Ride along with a mailman in USPS truck with no AC in 100 degree heat

[@kruxenwulf8161]

I’m a mail carrier. On my route, few people gave me some frozen water to help me cool off. I’m thankful for it.

[@CharlieNasty-cd5hu]

Frozen water? Lol.

[@KillerQueensRyche]

in those ovens on wheels i'm sure it melted quickly@@CharlieNasty-cd5hu

[@zeldadahedgehog]

Police get new vehicles every 4-5 years, the Post Office has been using the same trucks since 1987

[@jimcook8514]

FTP all day and everyday.

[@gerhang3759]

Usps is not endorse by any government...usps is a 3rd party....thats y there is nothing from upgrades to safe guidelines procedures...its get it done...go home a repeat for 6 days

[@Damitsall]

Actually most cops get a new car every 1-2 years (at least here). USPS take 0 in tax cattle dollars and actually provide a service people want. That's government for you.

[@meghanmisaliar]

​@@jimcook8514grow up

[@james_giant_peach]

To be fair law enforcement is run by the state so they can spend whatever they want for their police force. It’s a little more complicated for an agency like usps but I agree there’s no reason they shouldn’t have better vehicles and resources.

[@Cobrakailives]

I'm a mail carrier and I deliver in the New mexico desert. It's not easy but it's an amazing job

[@rothsuede]

Yeah it is easy too - very easy - that is if your not lazy.

[@earp1673]

My not lazy what?

[@rob6603]

E Garcia thanks for your work

[@JoseRuiz-vs2en]

E Garcia's

[@ThassWhaaSheSaid]

Thanks for your hard work. People should respect mailmen and women for working in these conditions.

[@junedeike6144]

More people need to see this. They won't think the job is so easy then.

[@roc-r6x]

I retired in 2016 as a carrier and drove the LLV built in 1987. HOT HOT HOT. I was lucky since my route was a park & loop, and I only had to WALK in the hot sun all day.

[@jessicawelch2182]

That’s so thoughtful I’ve had a few customers do that for me in the summer definitely appreciated and I love when sprinklers are on I look like I’m taking a shower in front of someone’s house lol idc it jolts me up enough to not pass out

[@anthonyd507]

Funny story. I do the same with sprinklers. One time I got back to my truck and noticed I was GREEN! Lol. Then looked at the customers lawn and realized too late they had a sign that showed they have the fertilizer in their irrigation system. So I literally voluntarily got covered in fertilizer 😂

[@randomguitarnote8887]

Thats nice, im a cca in a ghetto neighborhood, people be getting mad you knock on their doors thinking is the police lol ...

[@Mizpeachez]

RandomGuitarNote 😂

[@masonfree7185]

They be like, “Who is it!?” I can relate.

[@xxkibaxxscj]

Lol I'm dead haha

[@XxXGlZMOXxX]

😂😂

[@XxXGlZMOXxX]

Are you still one today???

[@irishledden4924]

I delivered for 48 years. One supervisor I had said it's a a good thing that carriers have no feelings. I could write a book on working conditions.

[@jeffw1267]

This guy's got a drive-off route! Easy money.

[@Crossfire117]

jeffw1267 Are you a mailman? Just curious!

[@raymondbrower7894]

Nothing easy about it. You body aches from the crappy seat and the constant twisting all day, I preferred walking delivery.

[@MrMikeyt65]

Anybody who thinks this is an easy job has no clue. My dad was a carrier and his route was close to our house and he would come home for lunch sometimes and when it was hot like this he would have to change his entire uniform because it was soaked in sweat.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

The pay is good though.

[@jeffw1267]

@@Crossfire117 Yes. Though since I posted the last comment, I have an easier route. It's hot in the truck but there are worse jobs.

[@benjamin181]

hey! no fingering the mail while driving brother!

[@neilsutschek8475]

we learned that in orientation the first day. Don't finger the mail, don't finger the mailman!

[@AllGreyGrapes]

Benjamin something something clockring;)

[@mannyhate6666]

Benjamin runner

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

Fellow RCA?

[@jimmypatterson3998]

Yeah, keep your eyes on the road and those hands on that steering wheel and stop fondling the mail.

