office and he did not get his check this week. Also the ones who have direct deposit did NOT get paid this week because of the glitch. So direct deposit would not of helped at all.

Payroll is handled through local units, not a big national entity, so I can see this happening. And, FWIW, most dead weight is in management -- they'll micromanage you to death, but if you ask them to do something, it won't get done.

/You make how much money to do what again?
//Back by 5, else call us and we won't help you
///It's still your fault

Galen_Rasputin, You MUST be in mangement to come up with that bunk. We union types fight automation because management has been throwing millions at it and STILL can't get it right. As for your barcoded mail pieces comment, that's happening now. Way to be on the cutting edge, sir. The "dead weight" in personel is not in the crafts, but in management. There are way too many cooks in the kitchen messing with the soup. You are in charge of other people, yet you can't spell or use proper grammar. Disturbing and sad.

I'm in the Dyslexic Liar's Club, where our motto is, "The check's in your mouth and I won't come in the mail."
And I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

turbokat: Galen_Rasputin, You MUST be in mangement to come up with that bunk. We union types fight automation because management has been throwing millions at it and STILL can't get it right. As for your barcoded mail pieces comment, that's happening now. Way to be on the cutting edge, sir. The "dead weight" in personel is not in the crafts, but in management. There are way too many cooks in the kitchen messing with the soup. You are in charge of other people, yet you can't spell or use proper grammar. Disturbing and sad.

DPS, such a success after 12 years. I always get a kick out of them "trying to fix" the errors in it.

That, and my leave time, which is supposed to be 8:21 am, with a 7 am start and a 900 delivery route. That's obviously not based on any leave time I have ever had, just paper pushers counting out only the volume at the case, and nothing else. Unfortunately the real leave time involves more time dealing with post and accountables (even if not officially allowed to touch DPS).

/DOIS is not a realistic estimate of anything at all
//How about responding to customer needs instead of numbers?
///It's my fault anyway