Cleveland mail carrier fired after multiple complaints

[@thatwhatisaid]

So if it wasn't for news 19, the post office would still "be looking into it" unbelievable.. It sounds like more people need to be fired

[@jatilq]

Thats a union job and there's a process. I doubt she is fired for this. Maybe something else is going on. Like those cops who get rehired or resign to get hired someplace else.

[@davet6834]

Same problem in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Local tv station did a piece about wandering the neighborhood looking for your mail. They were also under investigation for theft. Those thefts were deemed "ADMINSTRATIVE."

[@IceLynne]

The post office in the town next to us is plagued by terrible mail handling. They've been complaining for years and nothing happens. We heard that the people who work at that post office are all the rejects in our county and are sent to this location because it's up in the mountains and 45 minutes from any significant sized city.

[@SnowmanStudios75]

I'm sure they still managed to deliver her jury summons.

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

No joke. Those guys will slow-roll you until you die (unless you're a Congressman or one of the super-rich).

[@LuisCasstle]

The fact that it took the news report for them to actually do something means they should fire all the supervisors responsible for not acting in a timely manner.

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

100 %

[@dicky7600]

Blame the union. They protect this filth.

[@chromeshellking]

​@@dicky7600 unions have nothing to do with the USPS, that is 100 percent on Dejoy who could have directed down the line.

[@scottmcshannon6821]

this administration does not allow union workers to be fired, no matter what the cause.@@dicky7600

[@crwlh6721]

Anytime the government is involved, you can expect this level of incompetence. Not one single aspect of the government, or any program they are involved with, is run efficiently or effectively or profitably. They should NOT be involved in any business or service.

[@misterb6416]

It shouldn't take an act of congress to fire someone for not doing their job.

[@Mark-sy2bx]

It should require proof though.

[@PunaniJohnny]

@@Mark-sy2bx im sure theres plenty of proof of people not getting their mail

[@Mark-sy2bx]

@@PunaniJohnny So the Inspectors can look at the digital copies and either prove the customers wrong or right.

[@fordhouse8b]

@@Mark-sy2bx So they get effin’ proof. Simple, set up cameras at the affected addresses, address some innocuous looking mail to those addresses from various places, and if no mail is delivered to any of the addresses within, say two weeks, that is enough proof to fire the mail carrier. It should not require three years to prove.

[@XXxCHRISxXX]

Obviously ​@@Mark-sy2bx

[@scottsent8120]

This is absurd. How can someone not receive *any* mail for 3 years while the USPS does nothing? It's hard to believe.

[@Mark-sy2bx]

People complain about not receving mail when it just means there was none to be delivered, and customers exaggerate quite often.

[@scottk2774]

I agree with you. Unless she pays everything on line, she’d have debt collectors knocking on her door after 3 years.

[@AnastasiaBeaverhousn]

Are you serious!! I'm STILL waiting for a piece of mail from last year!! 🙄 I have Informed Mail so I KNOW what's supposed to come in the mail

[@sasham1280]

I feel there's more to the story, I would have had a lawyer within a few months, wouldn't have waited 3 years . I'd like to hear more after the investigation. I call BS to the PTSD claim also, such an overused term these days. My uncle who fought on the ground in WW2 has PTSD , that would be a valid reason, she's being dramatic

[@emsparamedic5183]

It's hard to believe, yet at the same time it's not considering how the USPS has been doing so badly in recent years.

[@TA-ti9jb]

My friend works for USPS. They said they’ve caught mail carriers dumping mail in the trash. The carriers say they did it because they had too much to do and they don’t fire them. Smh. Props to those mail carriers that actually do their jobs and do it well, in all weather conditions.

[@WastedTalent-]

If I remember correctly, you can have up to 30% undelivered mail per day. That's a lot of mail when you think about it. My route had 650 stops. That would be 195 pieces of mail that could be lost in the ether.

[@queenbee3647]

My brother worked for the Post Office back in the 1980s. Yikes. He was a trouble making loser. Nobody worth a darn would have hired him but the post office did and even kept him after MANY complaints!!! He was a druggie and hit people on his route. Main post office protected him.

[@zubenubi]

It happens in every city. The problem is, yes, that the carriers are overworked to the extreme. In my city, they took away all our holidays and nearly all of our Sundays, while working 10-16 hour days. We could not keep our hours under control. The entire city went 8-hour medical at one point in protest! We have five zip codes. Anyway, many of us, including me, fell apart under these conditions. I quit in 2020. It was really disappointing, because I loved the work, but there was so much of it, it literally ruins people. And management is straight-up abusive (like, screaming and swearing at the carriers when they can't make their estimated times). Parcel loads were going up 200+% every year since I joined in 2015. I was very straight; never resorted to hiding or trashing mail. But we did have a few who couldn't handle the pressure and couldn't face these abusive managers when they had to tell them their delivery estimates were off, and they needed help.

[@Glum1964]

They found TENS OF THOUSANDS of pieces of undelivered mail, going back a dozen years, in a Maryland Mail carriers house and shed about ten years ago. He had 28 years, so they said since he hadn’t destroyed it, he could retire. 😢

[@junglekutz5625]

​​@@Glum1964the dysfunction that is present and on rotation in that organization, is crazy!!! I never paid the workers (while seeing them deliver the mail daily) no mind, until I was hired and fired when it was time to do my shadow work. One of the females (when testing my driving) kept making me do the same parking drills....but made them more complicated).....only to then say, ok you do know how to drive. When I got to the testing area in the morning, the person that I was assigned to had a stink attitude, the minute I got in the car. I'm guessing he felt that I would feel a way about him not treating me well. I ended up ignoring that fool and focused on what I was there for. He felt so dumb, he ended up giving me pertinent information about the job that I could use .....being that he knew that folk that worked there wasn't worth a nickel! Just weirdos of all kinds! Anyone that is ok with getting in the way of someone being productive, is a god forsaken fool.

[@Runelph]

she should be charged with a felony and get sent to prison for YEARS. this is disgusting. if you're that lazy, don't take the job.