[@12343358]

I was a mailman for 35 years in Houston,Texas. The moment the company installed Ac unit in my vehicle I was so excited but,that AC always got me a bad cold. Jumping in and out of that vehicle was not a good thing. I replaced my vehicle for another one without AC unit. Never got sick again.

[@brybrun]

It's a thankless job. I walk 10 miles a day, 580 plus deliveries.

[@DrinkWhiskeyRaiseHell]

Then quit? Who forces you to work there?

[@brybrun]

@@DrinkWhiskeyRaiseHell your Mom! one year later

[@DrinkWhiskeyRaiseHell]

@@brybrun wahhh im in a bad job but i'll go look for attention online....wahhhh

[@brybrun]

@@DrinkWhiskeyRaiseHell your obviously a loser dude. drink whisky raise hell. Trailer park living at it best. Your Mom gives great head by the way. Who the hell comments on something from a year ago.

[@bonnievalls5037]

I bet that when you heard the pay and benefits mail carriers got ,you ran and took the exam to get hired though.

[@trainyourdog7351]

Just had kidney failure last month. Severe dehydration and i even keep a 2gal jug in the truck and grab random gatorade and pickles.. this fl heat is no joke

[@dwlopez57]

No AC. Only old timers remember how hard the USPS fought to avoid having to put electric fans in the vehicles

[@kelseychumney]

My life depends on that fan. Thank y’all 😂😂😂😂

[@gm-truckin5335]

Sheesh no fans at the very least? Wow here i am in az 100 degree weather and that fan is the only thing creating Some air movement

[@hihowego4133]

Its about 110 in my truck in the shade!! . Ive noticed that people in rich neighborhoods (New England area) never offer any water . People in other neighborhood s always offer water. Hmmm. I always offer water to the Police officers on detail or at construction sites on my route. With their dark uniforms and gear ..they gotta be losing water like crazy. Anyway....we all gotta help each other if we can 👊✌

[@mrlevhil]

Same here. I deliver to a few neighborhoods with $750k+ houses. Never anything. Hardly even a wave 👋 back. The less expensive neighborhoods leave snacks and water and thank us all the time.

[@FishFind3000]

That’s because they never worked that hard, they don’t understand what it takes.

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

There is a new USPS delivery van that does have AC, its a ram promaster

[@pizzabox710]

skeleguns 10,ooo,ooo That's not a real mail delivering truck. They're good for delivering packages but that's it. It's not made for regular letter mail. It has no trey to hold the mail and you can't reach mail boxes from the driver seat. I've driven them, they are nice but they are not used for regular mail.

[@jamestempleton3468]

If you saw the pay checks you would understand why they tolerate the heat.

[@99SVTBolt]

Tiger Lin devilgorgor.com You mean a 2000 Ford FFV.

[@lmatos369]

Was told by the 2023 all llv s will be our of commission

[@TrustedInsaller]

Since when were any LLV's made by ford? They are built by Grulman using Chevrolet parts.

[@franciscosoto5171]

He is a mail man who loves his job

[@jimmypatterson3998]

And the pay is good.

[@jeffw1267]

@@jimmypatterson3998 The funny thing is that if management treated the carriers better, they wouldn't have to pay us so much. Money becomes secondary if you are happy at your job.

[@mynameisczar6090]

Shit better then working in construction in 100 degrees like me

[@oyahzi]

@de72nlamont construction workers get paid shit tf u mean lol

[@jimmypatterson3998]

Probably better pay than construction work as well.

[@Novaximus]

I really hope when they make the new trucks they put A/C in them. It's been like 5 years since they've decided to invest in them and they still can't settle on a company or prototype for Curb Side delivery vehicles.

[@jeffw1267]

Our new vans have A/C but only on the left-hand drive vehicles. My route is 100% dismount so I have to drive the old FFV. But it's not bad. Some stations only have the ancient LLVs and Windstars.

[@dillonh321]

I noticed the mail carrier who delivered my mail in a ram promaster. I asked him about it, he said they had an incident with on of the old llv vans and since they dont make them anymore they had to get a new cargo van and convert it.

