Charleston's most difficult mail route

[@ronnietoobadd]

Ive been here almost 2 years and ended up getting the route I live on, 2 min from my house! My route is all flat and encompasses only a few streets...infact I can see it all right from my window! Maybe 3 trays of DPS, 2 FSS, and about 25 parcels. Talk about LUCKY!

[@everythinglitty6369]

Are you a rural or city carrier?

[@ronnietoobadd]

everythingLitty ! City

[@ronnietoobadd]

everythingLitty ! City

[@headbounce22]

Damn easy peasy route!!! Congrats!

[@alexibarra1142]

Route inspection yet?

[@TallTan22]

This Route Needs "Mounted Curbside Mailboxes".......

[@andrewnisco7851]

yes, some of those distances from sidewalk to porch were ridiculous

[@martinithegr8]

I read that as "Mountian Curbside" mailboxes...

[@ShadowsandCityLights]

Maybe it is now idk. But they seem to have plenty of room.

[@rsadams1692]

Keep up the good work. Just retired after 34 years. Charleston is a great town too.

[@TJ-wv8fs]

Congratulations on retirement

[@DrHogfan]

Dude! Where's the mail volume ?

[@Judahsmoon]

its definitely a good job, but it can be demanding on the body. I stayed on a hard route for 10 yrs, strictly because of my customers...they were so pleasant and I enjoyed giving them good service! I felt like I was a part of that community.

[@veronicallamas9333]

Judahsmoon I'm a t6 that transferred from a beautiful beach city to the city where I live where the climate is about 20-25 degrees hotter and routes are longer. I'll be 45 soon and I'm telling you everything hurts. My heel, lower back, sciatica!! It sucks. So yes I agree with you. I go home too tired to want to do anything.

[@justq5505]

I’m not staying on a route because of the customers lol I worry about me first. That’s why I bid off of the route I was just on, it was physically kicking my ass but the people were nice

[@michaelspoto8720]

do ppl give you presents around the holidays?

[@calgary2800]

This job is a knee, ankle, and back destroyer.

[@anon6785]

you forgot elbow! you can get some sweet tennis elbow! Don't miss out!

[@tomsawyertomsawyer3683]

More like a nursing job when you retire your back and knee give in and you become the patient as well..

[@joelmejia8546]

Achilles are sore after watching

[@DivaLianess]

I agree ... hip and shoulder destroyer too

[@Domin1cPhoenix]

Don’t forget soul destroy as well

[@ytsims]

I’m in San Francisco on a walking route. The hills are insane. Shout out to fellow letter carriers.

[@nickbarakat3103]

Damn. . . That one handed move into the mail slot was hella smooth(37s). Folks that know . . Know that he made that look so easy. LOL

[@XxGlaciersOfIcexX]

Mail slots suck. Majority of the time they trip me up.

[@damonsipe9232]

The mail slots that don't have that built in outward groove are a real pain one-handed. Especially on a walking route, and the customer has things like tables with decorative crap on it directly below the slot. Satchel always gets in the way

[@XxGlaciersOfIcexX]

@damonsipe9232 screw them damn mail slots. That's what I do, all walking routes. Especially when your loaded with dps, flats and a full satchel

[@eagle49]

Too bad he didn't show how he has to scan a bar code on 15 on his boxes just so management knows where he is every minute of his route. Back around 2000 there were 700,000 USPS employees and 100,000 supervisors and you don't see GM, HP or any other company with a ratio like that. I retired after doing 40 Yrs. on Long Island and don't miss the 3 hour morning office time but DO miss the people I saw every day out in the street. .Oh, by the way, he carries the bag with little or no mail in it for safety reasons. That blue satchel saved many a carrier from a nasty dog bite.

[@BuyingScratchoffsFTW]

This guy knows exactly what he’s talking about

[@den19852]

02:42 REALLY? I couldn't care less if they got their package or letter, I'm here for the money.

[@behumble3634]

Lol

[@coalovd7761]

I hate people like this

[@charlietuna9265]

the township should dee about all homeowners put their mailbox down closer to the road, so the mail carrier doesn't have to walk to long walk up some of those stairs.

