Had a chat with my post man this morning
He had absolutely no clue what was going on. He told me he "never votes." I told him he might want to consider doing so this time and to vote blue!
He seems like a very nice fellow who told me he will retire when he turns 66 next summer.
So, of course, I enlightened him. He was horrified and asked "where do you get that kind of information?" So I told him normal (non-Faux outlet names).
I kept repeating to "vote blue to save your pension."
He was particularly disturbed to learn that DeJoy is a logistics guy who has contracts with companies are direct competitors of the USPS. That stung.
Anyway, he said he has not seen any difference in the way things are being done. He said they cut overtime years ago in this area (Memphis suburb). He said, if you are out on a route and your time is up, they literally send out a contract worker to relieve you of your route. And said they pay overtime to contractors but not to employees.
He said management does not communicate with workers at all, so he knows nothing about any of what's going on.
I did ask him to talk to his coworkers to inform them to VOTE BLUE.
That's about all I got out of him, except maybe one blue vote!
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I hope he will go home and talk to wife (who he said does vote) and they do some research. I'm hopeful because his retirement is so close! Keeping fingers crossed. I will see him again, perhaps tomorrow, and I'll keep after him.
That "I don't vote" attitude is quite prevalent here. REVOLTING! 
Yes, most do think it's part of govt.
I explicitly told him to talk to wife and coworkers about this - since it concerns their jobs and pensions. I'll keep on him.
I thank every single person I see working for their work and engage them briefly in a discussion about voting blue.
Not one single person I have ever spoken to here has known that they can register to vote online with a drivers license or state ID #. Nor has anyone known that non-drivers will be (usually) given a free state ID for voting purposes.
The attitude is usually, "I don't bother." I keep telling they'd better, as elections have consequences!
And I always, always ask them to spread the work among friends and family members. (People usually do what they are told, it seems.)
We shall have lessons on Soc Sec next week.
Yes, I told him republicans are trying to privatize postal service and that chump was on the teeeeeveeeee saying he knows ruining the postal service will keep people from voting and he's doing it anyway and not funding it. (I repeated the negative republican stuff too, as this nice man isn't too bright.)
Oh, you would not even come close to fathoming the stupidity here. I never knew such people existed. So I try to enlighten them politically.
BTW, no mask on postman. He might not know about virus for all I know. (I spoke from a distance.)
my mate was a clerk. We were both occasionally checking DU throughout the day. Which was extremely weird and strange is we were both on DU when the hack happened, I knew at that moment things were going to be bad for everyone on the planet. It made me sick at my stomach to say the least. And there I was helping his groupies cast their ballot for him "god emperor"
Glqd you are sitting this one out so not exposed to tRump virus.
I repeated several times that the republicans are trying to close down the post office & that tRump was on the teevee saying he knows not funding the post office will hurt mail-in voting, but was not going to fund it anyway.
And that democrats are fighting for the postal workers and all Americans, as we all very much need and appreciate postal workers.
I'll see him again, if not tomorrow, next week. I have a willing audience, no worries, we will continue to chat. And I will keep reminding him to read from a variety of sources: CNN, NYT, WAPO, NBC, etc.
I reference the past because union workers are pretty rare in these parts now. 
I graduated from high school around the time that new union employees could get paid better elsewhere (after recent bargaining agreements), but the older union employees were still paid like professionals.
Oh, just more repuke union busting. Nothing to see there. 🤬 
How any person who works for a living could even consider voting repuke. Brainwashed, I guess.
But he does now!
And he knows its gop / trumputin doing this!
Especially in this area. I was shocked when he asked where I go to learn these things.
Cripes, doesn't everyone live to research? 😳 i know they don't.
Just sharing info (& digging for clues lol). I had a feeling the guy was clueless, so he needed to know!
I can't understand it.
I feel like it is my duty as an American to vote.
Both of my parents were veterans of World War II.
I understand what they did, so that I can vote.
I wonder if that's where this comes from in all of us, 'us' being those of us so involved in politics, and making sure we vote.
Did we all have someone influence us in some way? How do these other people walk through life and not care about voting? How do they not realize that their vote impacts their life, or their lack of a vote?
And, with many of the women, it seems that "I never voted" is a bragging point.
I see it as disempowerment which, to me, is 1,000% intolerable!
My dad was a union steward. Lol
And to speak with women who seem to wear the "I've never voted in my life" as a badge of honor makes me physically sick!
I was shocked the way he whipped around & asked "really?" When I told him about sorting machine removals.
Clueless.
This is in a suburb of Memphis.
Among the caucasian women I have attempted to engage, they seem to be proud of never having voted. 😳
This sort of unawareness is very very common in this area, esp among younger poc in my experience, although this carrier was caucasian.
As stated above when I grocery shop, I engage the youngish workers to thank them for their work, many poc, and to encourage them to "vote the racist republicans out."
Most haven't a clue and little interest but, occasionally, I see a star being born when the light of empowerment clicks on as we chat.
But he has been my carrier gor 2 years & seemed quite bitter about ot pay for non full time employees. 
The APWU.
https://apwu.org/news/president-dimondstein-pbs-news-hour
And, SL, you sound like me at grocery store.
I'll check next week.
From the American Postal Workers Union site:
The APWU represents more than 220,000 USPS employees and retirees, and nearly 2,000 private-sector mail workers. Depending on their occupation, APWU members belong to the Clerk, Maintenance, Motor Vehicle, or Support Services divisions.
But not the letter carriers. Yikes. I overlooked that pertinent fact. Thanks for making that clear.
Was just thinking he should be aware of the Union's activities in opposition to TRump#s PMG.
Unfortunately, southerners traditionally don't favor unions anyway.
Everyone should try to speak with their postal carrier, imo. I was waiting for him today.
I love our country. Seems like very little I can do. 
Some DUers have posted that their carriers had been given new directives and that is what I was initially fishing for.
I know what you mean though & have been in non-govt positions that were run the same way.
What did somewhat amaze me, though, was that this carrier was astounded to learn what's happening with the USPS! And that he did not know where to look for news! 🤯 but I was happy to inform him.
His body language, questions, and peaked listening told me he was intently interested.
As a carrier of nearly 20 years set to retire next year, I'm hoping to get he and his family & coworkers to vote blue! Wouldn't it be something if chumputin's attack on our beloved USPS turned TN blue in Nov? It could happen, if and only if, people get off their asses & register & vote!
Perhaps chumputin is worried. I saw & posted an article yesterday informing that kanye west filed papers to be on ballot in TN. same is true for a few other red states. Speaks volumes, I think!
Anyway, I will keep talking with my carrier, encouraging him to read from a reliable base of news sources, to register and vote blue, as well as to share the info he learns with family, friends & coworkers. He just might, as this could well cost him his retirement!
doesn't watch or listen to news. Maybe that keeps his stress low, but seriously. 
Oblivious to reality. Hellhole Memphis burbs.
IJS
And his wife votes. No worries, I'll keep after him.
Will do! 👍