Oh what stories..
I have a designated sub. I have trained two of them. It seems to be against the rules to use them on my route. Further, it seems to be against the rules (you realize that my cynical side is working ) to have the same person on a route (as a sub) more than once. I was off for the Tennessee Classic, and used five days of leave. My sub was on for one day, and I had a total of four newbies on it while I was gone.
So, where is the accountability? The ability to learn?
This stresses out the customers, and the new carriers, who do not know what to expect in their schedule, day to day, and me, as when I come back I have to clean up, mollify customers, and scream because the Post Office seems deaf to me and the ones coming behind me.
It is getting dumbed down, with speed taking precedence over accuracy, and the new people having to sort stuff on the street with no written information as to who lives here and who doesn't.
It is a grossly exaggerated clusterpluck that takes too long to explain and can only be fixed with unending patience and ignorance of the bottom line. The bean counters have screwed the public, and the mail-people.
Your good news?
No tax dollars go to this fiasco.
Killdeer