[@argerinejordan4703]

So glad i retired. Enough for me. 33 yrs

[@jojowhite9296]

same for me .... 1988 - 2021. Plus, I had 5.5 military and over one year S/L. Almost 40 years of federal service.

[@tunyung]

Where are all the Amazon parcels?

[@ggtfsas6617]

This was posted 6 years ago.. amazon wasn’t that popular yet

[@Mario-cv5el]

Back when it was enjoyable

[@annebeth66]

We love our mail carriers here in Charleston, WV.

[@davidfernandez2392]

I had a.walking route then it got smaller and smaller

[@Wgaither1]

Way to go

[@Cobrakailives]

Those walking routes are a waste of money, just put up NBU boxes and it'll save time,money and wear and tear on the carriers body.😊

[@gengar_princess1085]

I agree with the outside part though. It always been my dream to deliver and work alone.

[@navocar]

Leaning out to the right with your hip delivering to mounted mail boxes is the kind of repetitive motion that causes injuries. Same goes for having an NBU route and leaning out of the truck to do one long wrist motion fitting packages big and small into 4-6 inch slots. At least he is out there walking and exerting all his muscular and joint body points. In the end he is less likely to be injured or suffer any long-terms physical ailments.

[@wayword1679]

Jose Rodriguez your kidding right. Have you ever heard of bursitis tendinitis heel spurs fallen arches, knee replacement, tore rotator cuffs, to name a few long term and permanent injuries that a lot carriers suffer who have park and loop or city carrier routes. 29 years on Chicago streets, I think I know a little bit about this job by now. No disrespect

[@1eyecanon449]

How can a new CCA avoid these issues? Good soles and greater in soles? And knee pads

[@damonsipe9232]

Route definitely needs more mounted boxes and dont get me started on those boxes built into the doors and house

[@7474jd]

I always knew which yards to watch out for dog mess.

[@Mario-cv5el]

You mean poo poo

[@gengar_princess1085]

I’m getting a city route soon. I hope my route is not to hard. I definitely need a semi smooth route bc of my injury.

[@mojorisen74]

This route in no way compares to a few I've done in Cincinnati. Price Hill and Corryville. Price hill had about 30 steps going to every house. Corryville had 30 steps going to every house as well as being on extremely steep hills. Thank God for seniority! The route I have now is flat all the way through. It's too late for my knees though. Only 44 and have had knee issues since I was 35

[@spacefertilizer]

I’m a mailman in Sweden and I’ve noticed that in USA and almost any other country always have boxes at ground floor in all buildings (apartments) but in Sweden we have to in about 99% of all cases run the stairs up (if there is no elevator) and down and deliver to every door. How common is it in the states that there are no boxes at the ground floor?

[@deeirra5734]

Марцус Åкерман VERY uncommon for big/high rise apartments to do door to door here in the states. Even 95% of small apartments with only 2-4 units have mailboxes in front. We only do deliver oversized parcels to doors, floor by floor only if the front desk at some few apartments wouldn’t accept them.

[@idontgiveoutname3122]

....I thought USPS announced years ago that they were converting a lot of these walking routes to neighborhood station routes where there is a common locked mailbox location.

[@davidfernandez2392]

I had. 32yrs in the post. Office loved every year 😂 3:13

[@victorfrankenstein50202]

Imagine the exhaustion this man must feel, after walking this route in the middle of summer, and having to go home at the end of the day, just to realize that he has to mow his grass, and rake leaves. Blah, kudos to the mail carriers.

[@eddiew2325]

That's nothing bro. Sometimes youre forced by management to do an additional route on top of your existing one

[@ogmisa9904]

😂yup. 22 year old mailman here. Just finished a 11 hr shift. 14 mile day. My body is absolutely feeling it

[@domepiece11]

Why not switch everyone to cluster boxes?