[@alrichter3081]

our postmaster changed our starting time from 730 to 900 this summer so we would be out. in the hottest part of the day and this winter so we would be in the dark and icy conditions heartless huh

[@jeffw1267]

We have the same problem because our clerks don't get the parcels up on time. But I just wait and then I get overtime at the end of my shift.

[@KearnsAK]

I believe to give Amazon extra time so we can get their packages out with our delivery too.

[@Pollix780]

it's amusing that most the views/comments are only from postal workers and not the general public. They don't know what it's like in those things. Only time an LLV has A/C is when we're delivering one

[@CarlosGuzman-bq8fr]

Great Story.. Thank you.. I live in California.. and it does get super hot.. in the truck

[@6773122]

Not every customer is so nice. I was attacked by one of my customer a few days ago and I am still lying at home. He also went to jail. I hope he can get punishment,This is crazy guy!

[@jimcook8514]

Stop throwing his mail away. That might help.

[@darthzounds4889]

@@jimcook8514 Don't just assume someone is throwing mail away. Fuck off.

[@sheritaa3032]

😂 he said blow dryer! he is 100% accurate!

[@calculator5909]

That thing is RHD so he can reach the mailboxes, pretty dope

[@natebarry5553]

They all are! Pretty interesting driving RHD in North America. I think Jeep even made some RHD Wranglers for mail carriers in areas with rough terrain.

[@DaneRWilliams]

I work in a factory in north Ohio, it's 115 on my line, 12hrs a day, all summer.

[@jimcook8514]

115 yeah right liar.

[@michaelduran7197]

No one is complaining. Just answering the reporters questions.

[@JJSTAYFOCUSED]

is either this or walk 10 miles a day under the sun, pick your poison.

[@KennyJordana]

How bout the USPS organization get AC in their damn vehicles

[@dillonh321]

@Martin G Next year they are gonna pick a new Mail truck, fingers crossed it has AC. Of course they said that they were going to pick a new one in 2018, that didnt happen.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

But,the pay is good.

[@Courtney1992]

Respect the mail this is vauled if you can't comprehend that you're not in the wrong line of work.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

Absolutely.

[@rookiecollins7820]

Sounds awesome actually.

[@janedoe805]

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds... “A note of thanks” is thoughtful but a ice cold bottle of water or Gatorade is better. I have several Postal Carriers and One of them would always say no thank you to the Gatorade. Then he finally explained he was diabetic... I ran out and bought some Powerade Zero.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

That's wonderful.

[@kesodabul]

As a cca this video so real it’s funny.

[@chillspot35]

4 years later still in the heat box

[@sbinnala]

Now they’re getting Mercedes Metris vans with AC. My local mailman has one here in the NYC burbs.

[@mr.mailman2695]

All the bigger offices get the good/new vehicles. I still have a 1988 LLV.

[@kesodabul]

It just feels like a blow dryer 🤣🤣🤣 literally facts

[@garymathews4042]

some carriers have a small cooler full of ice ,and they use a dryer duct to blow air through it .so you get cold air blowing out another swivel duct onto of the cooler

[@bongoscongasantiquecashreg4544]

They need to get rid of those trucks! Just horrible on the drivers & some could get heat stroke so just not safe at all!

[@eddyalvarez77]

Guess what we still don't have A/C, but it is going to be hotter than 100 this year

[@FBG_Cory]

I would bring a portable air conditioner or fan

[@bwhitmer]

You rode along? Or did you out a camera in the truck

[@BedrosJenkins]

I had a nearly perfect attendance record, no absentees for years. On an especially hot 100+ F day, there was also a wildfire burning with smoke covering one of my neighborhoods, I has finished a 12 hour shift in a dilapidated LLV that management refused to have fixed correctly... that's another story for another day. Anyways, the next I had a migraine and could hardly see or stand. I called in using the automated line. In my sickened state I slept all day. The next morning I saw I had a missed call from the office and a voicemail from a manager demanding I better had a sick note from a doctor or will be fired. First of all, they can't legally do that. Second, I was still too sick to care, but I went to urgent care anyways. I was treated for heatstroke. there was an investigative interview And I was disciplined. I was told me they thought that because I was upset at a coworker whom kept purposefully damaging my customers packages over something petty... repeatedly and after telling management about it... repeatedly , and they did nothing to correct the situation, that I was upset and petty enough to call in sick. They then demanded to see my phone to they could prove I was called the day of. I refused, I was then asked how the other party should be disciplined for their transgressions. I said it was none of my business how he is disciplined, and Joel the Postmaster told me that he was letting the other coworker decide my discipline. So I was made a scapegoat. Joel Backofer Postmaster of Bozeman Mt. Shame Shame Shame.