[@sandib4234]

Right!!

[@davidsakal449]

A felony for what?

[@benredacted8468]

​@@davidsakal449mail theft moron. That's what would happen to you or me😂

[@Itsalwaysbeenaboutme1844]

​@@davidsakal449 Mishandling, withholding or opening someine else's mail is a felony. She mishandled and withheld others mail.

[@jonnyfendi2003]

This is typical union behavior, duh. You wanted this. You think shes gonna be fired??? Shes gonna file a grievance and be right back to work with back pay!!

[@afrofaerie]

Tampering what other people's mail is a federal offense!!!

[@HawksDiesel]

Yes it is.

[@johnnytd1128]

Shes black so she wont do no time

[@ChristopherBurtraw]

As if that makes a difference. Companies skirt federal warranty laws all day long and the feds don't do shit about it. Theyr'e too busy spying on us and prosecuting drugs. They only care about mail crimes if you try to, god forbid, send banned items through it.

[@Assasinnationtv]

Until you work there then it's fair game to them 💯

[@crazyoilfieldmechanic3195]

They don't care, they are like demoncrats, they have immunity

[@suds5214]

As a retired mailman, I know 1st hand that the PO's manager's attitude toward "undelivered mail" is lax at best. The manager should be investigated for their dereliction of duty and duly fired, also.

[@miked172]

There was an episode of King of the Hill that is surprisingly accurate. Bill was sad that he wasn't receiving mail and Hank tried to suggest that maybe he was supposed to get mail but it got lost. This immediately got Bill into the mindset that the post office is 100% responsible for losing his mail. So Bill and Hank went down to the post office and Bill angrily said "You lost my mail!" So the employee goes into the back. Hank walks back and says "So about my friend, you aren't going to find any mail for him. He just doesn't have any." And the employee says "I know that. Whenever we come into the back, we're just drinking coffee to make it look like we're searching". Then Bill approached and helped himself to a bunch of letters addressed to Santa.

[@wmw3629]

Managers NEVER get fired!

[@GaryMP4.8]

USPS was never liked this when I carried mail. Of course I've been retired now nearly 20 years. Employees today just don't give a damn. Unfortunately it's not just the post office, it's everywhere these days.

[@EuniceFields___]

@@miked172😂

[@KeqingMain8]

Not receiving mail for 3 years is insane. That mail carrier needs to be in prison for tampering with the delivery of mail, which is a federal offence.

[@fyremanjef]

PTSD from no mail in 3 years! . Sounds like your lawyer is a good coach.

[@JonasC22]

wow it takes a congressional inquiry to fire a mail carrier that hasn't been doing their job for 3 years??

[@loveydovey8383]

If you work for the post office, its VERY hard to get fired, they usually just move you to another position.

[@heypistolero]

But dont you worry! Mail in ballots are totally the best way to vote!

[@russell311000]

Yup,

[@luannestrickland4199]

Something is terribly wrong, taking 3 years!!! Maybe 3 days at most. Where’s the chain of command??? Who’s being paid for not doing their jobs??

[@MamaMOB]

Yup.

[@sqrd3536]

It took three years to fire the incompetent woman? That's really bad.

[@timhinchcliffe5372]

Pretty fast for a government organization actually. Usually incompetent government workers have a career for life.

[@tomr3422]

Cmon they still have jim jordan - incompetence seems to be what they want

[@Livetoeat171]

Not enough people were willing to do anything. Me and my family would be down at the post office on a daily basis until they would send us to the correct department to get it taken care of. They would be so sick of us. They would have to do something because my family is relentless!

[@zachreese6540]

One word buddy. Government.

[@tomr3422]

@@zachreese6540 or is it the incompetence of the citizens of Ohio - Cmon these are the people that elected Jum Jordan

[@sunnylitemj1281]

She should be charge with crime not just fired!

[@900stx7]

She's probably still getting paid during this investigation, which could last forever . Probably just wait for all the uproar to die down and they will just put her delivering on another route.

[@davidsakal449]

What crime?!

[@Shteven]

​@@davidsakal449 Stealing mail is a felony

[@benredacted8468]

​@@davidsakal449you ask stupid questions everywhere you go?

[@sourcecodegaming6259]

​​@@benredacted8468your dumb af she wasn't stealing it she just wasn't delivering it being lazy isn't a crime thus his question what crime

[@henrykirk4457]

That first woman has no idea what PTSD is.

[@terrellrogers7645]

She maybe trying to work on a lawsuit 😅🤷🏿‍♂️

[@mrsmithorisitjones8487]

that was my first thought@@terrellrogers7645

[@jetteroheller]

Amen. Wonder how she’d deal with an IED.

[@ctrygrl3]

People deal with traumatic events differently. Something like this where the USPS allowed this abuse to go on for so long would definitely cause phychological trauma for some people. Was it intentional abuse, who knows? Bullying? IDK. Will we ever know what ignorance made this USPS worker to do this, who knows? You can't always categorize everything and say that PTSD is ONLY for people who've seen death in front of them or have been raped or whatever the case might be. Now saying you have PTSD over a hangnail or losing an eyelash, well then yes, THAT would be ridiculous.

[@jetteroheller]

@@ctrygrl3 this would be the hangnail situation in your analogy. There are veterans freezing to popsicles on the street because of PTSD. It’s not the same as missing the Fingernut Christmas catalog.

[@KalHimself]

I just started with USPS 4 months ago. They literally made us take an oath at orientation. As crappy as the service may be at my station, they do not play when it comes to mail and parcels being lost or thrown away. This one deserves jail time.

[@tarabooartarmy3654]

I hope your experience with USPS is better than that of my husband, who was hired as full-time, only given part-time hours after he completed all his training, told that people who had been there longer had seniority and would get the full-time hours and that he might have to wait a decade for someone to retire to be able to get full-time, and then told he could not work another job because they might have to call him in. So they wanted him to be on-call 7 days per week, but could only offer him 25-30 hours per week most weeks. He went to work for his other job on a Sunday, they tried to call him into work so someone with seniority could have the day off, and when the told them he was working on an ambulance that day they said they’d have to write him up for being unavailable. He quit on the spot.

