Since Fall quarter is DONE, I can finally breathe a little! It’s been an INCREDIBLY busy 10 weeks with so much to blog about, yet so little time. In no particular order (and what I remember)…here we go:
1) It’s going to snow today in RI. The same storm that’s causing all sorts of blizzard conditions [...]

To my surprise, I received an email at work that I had been drafted for 12/08 through Christmas to work on the night shift as a Transportation Specialist and cover for someone that is out on extended sick leave. I accepted the offer with a little persuasion from Marni and I’ll be working the 15:00 [...]

I have learned at work that there will be another rate increase for shipping packages on January 18, 2009. This does not affect the price of stamps, only for packages. For more information, follow this link: 2009 USPS rates .Ship anything and everything you can before that date in order to save money and make [...]

I don’t think in the nearly 22 years I’ve been in the USPS that we’ve ever seen things this bad before. Business is down…WAY down and it’s only going to get worse as long as the fuel costs for all of us are at the $4 per gallon.
One of the emails that we received at [...]

I wouldn’t be a very good customer service and sales clerk for the USPS if I didn’t remind all of you that the postal rates are increasing on May 14th. A first class stamp will increase to 41 cents along with some other major changes in our products, rates and services. No, I’m not [...]