[@BedrosJenkins]

Joel Bachofer You abused your power and authority with threats of unjust discipline and threats of violence against your fellow man, with the guise that you served your country, You are a charlatan and a tyrant. you failed your employees, you failed your community, and you failed your country Marine.

[@Thetimeisntcomingback]

I’m in AZ and yeah, the heat sucks.

[@aliciamsoto7217]

NEED AC URGENT CANT BELIEVE THAT

[@richmimimimi8226]

The heat sucks but at almost $100k I did it for almost 17 years in the Vegas heat!

[@northroad1]

Whatever replaces the LLV will have A/C and good heat. But it won't last near as long as the LLV has.

[@cmeGordy]

It really is not fun during the summer where I work it gets too 110 degrees F plus 100 percent humidity and sure the customers are normally pretty great and sometimes they are very angry people for obvious reasons and it is discouraged for us to tell them yeah your mail hasn't been delivered because only packages really matter. I know it should not be that way but it is and we carriers work real hard to try and get all your stuff to you but we make mistakes cause we are human and we have 500 or more stops to make in about 5- 6 hours and we have management breathing down are necks to go as fast as we can and if we can be "safe" Then the poor clerks have to catch crap from both management and from the customers because a carrier made a mistake whether that person is the full time or the part time employee that did the delivery it also doesn't help that over time the post office has become a lot more abusive to its employees and the unions really cannot do much about it(most likely because they are getting paid off or something) it is a hard job it can be good if you get surrounded by the right people but that is not as high of a possibility as it once was.

[@bobbeckhart1707]

Did that down in Trinidad in the jump seat in back finally put frozen bottles of water under my underarms for about a week and a half

[@skeleguns10oooooo10]

Oh El Paso Texas.

[@JZinAZ]

It would help to begin at 6 A.M

[@artisteric]

Jake Zantout That’s what I do but I’ve been alone 5 times since academy so starting at 6 I still don’t get back till 4. I’m chipping off the time slowly.

[@jeffw1267]

In the old days the carriers used to start at 6am (5:30am for business routes). But they cased all their own mail. Now we have to wait for the sorting machines to get done before our mail comes to the station.

[@MsTellitlikeitis48WithTheTea]

Best Job in the world.

[@donnieb1991]

Mstellitlikeitis48TheTea. I just got hired there! Do you work there?

[@jimmypatterson3998]

The pay is good.

[@jeffw1267]

@@jimmypatterson3998 Again, there's more to a job then just how much it pays. We carriers get paid so much partly because we have a stressful job.

[@jimgero1509]

7yrs ago and still nothing done to remedy the mail truck my truck today is 128* degrees inside but the PO doesn't give a shit about us

[@who919]

At least his fan work in his truck for some strange reason the truck I drive fan has been fixed multiple of times but doesn't stay working for long and if you send it out for repair who knows when you will get it back and you have a ton of mail and packages to deliver so you're forced to deal with the heat or work late

[@abigailjimenez2148]

It’s 2020 where r the ac keeps for these poor guys n gals who have it tough enough with pressure from management. I would buy a portable a c n put in my clothes. Maybe walking in blizzards better than the heat

[@icecold8974]

It's the easier job I've ever done 14 miles per day walking, however it's also the most brainless job I've ever worked. Horrible management, requires no education or real skills, and the money isnt all that, which is why I left and went into management elsewhere.

[@jacobpockros]

The short shorts help

[@daophan3709]

Biggers fans. Largests waters bottles. Frozens waters.

[@KennyJordana]

Why can't they put damn AC in these carrier vehicles WTF? It's not fair for these mail carriers driving around delivering mail while there's no AC in the vehicle.