[@stugatz2664]

in this "liberal safe spaces" world all these loony lefties have created, i doubt this letter carrier will face any consequences at all and if she really was fired at all.

[@dicky7600]

​@@tarabooartarmy3654That union was terrible 20 years ago when I left. If my union steward was a male I would have kicked the everything shit out of him.

[@cheshirecat6518]

​@@tarabooartarmy3654 maybe he should have paid attention when he applied. They tell you all this up front. It's called being a PTF which stands for 'part time flexible '...NOBODY starts as a full time employee at the PO. You work all the crappy hours and holidays , are on call and fill in where you're needed in your craft and are not guaranteed more than 30 hours a week. Every office has a different turnover rate. It took me 2 years to become a "regular" (full-time) in Florida, and when I transferred out of state I had to start as a PTF again. I had the opposite problem though, as they worked me to death each time. At least whatever hours you put in goes towards retirement. Sorry he didn't understand the requirements.🤷‍♀️

[@WastedTalent-]

@@tarabooartarmy3654 Yup. I was an RCA for a few weeks and that's how it was. I would only work every other Saturday, unless the carrier called out or went on vacation. It was also mandatory to work every other Sunday at another office delivering Amazon packages. One carrier was retiring in a couple of years, but there were two RCAs ahead of me and the next carrier to retires was in 5 years, the next almost 10 years. When I was in training, the instructor told us that she had been with the USPS for 25 years. You'd think she was up for retirement in the next 5. Nope. She was an RCA for 12 years. She would have to work another 13 years to be eligible for retirement benefits. She was in her 50's. The USPS is a game you get into when you're in your early 20's and if you hit it lucky, you'll get to retire before you're 50. RCA/Rural Carrier is the only job in the USPS that doesn't accrue time for your pension when you start. It happens when you go full time and someone has to leave and you are first in line. According to people I've talked to, Clerk is second best and Janitor is the best. All of the janitors I talked to loved their jobs. A lot of them transferred from carrier or clerk jobs.

[@amyrenee1361]

Sorry, but the problems shouldn't have gone on so long before action was taken. There needs to be more accountability in our country.

[@GDoggy-em2xc]

Welcome to Biden’s America

[@vdwq7608]

sorry you old boomer piece of shit, but im sure this is probably due to the racist, homophobic idiot that was in office.@@GDoggy-em2xc

[@toomignon]

Your congress person is always the best one to file complaints with. I had our local Postmaster call me miffed that I had called our congressman. To bad. I wasn’t getting a response from USPS staff.

[@H3gamer360]

That’s the government for ya

[@tomr3422]

its the state that gave the country jordan .... Maybe they just ignore stuff going on in post offices and college showers

[@spreadlovenotlies77]

Shouldn't charges be pressed, fooling with mail is a criminal offense

[@bryansummers3219]

Isn't it a federal crime?

[@HawksDiesel]

​@bryansummers3219 yep, several laws govern the processing and delivery of mail and packages. There are felony counts for intruding into someone's mail, opening, or even delaying its delivery;

[@spreadlovenotlies77]

@@bryansummers3219 that's what I was told!!!

[@StationaryRocketFlipChampion]

Illegally crossing the border is too

[@jasestrickland1704]

Imagine no bills, letters, checks, monetary gifts, parcels, packages, nothing of any kind? If that happened in my neighborhood for a week, the villagers would be out with their pitchforks!

[@DehlilahDee]

🤣 Thanks for the chuckle!

[@zubenubi]

Yeah, it doesn't sound right. There's something else going on.

[@tomatencio9223]

Not getting her mail gave her PTSD? WTH??? That disrespects every combat veteran, firefighter, cop, and others who were traumatized by extreme violence.

[@dsb188]

PTSD is not reserved just for those people. You clearly don’t know the medical definition.

[@GraveMemories]

​So, what is the medical definition pal? I know what it is, and can link you the triggers and definition on an actual website Not getting your mail for 3 years then claiming PTSD is actually sad and insulting to people like my father who saw a man get his head blown off in the army. Until you actually serve this country, and see combat, please STFU ​@@dsb188

[@crayolaclouds2696]

A lot of medical and government agencies send mail, and many don't have online options. It would stress anyone out to be expecting mail or to find out you missed important mail because of someone not doing their job. Who knows what i portant papers, notices or bills she missed because of that person's actions. It would could give anyone mental issues. She should see a therapist to help her out so it doesn't cause her to spiral

[@Tsound1]

She's a Woman.... idk what you expect 😂😂

[@alfandeddie]

PTSD from not getting your mail?

[@chrysantha9769]

this happens all over the US...I can't tell you how many times mail carriers here in FL have been caught hoarding, hiding, destroying and not delivering mail to anyone. In the 28 yrs I've lived here. (husband was AF and we've lived all over the US)...it's happened at least 6 times. Our local postmaster will not talk to us 'little people' about poor mail service. She literally hangs up on you.

[@heypistolero]

You'd have an easier time firing a Teamster than a postman

[@travisdonotsuscribegototjs9323]

you must have a direct line cuz everytime call my local USPS i have to go thru hoops and waits

[@mattw7949]

@GDoggy-em2xc, Pretty sure it's still a Trump appointee Louis Dejoy running USPS, but you likely blame everything on Biden because, you know, thinking is hard and facts are soooo cumbersome. Oh, and Dejoy is also heavily invested in XPO, which has upped its business with USPS since he took over. So,big thinker, what were you saying about Biden?

[@katl6426]

​@@GDoggy-em2xc& yet it's dumpy trumpy's person in charge of the postal service so how is that Biden's fault

[@rs232killer]

The Postmasters are hit and miss. You have to go to the Postal Inspection Service with evidence of a pattern.

[@jamesmaguire7000]

As an ex- USPS employee, whom worked a lot of my days off, I find it suspicious that anyone received no mail for 3 years. I think the problem is a lot deeper that the now ex-employee.

