Why did postal workers stop going postal?

Job got less stressful after UPS, FedEx and email

That game Postal was pretty awesome.

Rural mail drivers make close to $20 an hour. For a mindless job, it isn't a bad gig.

They also get less expensive gov’t health insurance.

They aren’t really held accountable for anything anymore. I think that carrier that dumped a whole bin of Goodwood’s mail in a dumpster still has a job.

There is no more stress in the job because they sit around and don't do shite all day and receive max government benefits.

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Rural mail drivers make close to $20 an hour.

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I would bet they make much more than that. part time postal workers start out at close to 18 a hour.

Too lazy to shoot the place up

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USPS does a good job these days with package delivery. If they lose your package you are screwed, but the day to day operations are pretty solid.

UPS and FedEx have gone downhill, IMO. Never would have predicted USPS would adapt to the huge ramp up in e-commerce and delivery better than the private guys, but they have

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I think a lot of this is perspective.

USPS was really bad before, so improvements stick out a lot. And vice versa for the private guys.

I still prefer FedEx at my place because of better tracking, better lost package customer service, and usually faster.

But I will admit they've lost packages and been delayed more in the past year than ever before. Amazon is really squeezing the entire parcel system.

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Rural mail drivers make close to $20 an hour.

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I would bet they make much more than that. part time postal workers start out at close to 18 a hour.

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I believe they also get paid mileage on their vehicle and get to deduct depreciation on it, too.

Here they ship UPS and FedEx to the local post office and the USPS delivers it to the house on some of the packages.