Surfed awhile and then forced myself back to bed and woke with the alarm at 5. Weird ass dreams haunted me for a bit but finally the coffee kicked in and I was rarin' to go. Had a fun commute with SF but... I think he is going to check me in for coffee re-hab if I can't take my coffee mania mornings down a notch or two... Sometimes I don't think he "GETS" me. heheheh
So I get to work and find out [woofuckinhoo] that it is time for my yearly route inspection. This entails supervision counting my mail etc.. and going with me in the back of the vehicle in a jump seat and timing my deliveries. I could have denied them due to the fact I am still on restricted duty, but I pretty much am back to full duty so what the hell I know I have passed every inspection I have had and I might as well get it over with. Well come to find out that they are doing them a little differently than normal and have a special vehicle all set to take instead of moving the jump seat to each carriers car. That really sucks. I have my truck set up just the way I like it and maintenance has raised my seat just enough to help with my being "vertically challenged". Oh well I will go with the flow and after a wee bit of bitching I go to do my vehicle check and make sure all lights work, horn makes noise, adjust mirrors and just an overall walk around. This is done daily before we start to case our mail so if anything is awry the vehicle crews can come out and address any issues.
Ok..... so I walk out and unlock the door and climb in... What do I find?
The fucking truck smells of cat piss... Yes you read that right... CAT PISS!
I am NOT happy at this moment and go inside to whine a bit more. I share my displeasure with L my floor super and he says... wait for it......
"Oh a carrier in the office was displeased with his evaluation and we think he peed on the jump seat but we don't have proof...."
Um... Why in the hell did they leave the jump seat in the vehicle? They covered it in plastic and everyone since then has had to endure this smell. NOT ME!
As luck would have it our postmaster showed up for a little visit and ol' Cheesy marched right over and shared her displeasure with him too!
Let's just say he made a call and had a new jump seat delivered before I had to leave for the street. [good part #1] lol
The day turned into a BEAUTIFUL spring day with just enough warmth to make me smile. I like L my super and he is pretty laid back so I just went about my day as usual. He came into the place where I do lunch and was pretty funny with the crew and I think he may visit there again... he LOVED the soup as much as I do! Only bad thing is I have misplaced my debit card somewhere after that.. I KNEW I should have accepted his offer to buy... dammit.
There is one street I call felony flats that has a bit of a history housing some not so smart customers but since I took over the route most of the trouble makers have either moved or gotten with the program.[IE: blocking boxes -etc] L tells me some folks who helped carry my route while I was laid up commented that they no longer dread delivering there because "Cheese has them trained". This made me smile as we rounded the corner to see 2 guys sitting on the stoop of one of the duplexes. He comments [not very nice but did make me giggle a bit] "There they are -awaiting there checks in the mail". At this point we see they have their truck blocking the boxes. Funny thing is this house is vacant and I am wondering who this is? Oh well new tenants I suppose and at this point one of the guys JUMPS up and runs to the truck, starts it and moves it across the street before I am finished with the previous row of boxes. As I pull up to the offending row the guy gets out of his truck and hollers out " Well shit if I had known it was you I would have continued my break!" At this I look up and see that it is a retired carrier from another office that I used to work at. How Fun!
He is clad in work clothes and knee pads and I asked him what the hell he is doing in these parts? Seems he is doing renovations in his retirement. His wife told him to find a hobby or find a divorce lawyer... hehe I always like her wit. Then the second guy who was seated on the stoop strolls up and it is ANOTHER retired carrier who I absolutely adored working with. At this point I get out and get 2 wonderful bear hugs and just caught up for a couple of minutes. L put down that I was doing box maintenance LOL! what a trooper. At this time the customer who lives in the adjoining duplex came out and yells... " HEY I don't get hugs at MY mailbox.. NO FAIR!"
Sometimes you just have to smile when a potential crappy day makes a 180~
10 comments:
"I was doing box maintenance"...Man, I wish I could have seen that...and helped!! Cheers!!
I LOVE this story! You rock, Ms Cheesy!
NWO! I WOULD have rocked someone if i had to ride around in a piss-mobile all day hehehe.....Now I need to find out how to get even with the offending carrier... I now know who is was... fucker~
Matt~ I LOVE THE WAY YOU THINK! lolololol
holy cow, the cat piss smelling jumpseat...crimony, what is wrong with people?
glad that ultimately it turned out to be such a great day though.
A dude peed in the car????
I'm starting to think some of those rumors about postal workers are true.
:)
Around here we get a warning letter when the supervisor is doing a route inspection..
"don't be alarmed when you see a person in street clothes rifling through your mail"
And mighty fine weather to go with your boots!!
You do have a way, don't you?
LOL!
Your job sounds fun!
But then you are a "people person" so it's perfect!
I got paid (very little!) this week, to take 21 4 and 5 year olds across the Sound to Vashon Island on the ferry.
Do what you love, and love what you do.
Schmoop! Sometimes I feel like I work with 30 4-5 year olds! Yes if I wasn't a mailman I am sure I would be dealing with kids... You help shape the lil' boogers of tomorrow!!!
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