[@beewalk5625]

USPS supervisors don't care about heat

[@brybrun]

All they care about are the numbers they could care less about your health and if a familymemeber dies in a horrific accident. The heartless b's

[@Wgaither1]

@@brybrunyou actually mean couldn’t care less, right?

[@206Nish]

It's been 5 months, are you still alive?

[@Bishopspipes]

No reason a mailman should be fat

[@jojowhite9296]

poor diet and drinking too much booze!!

[@waynee.2856]

It's nice to see a carrier that actually moves with a purpose instead of milking the route like a lot of other carriers do.

[@Jayizzo007]

probably has s&*# supervisors pushing him to make the bs time. He killing himself for them retards. smh....

[@illiumeternae5234]

Milking the route? What is this milking the route you speak of?

[@jamielukens9810]

Wayne E. Sounds like a 204B comment

[@wayword1679]

Milking the route😵 what the heck is that? Sounds like a 204b or a customer who hasn't been educated on their carriers job(I educate my customers😁) This route needs boxes on the curb and where is the volume and how many blocks on this route? All those stairs made my knees hurt just watching

[@michaeldupuis1317]

Spoken like an inexperienced former letter carrier who became a 204B

[@bindig1]

I totally get the dedication to the customers but all those stairs are gonna catch up to you. I had a tough walking route for 20 years. Great neighborhood, great people but all that walking wore on me. A curbside delivery route came up for bid and I went for it. Now I roast in the oven on wheels (LLV) but my feet dont hurt anymore! LOL

[@petunia5835]

Aw! Traded one poison for another! Lol. I'm new and was delivering to mailboxes for several hours on my 3rd day of working and my mail truck felt HOTTER than normal. I kept working but I was getting weaker and sicker. My drinks were almost gone. My body was overheating and I was pouring water down my head! After 3 hours I realized there was HOT HEAT comin out my vents and I had the fan on HIGH! I finally said I need ac before I give out. I headed back to post office because that was the closest place to me with ac. The postmaster just looked at me and said NOTHING as I was struggling. I eventually went to the back by the restroom so she wouldn't have to look at me. I was trying to see if I could recover. I was drinking more water I couldn't get enough it seemed and I kept putting my head under the faucet. After a half hour I wasn't feeling any better and thought I better get out of there before I started vomiting. So I went home. Thought for sure I lost my job. But she called me today and asked if I'm able to still do the job. I said yes as long as heat is not comin out of vents!

[@brianj1203]

@@petunia5835 are you still there??

[@ironhorse127]

We had several routes like this in my office. Curious as to how many stops-this route has. Mine had 520, both businesses and homes. We were 6 hours on the street 2 in the office. The office has gone to 5 and 3 since I left. Volume has dropped also, but parcels have increased. I was fortunate that I had a set day off each week. They are now doing rotating days off, so you catch 6 straight day periodically. I dont miss the job one bit. It beats the body up.

[@brybrun]

yeah like a herniated disc and sciatic, my route 580 deliveries which of 562 are all houses, approx. 11 miles walking.

[@jojowhite9296]

My last route was 518 dtops and every stop was curbside. Best route in the office and to obtain it, I had to be number one in seniority.

[@VersatileKing13]

Why cant my fuckin mailman be like this guy?

[@1islander52]

I give that guy a lot of credit for sticking with it. When he says he loves his customers, he means they really reward him at Christmas. The PO needs to have those people put up boxes at the curb or NDCBUs. My only criticism is there's no way the guy knows "every rock and nook and cranny."

[@addictedtomints9433]

Just like some of the other reflections in these comments there is so much you don't see in this video. Management, packages, dogs, being an assistant which takes sometimes 5-10 years to get extra benefits, meanwhile you stare at useless benefits, 1 day off a week, extra hours of crazy numbers every day, no work life balance, no pay raises as an assistant. this route doesn't even look hard. I've had routes on a steep decline where i would delivery in a city, an apartment with sometimes over 50 packages Which i would have to carry back and forth a good quarter mile because there is no where to park in major cities. Do not think this is all there is. If it's a rural route your gunna do a lot better honestly but i still say heed before trying to take this crazy job.