[@androidtechgeek]

The insulation is nonexistent, so the cold air would just go right out

[@99SVTBolt]

Your window is open to deliver the mail to the mailbox. The A/C doesn’t do much with the window open. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@calilion2485]

In the hot ass weather it would help way better then the fan that just throws back hot air. Trust me

[@Randombirdvideos6666]

When the new Oshkosh comes out, they will be in luck

[@boosteraxledoesstuff2769]

Isn't 100 degrees Fahrenheit like 39 degrees Celsius?

[@snopythe1]

All we have is a fan that blows air that's it...

[@calisfinest909]

Ontario ca ?

[@MrTmoney12889]

I work in Florida id rather sweat to death than freeze to death.

[@EricSmyth4Christ]

You can always put something on, you can't always take things off

[@RSGAEL]

IKR. Amazon trucks got AC or i believe some Fedex trucks as well.

[@gengar_princess1085]

I love the ram but llv is better if only it had ac

[@anthony3456]

Why is he driving with his door open lol we’re not allowed to do that haha

[@99SVTBolt]

Anthony Hernandez check you local agreement. Less than 15 mph and less than 500 feet between mailboxs.

[@xxkibaxxscj]

@@99SVTBolt exactly :)

[@jeffw1267]

@@99SVTBolt And the door should be closed when going through intersections.

[@99SVTBolt]

Too bad the guy isn’t using his turn signals as he pulls away from the curb and pulls over.

[@jimmypatterson3998]

He certainly does need to use his turn signals.

[@jeffw1267]

He's got his flashers on and that's good enough.

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

aint nobody got time for that

[@aayushpatel8304]

Wha bout in the winter

[@jeffw1267]

The winter is worse because the heaters are basically useless.

[@mr.1ntr0vert88]

How do they use the bathroom?

[@argerinejordan4703]

We do get breaks. SMH

[@ryansanders2069]

We don't... unless there's a stop on our route. (preferably during a break that you don't deviate too far)

[@Quantrills.Raiders]

we pee in a bottle and poop in the bushes behind the daycare

[@mr.1ntr0vert88]

@UEE-kj6ek hahaha I was hired and quit 🤣😂

[@jamiejones8418]

to not deliver residents their mail😭😭😭😭😭

[@flyhouseoftruth470]

I'll trade my LHD 2004 Ford Ranger with ice cold air, it will freeze you out, for that RHD mail vehicle. Even up trade.

[@James-ql8bo]

Poor rual carriers have to buy their own gas they been getting hit hard.

[@Theangrymailman]

It’s dangerous and usps is doing nothing to help.

[@ozarksfarmerhansen8782]

I guess the USPS Union drivers are the only ones who work all day 52 weeks with out air conditioning come pour concrete with me and My sons this August or framing a house with some friends or roofing a house, picking up your trash everyday.

[@jeffw1267]

It gets much hotter inside the trucks than it does outside the trucks. I'm actually happy to get out of the truck and start walking even if it is 100 degrees out.

[@bonnievalls5037]

Perhaps mail carriers would prefer Going back to walking their routes as was done as far back as I can remember to my childhood.

[@libsocalex8235]

Wow your a bitch

[@VilaToro64]

Its a challenge but lemme tell you, you'll drop some pounds driving in the hot box

[@99SVTBolt]

0:48....no parking brake.

[@jamiejones8418]

Heat??? i understand...but a Hurricane??? it waz like a zillion cars on the hwy...and our mail ( lady) didnt even show up. it was just high wind and rain. WHAT WAS SHE AFRAID OF???

[@artisteric]

Jamie Jones Maybe she couldn’t get through? Remember that mail delivery is a FREE service...show some grace. It’s not paid by the tax payer at all and never has been. It’s a government agency but it pays for itself. It’s FREE.. just remember that.

[@codenamezero7357]

That's stupid and dangerous

[@IworkforGod777]

😮What the….