[@DevanteMcDaniel]

I don't live in this city, but BOTH my mother & I did NOT receive a single piece of mail for at least THREE YEARS, maybe FOUR! Not even junk mail! My mom & I complained to the PO repeatedly, & NOTHING was done about it! SMMFH shit was pathetic, & I wish I could file a lawsuit from that time!

[@jamesmaguire7000]

@@DevanteMcDaniel I am not negating your experience. I just find it hard to believe that the carrier worked 6 days a week with no personal or sick days, no vacation time, etc. I just believe the PO is using this carrier as a scapegoat for larger issues. I am surprised the tv station seems to have accepted this as a problem solved.

[@HighOctane-wo6cm]

Sounds like a mail sorting facility issue ,somehow this ladies address wasn’t in the database ….that being said management at her local PO should have investigated it more ?

[@sik59rt]

@@DevanteMcDanielbs. No mail in 3-4 years is totally unbelievable

[@bigguy7353]

​@jamesmaguire7000 Lived in Chicago for 40 years. If you complain about a carrier and make the mistake of telling them your address, that carrier, always a specific demographic, takes "revenge" on you. Wet, soggy mail, bent up documents that say "do not fold", packages that sit in delivery vehicles for weeks..... it's a carrier problem in the urban areas, on top of any systematic inefficiency.

[@Albe3331]

As a veteran who has my meds delivered by the USPS this is very upsetting.

[@MisterTwister222]

not sure why you felt compelled to throw the veteran part in there

[@BilboBegginz]

Thank you for your service. 🙏

[@Albe3331]

@@MisterTwister222 because it is near impossible to have meds replaced via the VA pharmacy, and I can afford them in the free market for profit pharmacies.

[@OrangeySky11]

@@MisterTwister222Why did the ignorant person throw in PTSD from ‘not having her mail delivered’? Why did it bother you that he threw in the ‘veteran’ part? I can guess, but I can’t say it on here because YT protects precious little feelings. OMGeeeee!

[@MisterTwister222]

tell me. you cant offend me, i guarantee it, and i guarantee i am way further to the right than your little mind could comprehend. way further. @@OrangeySky11

[@MrErpolitics]

Why did the postal worker refuse to deliver the mail? And if this was such an egregious and longstanding problem (implied in the news report), why did the local office fail to take action for so long?

[@zubenubi]

Because they're complicit! They don't want their abuse to be found out.

[@rudyardganuelas6254]

Rhonda needs to shut her face about PTSD. She is a victim, she doesn’t need to be the victimest victim that has ever been victimized in the history of victims.

[@Dee-743]

Lady, I absolutely believe you are annoyed, aggravated, upset and frustrated about not getting your mail. But do NOT say you have PTSD from it. That is not PTSD and it is disrespectful to people who do have PTSD from tragic events. Not getting your mail is not one. If you have watched someone who does suffer daily from actual PTSD, you would know.

[@fantastictoad8853]

PTSD can be brought on by a multitude of things that can cause stress, worry, dread, etc. To deal with the stress and worry of not knowing if you are getting your identity stolen, or not getting mail for so many things can make a snowball effect of stressful situations that can alter your livelihood. We don't know how many things went wrong for any of the people this happened to, along with her and possibly others residing in her home, and to go through that for so long could be traumatic. You shouldn't go around telling people their trauma isn't horrific enough to give them PTSD. You don't know them, their full story, and you certainly aren't her Doctor. I hope you learn to open up your mind to empathy. May you be bless with good health and happiness. ❤

[@daviddowell8954]

It's ridiculous that citizens have to get a news team involved to get an issue like this fixed, especially after having the issue for years..

[@Lovesapuzzle]

We don't know how long and in what way the customer had complained. As is usually the case, I suspect there is more to this story.

[@Rock-Bottem1982]

The mainstream media industry does NOT do stories like this to help the victims, they do it purely for increased viewer count/traffic

[@993mike]

I’m just speculating, but my guess is the homeowner’s mail may have included “undesirable” content like Guns & Ammo magazine or Republican voters information.

[@Lovesapuzzle]

I seriously doubt politics had anything to do with it.@@993mike

[@teresajeffries3934]

She claims ptsd for not getting her mail? 🙄. People use ptsd for everything and people who really have it, are ridiculed.

[@Timcanniff311]

Ya I thought ptsd was a stretch for not getting mail when our soldiers actually have ptsd for something real

[@LeisureLizard]

Yeah that’s pretty messed up for her to try and steal the term for her minor distress.

[@MikesDIY]

Your comment just triggered my ptsd

[@Colorado_Avocado]

I don’t think she knows what PTSD is.

[@KenyanBunnie]

Don't speak on someone else's mental health like it doesn't matter bc it doesn't look and sound the way you think it should. 🙄 It's 2024. How are people not being better humans? You still have time to be a better person. Start today.

[@ohioladybug7390]

Right?! PTSD over not getting her mail??

[@PoesRaven73]

The term PTSD is thrown around for ANYTHING these days. I gotta hangnail! PTSD!!!

[@yeahriightt24]

@@KenyanBunnieso if I eat an orange and call it a banana how dare someone tell me I’m wrong? Cmon, this isn’t speaking to someone’s mental health it’s speaking to her wrongful identification of her mental health or questioning that she actually knows what ptsd is.

[@looinrims]

They love saying buzzwords for sympathy points

[@mattywho8485]

These people who claim "they have PTSD" over something as stupid as not getting their mail, are really giving a slap in the face to someone who had to go to battle and watch their buddies get killed right next to them !!!

[@UrBasicGuy]

She needs to be criminally charged heavily, no slap on the wrist. What she did could have caused major problems for people. Could have caused someone to become homeless, sued, criminally charged for something like not appearing for jury duty or some other summons because they never received them. Also while she is locked up she should get a taste of her own medicine and not get any mail.

[@n.w.414]

And they are tampering with the US mail. Isn’t that a felony or something?

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

The Union will get her job back in a few weeks.

