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hi comrades I've been on this site with various accounts since it was a subreddit and I've just returned after deleting my last account a few months back

some time ago I posted about being unemployed for a long time and lacking the motivation to find work and just generally being alienated and having no direction in life. a lot of kind people had great advice, and shout out to the person in particular who suggested postal work, whoever you are! that planted the seed in my brain and the more I thought about it, the more sense it made to me. and now I've just received a job offer to become a mail carrier! I will be out in the real world, serving the public, getting exercise, and most importantly, not having to work for porky

it will be a difficult road ahead, this is a radical change in lifestyle but that's exactly what I needed and I'm looking forward to accepting the challenge

PS any advice from other postal worker comrades is very much welcome, as this line of work is very much new to me!

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[–] D61@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

Not a carrier but stumbling around the internet looking for answers to questions while I work alone with no supervision I found the r/USPS subreddit.

Shitposting and bitching with some "how do I handle this situation, help!?!" posts/comments from other postal workers.

If you can stand Reddit (or just focus on exactly one sub) its not a terrible place to skim for the general ideas on what to do in what kind of situations. Its a bit more "negative" than "positive" so do what you can to keep from internalizing the negative sentiments and focus on the more factual stuff put in the posts and comments.