[@fernandosecrest8422]

James such

[@KingIjazMalik]

18.8.18

[@noxnyc23]

We got some cute female ccas and rcas .. hotter it gets the shorter the shorts get 👍🏼

[@bananahabit4231]

Mail men complain a lot, the few good mail men I worked with retired or left. All that’s left are a bunch of complainers, these vehicles are extraordinary. They served their purpose and then some. There isn’t a modern vehicle that can handle the harshness of a mail man, CCA or T6 and keep on truck-in for 20+ years. Those that complain are the same ones who have routes that I got done in 2 hours as a CCA, but took them 8+... whenever I read or see these articles about how much it sucks to be a mail man, it irritates me as a former carrier knowing that it was never all that bad. If you wanna complain about something that’s legit, complain about the crappy management who no matter how good you are at your job keeps expecting more, and drives the hard workers to find other employment, leaving only the ones who take 8 hours to do a 2 hour route...

[@jeffw1267]

We've got plenty of runners at my station, even those with 20+ years at the post office. The problem is that they break all the rules in order to be faster and it makes safe carriers like me look bad. I wear my seatbelt and I shut the vehicle off when I step out of it. This takes extra time.

[@EvolvinEvo]

2 hour route? LOL, never heard of one.

[@bananahabit4231]

@@EvolvinEvo trust me there are some. I covered down for several who were so lazy and managed to get them, but milked them. Try working out of portland, or and you will experience a huge difference between one route to the next. Some you literally have to be on crack to get done in 8 hours, and some you could do in 2 at a easy pace.

[@darklyclad]

I think it's ironic that people expose their skin to the blazing sun instead of wearing upf clothing from head to toe.

[@rothsuede]

Here are the mail carriers complaining about their 14 dollar an hour job - If they don't like it - the cry babies can quit.

[@Novaximus]

That's always such a cynical statement. And do what? There's not a lot of jobs out there that a carrier can do that would pay as well without having a degree. And the kind of jobs that are available have to deal with the heat and a lot worse. Most carriers are salary earning 50k+ with benefits and retirement contributions and paid holidays. Despite appearance from the customers perspective, It's not an easy job and it's 6 days a week. Now you want to talk about cry babies......imagine how much you'd hear about it if you stripped away parcel delivery entirely from people and they actually had to go to the store for everything. It's a mail man's dream to only have to deal with the mail.

[@Novaximus]

Aww. Cut some slack man. Everyone complains about the weather right? Honestly, on hot days stepping out of the truck it feels like a refreshing cool down. You get the heat of the engine blowing on you through the vents on top of the feeling of sitting in a car with the windows up in a hot parking lot. For 4 to 5 hours straight day after day. It beats on ya. The harassment thing...I mean that's really situational. There's a nice way to ask a question and a harassing way. There''s simple questions and some not so much. Minutes add up quickly. A lot of it probably has to do with "talkers" we all know someone like this. There's no polite way to say, "please stop talking. I have a lot of shit to do by a certain time"

[@rothsuede]

If you don't like your job then quit and find something more suitable for you.

[@jeffw1267]

I guess EVERYBODY who doesn't like his/her job should quit, then. 2/3 of the American workforce would be unemployed.

[@mynameislizzie08]

I'm guessing you're someone who works inside, and doesn't have to deal with that type of heat for 5-6 hours a day. Also, some of the offices are so big that you can't really feel AC in there either, and many carriers buy fans for their own cases out of their own pocket. Also, I'm pretty sure he wasn't complaining when he said that he likes the job, and loves the feeling of giving something to someone that has been waiting for it. The rural carriers are likely to be doing packages enough to cover walking 3-4 miles a day. City carriers do about 10-12 miles of walking a day. Yet, they don't complain about it. The ones who complain and can't handle it, generally do quit. But the ones that can handle it, continue to do the job. This is why there are people like him, who have done this for years. One more thing, Novaximus is almost correct when saying it is a 6 day a week job. It is 6 days for the regular carriers, but for the substitutes, we work on Sundays as well, due to a contract with Amazon, to deliver just packages on Sundays. My area alone runs 15 routes each Sunday, and each route has about 80 stops, with at least one package per stop. And the weights of these packages can be as little as 1 pound, up to almost 70 pounds. I love my job, I hate the heat and rain sometimes, but it is always worth it when every customer has a smile on their face after they get their mail.