[@RaininMortars]

I don't care how nice customers are, I'm not killing myself on that route! Thats b.s. on where the mail boxes are...either put em down by the street or put out 'NBU's (community mail boxes)...

[@jojowhite9296]

I had my hilly route with boxes on the porch. One big diffeence is that I never went up and down stairs if there was a yard to walk across. The grass is so much better on your knees.

[@trevethan82319841]

Where's is his mail truck

[@jojowhite9296]

Why do you keep walking up and down steps? My first route had hills and I was walking across lawns and never up and down steps. As far as not bidding off shitty routes? When I was younger, I loved when old timers stayed on their first crappy route. My goal was to obtain a complete curbside route and my last 9 years I suceeded.

[@jaflow92]

Great workout though!

[@brybrun]

My route 11 miles, 25,000 steps 580+ deliveries, 560 of those are houses. I have one apartment building and management could care less about you. Why am I still there you ask, so I don't have to sit at a desk, excersise, pension, benefits.

[@pmcpmc8005]

Summertime when it's brutal I usually put a cold water bottle inside my mailbox

[@thetravelgoods2760]

Thank you! Sometimes my customers leave sweet notes.. probably cause I talk to their door cameras and the barking dogs 😂

[@Sir_f4ttius]

Thanks for that. We always appreciate that.

[@damonsipe9232]

Makes a difference. Us carriers always appreciate it

[@jennifermartin6296]

Start at 8 am? We start at 6 at my office. With the heat you deal with there you’d think u would wanna start earlier

[@jojowhite9296]

If they can't get their mail early enough, they'd be standing around too much.

[@davesteven7589-f8g]

I wish you could hire an assistant to aid you with tiny things that you might deeply need for certain circumstances

[@ARandomDonut]

Realistically you could probably pay a friend a flat rate to go out and find you with what you needed if you just called them up. I do this job and have thought about doing that before.

[@toughharley1903]

I don't understand why does his route not allow him to use the vehicle, it makes no sense

[@timika32]

I like this documentary

[@155joe]

Hope you make it 30 years?

[@yongchin4054]

Can't wait to make regular 'til my feet know where to go

[@chrisnaldo4941]

Not worth it, take care of yourself first before others. Bid on easier routes and you'll meet new customers.

[@jojowhite9296]

I loved dip shits that stayed on their shitty routes their entire careers. We had many in my office and my last 18 years as a carrier were very easy because I was never scared to bid on an easier route.

[@brybrun]

Briefing!? Oh, you mean shame fest. Yeah we have those too but they always tell us how crappy we're doing.

[@jojowhite9296]

I used to tune those out on a daily basis. All I was hearing was "wawa .. wawa.... wa...wa.

[@lindathrall5133]

I remember the mail carrier walking their route and carrying the mailbag

[@claydonious2418]

my route is a sixteen mile park and loop. sometimes ive gotten home and go for a couple mile walk and i end up thinking what the hell am i doing ? LOL. i wouldnt do any other route tho cuz i love my customer.

[@kesodabul]

Hardest route is the one you know 90% guaranteed to keep

[@Frandaman84]

I would 1000% mount dismount that street

[@terryd.1066]

Gotta be the fittest mail carrier in the country.

[@JJSTAYFOCUSED]

My route have 13 park and loops, mostly uphill and downhill. Just saying.

[@jaredlangley6924]

That is funny just did a route earlier that had like 20 loops on it with all hills.

[@brybrun]

whoopty do

[@kennelson5096]

My route is 130 miles rural gravel roads. Drive my own RS wrangler. I love it. 26 years in Awesome job. ,

[@kimchi2479]

No route is too tough! Same route everyday is easy money. We all feel the same after doing our strenuous work 6 days a week, I feel you. But walking is good for you and you got plenty of trees out there unlike my route.

[@brianj1203]

I have my interview for CCA this week, how do you like being a Carrier?

