OC Members....Personal Update

27 this month 

Clinical pharmacist in pediatric critical care

Married x 2.5 years

No kids for a few more years; we do have two boxer mix rescues that are pretty fucking cool dogs. 

posted by Ironman92

Tell me this....around town where I am the mailman was a very respected person who worked every day come hell or high water....and did it until they retired. Nowadays there is a new mailman every 6 months and subs all the time. 

Something with Postal Service or just hard to find good help nowadays?

Yeah, I hear that a lot.  The housing area I live in has 2 full-time carriers, plus a sub on their off-day.  We're fortunate to have them, and they like working in our neighborhood, everyone looks out for them.  They'll probably retire from those routes.

Two things:

- the job has changed since I started.  So much mail is now presorted in order of how it's delivered, so the carrier doesn't have to sort it in route order.  So they have less time in the office, there's more mail to deliver, and they more time on the street delivering.  And you don't start as a flexible career employee with benefits now - you're non-career (but union-eligible) with some vacation accrual until you have enough time in the job to get converted to career status.

- the applicant pool has changed since I started.  When me and my co-workers hired in, we knew we had to prove ourselves every day and we never took anything for granted.  Many of whippersnappers applying for jobs nowadays have no idea what it means to commit yourself to the job, show up for work each day, and actually break a sweat.  There are those that do, but they're fewer and farther between.  Te trend now is the newbies have no fear, even of leaving a good-paying job.  That means more and more of them quit in the first 90 days when they find out actual work is required.  And then USPS posts for more applicants, and the vicious cycle repeats.  Thus carrier ranks are short-handed.

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steelworker

Divorced a very long time ago and I haven't met a chick since that I would even consider marrying

I have very little spare time because of my job, but I do go to the movies when I have time.  Honestly, my life has changed a lot the last about 5 years.  I really don't drink anymore and I quit nailing every skank that I meet.  Took me a very long time to become an actual adult.

posted by Zunardo

Yeah, I hear that a lot.  The housing area I live in has 2 full-time carriers, plus a sub on their off-day.  We're fortunate to have them, and they like working in our neighborhood, everyone looks out for them.  They'll probably retire from those routes.

Two things:

- the job has changed since I started.  So much mail is now presorted in order of how it's delivered, so the carrier doesn't have to sort it in route order.  So they have less time in the office, there's more mail to deliver, and they more time on the street delivering.  And you don't start as a flexible career employee with benefits now - you're non-career (but union-eligible) with some vacation accrual until you have enough time in the job to get converted to career status.

- the applicant pool has changed since I started.  When me and my co-workers hired in, we knew we had to prove ourselves every day and we never took anything for granted.  Many of whippersnappers applying for jobs nowadays have no idea what it means to commit yourself to the job, show up for work each day, and actually break a sweat.  There are those that do, but they're fewer and farther between.  Te trend now is the newbies have no fear, even of leaving a good-paying job.  That means more and more of them quit in the first 90 days when they find out actual work is required.  And then USPS posts for more applicants, and the vicious cycle repeats.  Thus carrier ranks are short-handed.

 

My best friend is a mail carrier.  She carried the municipal route for a lot of years....heavy walking route, like 14 miles a day or something like that.  It really took a toll on her body, so she is now a fill in supervisor.  I really get the impression that it is a high stress, shitty job....but it pays well.  She is pretty miserable all the time.

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own a safety/PPE distributorship

married 39 years...three kids...four grandkids

33

Business Development for a Construction/ Infrastructure firm in DC area. Been there for 8 months. 

Married for 3 years with zero kids and zero planned. Kids are just not our thing. 

43 years old

Construction manager

Married 23 years 

A daughter

One dog

Impressive turnout to this thread I wasn’t sure of.

welcome back to many! 

Age 39

Job: parts/serv manager & coach

Married 15 yrs, with 2 kids.  Son 12 , daughter 10

35

Construction Management for the last 15 years.

Married for 14 years in May.

3 children (all boys):  11, 8 and 8.

posted by SnotBubbles

35

Construction Management for the last 15 years.

Married for 14 years in May.

3 children (all boys):  11, 8 and 8.

It's about time for the new yearly debate how's the hottest thread right?

28

financial advisory 

engaged, wedding in February ‘19 in Columbus. 

Probably don’t have any kids 

We have had 40 OC members participate in this thread.

Has there been a thread with more in the last 5 years?

Who is missing that posts on here?

Ironman02, knightryder...who else?

posted by SportsAndLady

28

financial advisory 

engaged, wedding in February ‘19 in Columbus. 

Probably don’t have any kids 

That's a hell of a long time to be engaged. When did you propose? 

posted by friendfromlowry

That's a hell of a long time to be engaged. When did you propose? 

April 22nd. We wanted it on a specific date because it has meaning to her. Would have loved to do it ‘18 but that would only be 10 months to prepare and we didn’t want to rush it. Plus she’s in a wedding  February ‘18 the week before we’d do it, so it wouldn’t have worked. 

posted by Bio-Hazzzzard

43 years old

Construction manager

Married 23 years 

A daughter

One dog

Dam good shot and 13 acres.....   

posted by Commander of Awesome

It's about time for the new yearly debate how's the hottest thread right?

Can we do it in the new format?  I haven't had much time to look into it.

posted by SnotBubbles

Can we do it in the new format?  I haven't had much time to look into it.

Do what, specifically?

posted by SnotBubbles

Can we do it in the new format?  I haven't had much time to look into it.

Shouldn't it be in February anyway?  Good lull period between football ending and march madness.

j_crazy

32

Petroleum Engineer

Same company for coming up on 11 years, same job for ~7 years, same assignment for ~2 years

Married 10 years with 2 kids - 9 year old daughter, 6 year old son

Likes - Hunting (white tail deer, large ungulates, predators, exotics when given the chance) Fishing (offshore mainly), I golf almost every Friday (outside of hunting season) watching my son's soccer games and my daughters music recitals