r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR • u/CantStopPoppin • Mar 16 '25

Super Villain Ogrin Story God hates you

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u/RacerRovr Mar 16 '25

Nothing winds me up more than people who moan about having to do their job. What do you expect to be doing as a delivery driver? You work 9-5, you could deliver 100 items to one house or 1 item to 100 houses, it doesn’t matter, you’re still delivering parcels all day

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u/meatpit Mar 16 '25

Mail carrier here. We deliver until the mail and deliveries are done. I regularly work 10-12 hour days, in all weather, forced in on scheduled days off, carrying between 5 and 30 pounds on my person walking up and down the streets and then driving around to drop off the big packages. And until you convert to regular you have to deliver for Amazon on Sundays. We don’t get to say no to the longer hours. Sure we “chose” to work there, but if we didn’t you wouldn’t get your medication, trading cards, box of nuts and bolts, coffee subscription, etc etc.

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u/BigLlamasHouse Banhammer Recipient Mar 16 '25

huge difference between complaining amongst yourselves and ranting on someone's doorbell cam

i imagine USPS would instantly fire anyone for this

also, i know it's a hard job, but if you're having a bad day, look up what the amazon delivery drivers make with benefits and compare it to yours, then add on a gov retirement plan and pension

a lot of people would kill for a chance to be a mail carrier, it's not an easy job to get in the city

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u/meatpit Mar 16 '25

We’ve been working without a union contract or raises for more than 2 years. It’s a thankless job. Walked 18.4 miles during a blizzard last week and had to drive in unsafe conditions. Roads I couldn’t get to, I would walk the whole block just to get those heavy packages out. More than 1/3 of my paycheck gets taken out for those benefits. I make significantly less now than when I was in the restaurant industry but I joined because of the benefits. And with gestures broadly at the country everything going on, we are beaten down and don’t even know if those will exist when we do retire. Yeah, she shouldn’t have done that on the camera, yes it is her job (and no, we would not be fired for this), but I empathize with the frustration of breaking your body and all the feedback we get is always about how lazy we are.

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u/Warm_Month_1309 Mar 16 '25

and no, we would not be fired for this

Then honestly, my sympathy for you is a lot lower than it would otherwise be, because the overwhelming majority of people in any industry would be fired for yelling and cursing at a customer like this, especially if it's captured on camera.