[@PaulCotton]

I caught my usps person doing this on camera for packages. Never range doorbell or knocked. Had pre filled out stickers that stated they tried to deliver and to pick up at the post office. Then I caught them in person and walked out and confronted them about it. They were stunned and said nothing. Or one word

[@lql1094]

Cameras are the great equalizer today. I don't doubt they were doing EXACTLY what you said. At least you have footage of them skirting their duty and lying about it. They're sickening.

[@wpgitchick]

I caught this once too. He refused to give me the package

[@Sevem7m]

What one word?? Please tell us ..

[@halberderdier8073]

​@@Sevem7m Begins with f and ends with ck. You got three guesses....

[@josepherhardt164]

@@halberderdier8073 Ummmm ... Fack, feck or fyck?

[@BigEpinstriping]

My Father-in-law was a Postmaster; worked most of his life for the USPS, He wouldn't have tolerated this kind of stuff one bit. He's probably rolling in his grave because of stuff like this. Luckily, all the postal workers in our area are just as dedicated and do a great job! USPS really needs to stay on top of who they hire and toss out the deadbeat trash that pull this crap.

[@Vagabond_Etranger]

There's NOT ENOUGH good workers in any industry. Hence you have to lower hiring standards. Work loads is now more than ever. I now see carriers out there at 8pm. Growing up in the 80's, most were done by 5-6pm. Firing the deadbeats put more strain on your good workers. One lady wrote that she worked 25 days straight.

[@BigEpinstriping]

@@Vagabond_Etranger May make it easier short term, but the good workers will still need to do all the work the deadbeats neglected to do when they had the job. This is a flawed argument.

[@Crazy-Clown-In-Town]

My heart goes out to this woman suffering from PTSD. Not getting your mail is one of THE most devastating thing that can ever happen to anyone. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

[@anakaliaeastwood]

Right?

[@KatarinaS.]

Yes, I hope she joined the Mail Withholders Anonymous group so she can get the help she needs in order to recover from this tragedy.

[@rascalme9754]

​@@KatarinaS.😂

[@nerdgiant4101]

Ptsd is imaginary. Grow up!!

[@codename495]

@@nerdgiant4101* cannot detect sarcasm… also idiot who thinks Post traumatic stress is imaginary

[@clairwaucaush7225]

Isn't it a federal offence to steal someone's mail? She probably has it stacked up at her house. If she had thrown it away she would have gotten caught early on. Whatever, she needs to go to JAIL.

[@Cucumberflavoredmustard]

PTSD for not getting her mail? God help her if she ever has to go through a real beef.

[@yeesh9215]

She was throwing that out there, to see if any lawyers would pick up on it and call her. She's ready to sue.

[@firedude5135]

Fear?! PTSD?! Lady that’s your lawyer telling you to say that...

[@DynV]

Isn't tempering with mail a crime? Why isn't the old carrier charged?

[@wylde678]

She's a mail carrier, not a blacksmith.

[@Yahyoukamu]

First time I ever heard someone having PTSD from not receiving mail.

[@doknox]

My mailman delivers mail to the wrong addresses everyday. Has for years. The whole neighborhood complains about this guy and he still has a job. Its been 10 years. Wtf!

[@angelique00angelique]

Yes, same here!!! Ours is completely rude and people make complaints but they never do anything about it!

[@zahirmurji]

They should start looking where the mail is stashed.

[@DD-ix3bm]

The mail carrier is obviously wrong, but PTSD from not getting your mail is about the silliest thing ive ever heard!

[@pricklypear7516]

The claim sets up her case to sue the postal service.

[@juanstarnotip8122]

She wouldn't be saying that if they still called it shell shock.

[@lynskyrd]

ah - next time you're waiting for a check in the mail / or bill collectors start calling your phone and your credit score takes a nose dive - get back to me on these 'silly things'.

[@DD-ix3bm]

​@@lynskyrdnext time you meet a veteran who's seen combat and watched their fellow soldiers die right in front of them, get back to me on if mail should induce PTSD!

[@monejohn9973]

​​@@DD-ix3bmoh stfu Nobody forced anybody to volunteer to slaughter other people in war.😅 You don't have to go to war to have ptsd Google the definition. There are plenty of children that get abused at home,that have it permanently for the rest of their life that didn't voluntarily sign up for a job. Get over yourself!!! You can get PTSD from any traumatic experience and it doesn't have to be traumatic to you. Long as it's traumatic to the other person!

[@levithewonderdog335]

I live in the UK and once the mail carrier at my old address who was always drunk left all the street's mail on top of my recycling bin! I delivered it all myself, then went to the post office and told them and all they said was "that sounds like him" and laughed. However about 3 months later we got a great new postie! I can remember seeing the former one sitting on a wall at 10am drinking a beer!!

[@levithewonderdog335]

@@Look_What_You_Did considering I'm disabled I actually was..

[@graciegj63]

​@@levithewonderdog335You could be a better mail carrier than what we've got.

[@DehlilahDee]

​​@@Look_What_You_DidYou sound like a real peach...what is your problem?

[@thomasbeirne8213]

@@DehlilahDee It's the internet. Could be drunk, high, stupid, or even 7 years old.

[@melissacarterpresley5786]

@Look_What_You_Did, they should be proud. Writing fiction can be difficult.

[@pedro6169]

Wow… you can actually get ptsd from not getting your mail delivered?? Shows you how weak society has become. That lady is a professional victim.

[@MrWolf2212]

PTSD from not getting mail?? Lady you need to stop drinking wine ASAP.

[@ronswanson5629]

I remember when PTSD was reserved for military people who came back from battle after witnessing horrific tragedies like seeing their buddy next to them one second and the next second he's gone now it's used for "I didn't get my mail."

[@rickgeller6043]

PST over no mail delivery? Postal Stress Trauma. GTFO and get a PO BOX.

[@KungPuKittyRescue]

If you have PTSD from not getting your mail, then you have never experienced any REAL trauma in your life.

[@PocoMelons]

Thank you!

[@JaysWife]

Missed appointments, lost checks, fines and bills doubled... A lot of bad can happen from not receiving mail.

