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Progressive Jones

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45. That "10 times normal" is not much of an exaggeration.

Sat Dec 19, 2020, 02:25 AM

Dec 2020

FWIW: My spouse is "lower management" at a large USPS processing and distribution center in the Chicago suburbs.

She's been working mega hours and taking no days off for 2 weeks now ( not required to do this, but...). This is normally the
busiest week of any year, but this year the volume is much higher than normal.

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