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MADem

(135,425 posts)
6. I am happy, too--I like USPS and I want them to continue to serve us.
Sun May 10, 2015, 04:36 PM
May 2015

Not everyone regards "Sunday" as a religious holiday. When I worked in the Middle East, we used to say "Thank God It's WEDNESDAY...." because that was the start of the weekend. We went back to work on Saturday.

The Sunday Delivery scheme sounds like a great opportunity for people who don't want to work full-time to make a little scratch--they aren't using regular employees for it, it's a part-time/non-career gig, and it is paying well above minimum:


Others just feel plain bad that their postal carrier is having to work on Sundays. Should we feel guilty?

The Sunday work is performed primarily by “non-career employees,” which is lingo for part-time employees. A U.S. Postal spokesman said these employees most likely would not receive as many hours as they do if it were not for Sunday delivery. Because of this, you will often see them not in uniform.

Dozens of job openings are listed on the U.S. Postal Service’s website, calling for temporary help on Sunday. Wages are listed at roughly $15.30 an hour, so if you think creating new jobs for people is a good thing, you probably don’t have to feel guilty.


(from the link in the post above).

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I'm not nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #1
First time it has happened for me. Still, a good deal for the USPS. nt Logical May 2015 #2
What's the down side? PeaceNikki May 2015 #4
????? nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #5
Indeed. PeaceNikki May 2015 #7
I guess I will continue to scratch my head nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #9
I must have misinterpreted "I'm not" to imply you weren't happy about it. PeaceNikki May 2015 #10
You did, why I linked to the article nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #13
Gotcha. PeaceNikki May 2015 #15
They are delivering here in Florida. A part-timer for them told me it has revitalized the USPS. patricia92243 May 2015 #3
That is great news. Thanks for posting! nt Logical May 2015 #14
I am happy, too--I like USPS and I want them to continue to serve us. MADem May 2015 #6
Having had jobs over the years requiring me to work on Sundays i have not received a lot of Thinkingabout May 2015 #12
I enjoy working Sunday's, I get overtime for it. Agschmid May 2015 #16
I think it is a win-win. MADem May 2015 #17
yes. USPS delivers for Amazon on Sundays Liberal_in_LA May 2015 #8
I saw a USPS truck out treestar May 2015 #11
USPS still delivers on SAT. It's Sunday that is news! nt MADem May 2015 #18
I think I knew that treestar May 2015 #22
Beings as how I was a navy postal clerk madokie May 2015 #19
They've been doing it for some time now. We love our P.O. and they're always hiring. Nice to see freshwest May 2015 #20
I've been getting Sunday USPS deliveries for the 30 years I've been in this area NV Whino May 2015 #21
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