[@jackjohnson8244]

I'm guessing you've never experience any real trauma if you don't understand how stressful missing bills, packages, maybe medicines, etc can be on someone. Especially over a period of three years.

[@dsb188]

@@JaysWifePeople only recognize military ptsd. They have no clue what it means in medical terms. It’s actually quite sad. 😅

[@dpeagles]

That's what I was thinking

[@darnelljaxon]

ptsd from failure to receive mail... stop ma'am , that's a reach.

[@LoriVFenske]

I feel for these folks. This happened to us in the SF East Bay Area. It took me three years to resolve it.

[@reburgcam]

Should have talked to a news agency. Apparently the only way to get anything done is to publicly shame a government office

[@fredkanada3461]

What was your carrier doing with all of your mail, if it wasn't being delivered? When the issue was resolved, did USPS give you boxes of the undelivered mail?

[@richwinds7179]

reason # 1,000 why no one wants to live there anymore.

[@peterherrera7566]

PTSD from not receiving mail?

[@gooddad3575]

She doesn't have ptsd. Shes just hoping to get a lawsuit and get money she doesn't deserve.

[@ryanstage3912]

PTSD from not getting your mail...........come on lady

[@Melissa404Vee]

Her sentence should be to pay for every bill she didn't deliver. I hope the judge makes an example out of her!! 😅😅😂😂😂

[@AccountInactive]

Fear and ptsd over mail not getting delivered? Shame on that damn woman.

[@joemoe5619]

So you wouldn't be afraid you wouldn't get your w2? Or other important documents that can only be sent my mail like your passport? Gona sit there and not have a bit of worry? W.e dude. Shame on you for being so dense.

[@drstewart]

@@joemoe5619 Exactly! This is so prevalent in these comments. I guess everyone clutching their pearls at mentioning PTSD has a side gig as a psychologist. Experts sure are plentiful in KZbin comment sections. Almost as many as Fakebook!

[@AccountInactive]

@@joemoe5619 I'm glad you've had a fucking cushy life and don't have ptsd yourself or a loved one who actually does, either from abuse or ACTUAL WAR.

[@Val-xw3zp]

I live in Michigan and ive never not received my mail, the letter carriers in my area, are professional, and do an excellent job, no matter what rhe weather, their dedication is amazing and i want to thank them all. Im sorry for your experience, maybe you should move to Michigan, its cold, but youll get your mail regularly 😊

[@kevinmach730]

I would prefer she stay in Ohio. There are two wires touching inside her head that shouldn't be.

[@jefffrayer8238]

No mail for 3 years. Yeah right, takes real stupid people to believe that one. How was bills paid during those 3 years? 100 homes complaining they don't recieve mail and nothing is done about it is a bit hard to believe. I'm in Michigan also and mail always gets delivered, even junk mail.

[@joannesmith2484]

Yeah, me too! Never had a problem with mail and always had great mail carriers. Guess I'm just fortunate. I'm in NJ. Now, my old newspaper delivery was another story!

[@joketsu100]

I'm in California and never had any problems

[@oldauntzibby4395]

I live in a rural area with contract carriers. Usually we get our mail, but sometimes pieces are misdelivered to someone a couple miles up or down the road. Didn't get our car license stickers one year and had to apply for duplicates, then the originals finally showed up a month later. Probably misdelivered and the person who got them by mistake delayed sending them back. So far it has never seemed malicious, just a poor job of sorting.

[@nb7466]

I don't think people know what real PTSD is.

[@Antioche]

I know right? I swear to the powers that made me I stopped the video when that woman said that.

[@nerdgiant4101]

She doesn't have ptsd she has a case of the Karen's. That's probably why the mail lady quit delivering to her. I wouldn't want to go near that crazy lady.

[@jackjohnson8244]

I think it's you and some of the people commenting on your post that don't know what PTSD is. PTSD comes in many forms, from very light to disabling. I think you just get caught up on the most extreme types of PTSD that you maybe saw in a movie.

[@nerdgiant4101]

@@jackjohnson8244 PTSD is make believe psycho babble. Grow a pair.

[@dsb188]

PTSD isn’t just for people in the military. She very well may have it because she has no clue if she received important letters about life insurance, past due bills, checks that have a certain date to be cashed, love ones reaching out, invites, etc. I’m all for calling out a Karen but to not get anything for three years can most definitely cause anxiety and PTSD.

[@ScoutSniper3124]

PTSD... she has NO CLUE of what that actually means. SSG. U.S. Army (Medically Retired) Infantry / Sniper / SOF Intel (SOT-A), multiple tours

[@nedaCFilms]

You see more and more of this, in every industry. It’s a different world we’re living in now 😞

[@tdotp1618]

PTSD because mail wasn't delivered?!! I guess she's a traumatic no mail victim. Bless the people who actually have PTSD.

[@zztopfan5201]

Found the lazy postal worker. Get a real job.

[@DA26089]

I used to work for usps. The best part of the job is the union but the union is also y this went on for so long before she was let go. It is hard to get fired from usps cause the union will fight for u even if u r in the wrong

[@bigedslobotomy]

I’ve worked with unionized nurses in a hospital and I agree. I saw ONE time where the union protected an innocent employee p, but most of the time they protect the lazy and the stupid.

[@benredacted8468]

Sounds like unions are for folks who probably would be fired otherwise 😂 I figured that anyway.

[@mcrchickenluvr]

Even grocery stores have unions. I worked for a Kroger store, Fry’s, it is next to impossible to get fired from there. My manager worked there for 22 years. Nearly every female employee under him filed a complaint for sexual harassment of some sort. Two years worth of complaints, including one from me. What got him fired? He told his bosses wife that she should’ve gone bigger with her boob job. His boss was also the head of our sect of the union.

[@MAHAN1755]

That's terrible. How big were her boobs?

[@shakascloset1700]

Unions are the worst. I'm unfortunately in the UAW 🤦‍♂️

[@jeepcreepit5404]

Fired? why not jailed? Interference in the delivery of official U.S. mail is a felony. She needs to be charged and sent to prison. This is no different then a police officer breaking the law and getting away with it (another thread)

[@MrChubbyHubby.]