[@eddiew2325]

What about your route and a half

[@andrewl4191]

He doesn't walk that fast when the cameras aren't around, he gets paid by the hour

[@Davidmaccc]

Andrew L He only gets paid on what the route is rated at! If it’s 8 hours he only gets paid 8 hours even if it takes him 10

[@KennyBsGaming]

@@Davidmaccc He's not a Rural Carrier

[@jojowhite9296]

@@Davidmaccc No, he gets paid 10 hours if it takes him 10 hours.

[@SadieBabyBlue]

Rural carrier on a gravy route 🙋🏼‍♀️ 🚙

[@johnathandrake5588]

Yea he's a pretty cool mailman 100% he detailed his interview along with his everyday experiences

[@jimbostories6181]

Awesome Job

[@gloriawarthen666]

Should be a mounted route

[@Anglynn74]

my husband is trying to get out of the post office, looking for another job. they promised him a 40 hr a week route, after getting hired he found it's a Carrier Assistant job & they call him in only when another mailman call out of work, so some weeks he may only work 2 or 3 days. Only $15/hr, and no benefits or health insurance. We have been on food stamps & can't afford heat this Winter. He walks all day comes home & we have nothing for dinner. Last week he only got a $400 check for 2 weeks of work.

[@pastardicus]

+Mr Ford Shelby i work in the Caribbean USPS as a Cca and i always since i started i work 40 hrs or even more !!!!

[@gregoryhouse5903]

Hmm. Around here, CCA's are paid $16.06/hr and work pretty frequently.

[@buckeye-pe6df]

Sounds like you should get your ass to work then! Why is it all his responsibility to put food on the table you lazy leach...

[@brybrun]

When I was a CCA worked 60 hours a week and 80+ during the holiday season, worked five weeks straight once, had to beg for a day off.

[@donnieb1991]

@@brybrun so CCA's do get hours?

[@applesomething]

He hardly has any mail in his satchel or his arms and hands. This most-difficult route isn't half as hard as what I'm doing. Hahahaha

[@mikeo8781]

applesomething hey don't judge! My route gets hardly any mail most of the time. Average dps is 1400 and I get maybe about 2 ft of flats, 30 parcels but it's long ass route with exactly 938 deliveries and in the straight up ghetto. All walking, maybe like 5 or 6 nbu's. Absolutely no curbside. Not an easy route to learn or do either.

[@mikeo8781]

It's killer with advos/ coverage too. Killed me other day with everyone's w2's. Dps was freakin 4000.

[@ndn2589]

applesomething i wouldnt mid if your were my lady

[@Monstacheeks]

Make sure your wearing the right Postal Shoes!! They are the most comfortable for Walking, and they make a whole difference!

[@eddiew2325]

I wear my crocs

[@theoeguia3302]

00:38 He already messed up. Never ...Ever! Put your fingers or hand inside ✊. He is taking a huge risk losing the tips of his fingers 🤮

[@jaflow92]

This is rough!

[@maximme]

why isnt he on a foldable bike?

[@Josh-bb3xi]

Maxim Mee Would legitimately take more time and energy.

[@MNVenom2Ldr]

wtf.. we have more hilly routes in Minnesota

[@jonathanasdell4539]

At least charleston is beautiful

[@rowanbenton4464]

2:00

[@suddenurge]

I just realized that Americans do not have mailboxes by the road...

[@juanalbichu]

Yes they do on the countryside

[@illsim]

i just got hired as a TE in NC

[@TEIRO323]

Thats his whole route workload?! Bruh!! I rather have his route than a residential route with HIGH dps count and parcels. Just saying...

[@julieclifford7698]

What a nice man.. xo.

[@Bandboxxer-v3n]

Wear a pith helmet dude! Protect the dome.

[@robertguy6220]

that LLV is awfully clean...

[@philup755]

It's not a LLV, look at the round tail lights and honeycomb grill. It's a FFV formerly known as a CRV. They are a modified Ford explorers that were purchased by USPS around the year 2000 or so. Still no air conditioning or 4 wheel drive.

[@crabbypapa3862]

@@philup755 Disagree, different years were made slightly different, grills, added windows etc. All the LLV in Okc look like that one.