Why is it that if I steal mail, it's a 10-year prison sentence, but this went on for three years and all they got was fired?!

[@KenyanBunnie]

Isn't this a felony with penalties up to years in prison? WTH?

[@fritzy1819]

The woman claiming PTSD, do you compare not getting your mail to what a veteran witnessing war goes through??? Get real, lady!

[@missyelle2749]

PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is not just specific to military personnel.

[@Vito_Caligiuri]

@@missyelle2749it’s not specific to that, but saying you have PTSD from not having your mail delivered seems a bit over the top

[@missyelle2749]

@@Vito_Caligiuri can you imagine if she had been waiting on a payment or documentation from somewhere that just never arrived? A lost set of pictures or irreplaceable memorabilia. I think it’s fair to say we can’t really judge someone else’s trauma. It takes nothing away from anyone to simply acknowledge her words and recognize we all experience situations differently. We are of 1 race, the Human Race🥰

[@nerdgiant4101]

​@@missyelle2749 It's called grow the F up and deal with your problems like an adult. That woman was crazy long before she wasn't getting any mail. Karen there was probably harrasing the mail lady to begin with.

[@nerdgiant4101]

​@@missyelle2749wahhhh little kid!!

[@Soulessdeeds]

Government jobs are some of the hardest jobs to get fired from. The woman who was in charge of the VA hospital in Arizona. The one that had a scandal about shuffling patients that never got treated and died and had multiple veterans commit suicide because of her actions. Yeah she was transferred to another place and not terminated. That's how Government jobs work.

[@KC-dx4qt]

That’s true. The whole VA is a total mess.

[@benredacted8468]

Government employees are a mess 😂

[@lql1094]

​@@benredacted8468Nothing is funny about that.

[@benredacted8468]

@@lql1094 I can find humor in most things....

[@daisybradley1392]

I would be suspicious if I didn’t get any mail after three days of an empty mailbox. I wouldn’t have let it go that long before heading down to the local post office.

[@BOOMBiggityBam]

Unless I heard wrong, they said this was going on a year? That's insane!

[@apupper.9283]

Here in CLE it can happen for a week before you get suspicious because the postal workers only seem to work 34 days out of the year. 🤷‍♂️

[@lonniemcclure4538]

@@BOOMBiggityBam - 3 years, apparently.

[@kristinemorley4337]

In Florida I got Daily Digest ,the PO photographs your mail daily & e-mails what to expect in your mail box for that day.

[@showxating9885]

As a former firefighter from a family of firefighters who saw his first DB at 6 years old, PTSD from missing mail is ridiculous. At her age, she should be tougher. The USPS has an app where you can track what you're supposed to be getting daily. Wise up, and drop the melodrama.

[@terrellrogers7645]

Right unless she using that as an advantage to file a lawsuit also 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@kaycampbell8532]

Cleveland postal service has been a problem for a LONG time. It's been in the news before and nothing was done about it. Nobody has been held accountable and the public suffers. DISGUSTING!

[@MacDaddyBanks]

I've experienced similar incidents with the USPS here in Georgia... Not with just the incompetent carrier, but with the entire Tracking System as well... Time after time, when I track my packages (going and coming,) they've been sent to anywhere other than the address on the label...Today, the package which was supposed to be delivered last Friday the 5th, will finally be delivered to me..!

[@redross8518]

I live in Lawrence and experienced the same thing. Also when I get box packages sometimes they put it on the curb instead of the porch.

[@jam1701]

I’m curious to see the doctor’s report on the PTSD for not getting mail.

[@mudderjen]

How long does it take for the USPS to hire a replacement? Two years is ridiculous.

[@mcrchickenluvr]

This is even happening in Arizona. In my apartments we’re getting mail. Whether or not it’s ours is another story. And forget the outgoing mail. None of our carriers take the time to go into the office where the outgoing box is. Our manager has had to take time out of her already busy day to go drop it off at the post office. She’s spoken to various carriers, the post office itself and even the postmaster. Nada. We residents have also done this and still not a thing is being done. I don’t even want to count how many things I should’ve received and haven’t. I’m not sure that number exists.

[@HawksDiesel]

Lewis Dejoy is a horrible postmaster general

[@john_in_phoenix]

You need to call the postal inspectors, your local post office won't care until you do.

[@dsatt57]

I love when local news follows up on things like this. An apartment complex I once lived at detected radon in all of the bottom buildings in the complex, installed fans tied into our power so we had to pay for them and no one ever told us. We kept asking the office what was going on and it wasn’t until I got local news involved that we found out. A corporate spokesman traveled down and had the nerve to say that we wouldn’t understand the issue. Once I moved, the bronchitis I had developed there went away. I noticed a few years ago that the fan units are gone now. I don’t think radon just goes away.

[@FaithfullyAri_]

A lot these mail carriers do this and they need to find a way to track it. Disgusting.

[@AlBirk-m1p]

She should have been arrested, it's a federal offense....

[@ziff_1]

no one works USPS carrier for 7 days a week. So why didn't the 2 day a week sub deliver the mail? I also would have gone to find other carriers in the area and stop them on their route and ask them to look into it. You can also petition the postmaster general for the district or even higher. These people simply didn't make enough noise.

[@mikemckinlay7270]

that lady who said she has PTSD because she didn't get her mail is BS.

[@HeronPoint2021]

"self diagnosed" PTSD is complete BS.

[@bassfan41]

I had a package delivered into the "big box" about 6 years ago, and the mail carrier either put the key for the box in the wrong mailbox, or didn't leave it at all. It took them 3 months to get me the key to get my package, because apparently they thought I just took the key and threw it away or something. I would go down to the post office now and then to inquire about it, and I couldn't believe the number of people in there complaining about not getting their mail. I think most people that work for the post office take advantage of their positions and just like to play power trip games with the public. I've also had about a dozen different mail carriers in the last 6 years and almost all of them dress like bums.

[@DeshaunDamon]

This also happened with my carrier. Luckily they "found" the key a few days later....smh

[@tomtrenter3208]

That carrier is definitely management material, maybe even post master! !

[@timothydukeman7619]

😉

[@whiteguy5212]

Exactly right.

[@texaslegend5076]

Yep

[@mistylee5361]

I can understand the frustration of not getting your mail, but PTSD from it? Come on.....🙄 This situation is far from traumatic.

[@KOGmon1629]

She thinks she has ptsd, doesnt have a clue

[@2Ryled]

Is she slurring her words

[@Earl940G]

PTSD for not getting her mail, thats a load of B.S. .

[@robertrobert7924]

I am also having problems with my local USPS. When I don't get bills in the mail on time to pay them, or when the USPS loses my mail sent to Credit Card Companies and my energy Company, I am being charged late fees and being threatened with my gas and electric being turned off. It is very frustrating for someone who has always paid their bills on time. I was a Federal worker for 7 years and watched how difficult it was to fire useless employees, and then have them sue the government for mental health related stress, and settle out of court because it is cheaper than going to court.

[@daleemrick9816]

Pay online or have it automatically withdrawn from your bank account.

[@FC-qe1wl]

Sharia law knows the proper punishment

[@daleemrick9816]

@@FC-qe1wl Sharia law does not exist in the United States we do not need it here¡!

[@wendy833]

Get with the program and pay online.

[@samuelstevens1129]

It's 2024, pay online and avoid this issue. You have no excuses

[@theayatollahofrockandrolla]

So brave of that woman with autism to speak out..

[@boxermomma4076]

Get informed delivery. You will literally get a photo of the mail that will be delivered in an e-mail daily.

[@irtheLeGiOn]

That sucks, We've had our Postal Carrier in Cleveland for about 7 years and at this point he is damn near a member of our family.

[@mikef4776]

Thank god the social security switched to electionic checks for the elderly and disabled!! This is a probl all across the country! I received a wedding invitation in the mail the day of the wedding! It was sent 6 weeks prior but looked like it was walked on and stuffed in a corner! All the post office did was give me a complaint form?? Depending on who you have for a carrier makes all the difference in the world! That woman who never received any mail for over a year should look into if the carrier was taking credit out in her name!!

[@anastasiae.5338]

Meanwhile, I did a good job and had a lot of customers that appreciated me and liked the job I was doing, but they put someone with a pre-existing grudge against me in the supervisor position, and she proceeded to find fault with everything I did in an effort to make sure I was fired. A couple of people who had been harassing me for months decided to file mostly false complaints against me and half a year later, I'm still trying to get my job back. There is a violent employee in that office, and the supervisor and her friend spent years harassing me, and sabotaging my work, and I'm the one they got rid of.

[@dicky7600]

And the union did nothing about it?

[@dustibones9879]

Hope you get it worked out soon.

[@NoToBigBro]

I thought mail theft was a serious felony. Only got fired?

[@me21464]

3 years and no mail??? Dang, I must have moved!!

[@ra8640]

I live in South Florida. My neighborhood USPS is the worst I've ever seen. They've lost my mail and my packages. I've been told by straight faced employees that "it happens." If you have an issue of any kind the manager sides with the employees. They don't fear being reprimanded or losing their jobs. They have very secure jobs! You would think that government employees would be great examples. They Are Not. It's a Shame. I do not have confidence in them doing their jobs.

[@RadioRich100]

Black mail carriers are protected.

[@ra8640]

@@RadioRich100 Not sure what that means.

[@RadioRich100]

@@ra8640 You need that spelled out?

[@ra8640]

@@RadioRich100 No Brother, I got it. I replied to you before thinking it out. Not sure how some people get their jobs. It can't be skill, they must know somebody...

[@WakkasLove]

She should be jailed. Messing with the mail is a federal offense.

[@LittleOlMe75]

I think PTSD is a little strong a word for not getting her mail for 3 years. When i think of PTSD i think of soldiers coming home from war…and survivors of terrible car wrecks…or even the way my heart freezes when i hear an ambulance or smell smoke after hot grease left me with 2nd n 3rd degree burns and in a burn unit. Thats life changing. That’s PTSD.

[@meghoughton562]

I agree. I'm sure it was EXTREMELY frustrating, unnerving and even *very* stressful, but PTSD? I'm not so sure about that...

[@Mulberrysmile]

Really? Think about the issues of late payments on your bills, and it affects your credit score, and you don’t get your tax notices, your insurance cards, and you’re on the phone dealing with people who don’t believe you aren’t getting their mail, month after month… Then start worrying over who has your bank statements and credit card statements, and Social Security letters, etc. it is huge. And then add in three years of dealing with a person who doesn’t listen, doesn’t care, and doesn’t do their job to fix the very real problem they are pretending doesn’t exist. And under that DAILY worry and aggravation, you wonder: is it the mail delivery system, or is it a stalker stealing your mail? Maybe a nasty neighbor with a grudge? So another level of stress. Yes…this woman absolutely could have Post Traumatic STRESS Disorder. Her life was being affected for three years in a very negative way, for reasons she didn’t understand and couldn’t control nor alleviate. It was targeted, so not the same kind of micro stressors we all deal with, but a great deal more stress piled on top of them. Do you have a degree in Psychology? I’m guessing you don’t. You may want to not comment about things you aren’t fully educated about, especially when you are not willing to give the benefit of the doubt to a victim. And, yes…before you ask, I do have a degree, as well as personal experience with PTSD. And notice I’m not saying she does…I’m saying it is possible. I am not her therapist, so I can’t diagnose her.

[@johnsmith-wd5sq]

Thats the Union that allows that! As long as the carrier keeps paying there dues you can pretty much do whatever you want!

[@mikekares-b8q]

The post office needs to be Revamped, full of lame excuses and bad employees and Bosses , always some else's fault.

[@DavidM2002]

Maybe some test Airtags should be mailed out regularly to a variety of destinations to audit the system. PTSD from missing mail ???

[@snowdogthewolf]

Imagine that postal carrier being your ICU nurse! 😵