[@philup755]

I used the FFV for over 14 years, I got to know the vehicle very well. Maybe you could research the differences yourself. They are different top to bottom, the only thing they share is same paint scheme. This was in Charleston, WV. Not Okc, we have both vehicles here.

[@crabbypapa3862]

@@philup755 I stand corrected, apparently the different ones I have seen, outside of Okc, were the FFV. Were you able to drive both, and are the FFV tires inset on the front as the LLV? As difficult to drive in the snow?

[@philup755]

The FFV tires are 15 inch, the LLV tires are 14 inch (I think). I would prefer the FFV in the snow, they are more of a solid vehicle. A lot of carriers wouldn't take nothing over a LLV, summer or wintertime. I always heard the LLV was like a Frankenstein vehicle, Chevy s10 frame with chevette rear axel. With a modefied front end for better turning radius. I personally enjoyed the 205 hp 4.0 FFV over the 80 hp 2.? (Ironduke) in the LLV. The LLVs I drove was usually garbage, they where loaner vehicles when my FFV was being serviced..

[@MrWestmarket39]

Slow down brother. No wonder you have the hardest route.

[@Wgaither1]

He’s a runner

[@ehal2303]

It can't be that bad if he's still overweight... just sayin

[@manofmysteryyy]

lmaooo right

[@jojowhite9296]

It's all show for the cameras. If he's walking up and down steps instead of cutting across lawns, he'll be dead at retirement.

[@michaeldupuis1317]

This is why letter carriers are not the brightest bulbs in the hothouse! It appears to me that this carrier is not working safe. Walking way too fast in hot weather, jogging up and down stairs and walking through brush. An accident waiting to happen and medical complications from the job if he makes it to retirement.

[@petunia5835]

I'm new and I have to learn to slow down. I work too hard and too fast. Can't do that on this job. Just have to work steady, not fast

[@jojowhite9296]

Who in the hell are you to judge letter carriers? Some fat ass that works in the office??

[@kenmurray4902]

$ 50,000 + per year plus benefits

[@pbear216]

I make twice that as a UPS driver.

[@jojowhite9296]

@@pbear216 that $50k was 5 years ago with no OT. A letter carrier now tops off at over $75k without one minute of OT. $100k annually is not very hard to accomplish.

[@pbear216]

@@jojowhite9296 and the base pay for a UPS driver with no OT is $87,360.

[@pbear216]

And in 4 years no less

[@pbear216]

And our new contract this year should bump that base pay after 4 years of service to $95,680

[@patrickdelavega6089]

Come 2 LA no mailbox on sidewalk. All on doors

[@cm07ca]

Lol. Am in LOS FELIZ "los angeles" no joke with them hills

[@deeirra5734]

cm07ca I heard bad things about routes on Los Feliz

[@papermasonllc]

He needs one of those hover boards like off of Back to the Future ... the movie.

[@SE45CX]

+Honestly Speaking Stupid the business proposals by Ali G fell on deaf ears, all those companies had to do was to design the flying part.

[@SE45CX]

+Stainless Details My goal was to say something funny rather than being Mr. smart-ass.

[@lisa9867]

That route is nightmare, I would bid off.

[@HolyMarkMcGrath]

Lisa That's where I would disagree

[@jojowhite9296]

@@HolyMarkMcGrath I would have never bid it. Being a PTF, you'd had to have carried it a few times before becoming a regular. My goal from day one was to have the least physical route that I could bid on. My last 18 years were very nice. My last 9 were 100% curbside.

[@thevlogguy8185]

Poor man

[@YoureAbsolutelyRight]

Unless you sleep at your workplace, your day must surely start at around 6.30am.

[@smalldumpling8415]

18000 steps a day

[@brybrun]

Try 26,000 steps a day, 11 miles.

[@RedStar-13]

Try 40,000 steps a day. 18.4 miles

[@jojowhite9296]

@@RedStar-13 Try very little steps on a 100% curbside route. That's the way I like it.