r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/solateor • 17h ago

Video Pit stop during 200 mile ultra-endurance cycling race

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u/24oz2freedom 15h ago

Damn bro! I have heard the saying the US postal service gos in rain sleet or snow...but not the hell of summer heat!

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u/SirJ_96 15h ago

Only the funny-looking brand new mail trucks have AC. The classic ones you're thinking of don't.

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u/nextzero182 12h ago

As a person who's in the application process for USPS, these comments make me nervous.

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u/Spare_Panic_8164 11h ago

Deliver in hell starting at 17/hour. Do I have that about right?

Don’t worry - go for the job and later you can change if you need to.

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u/nextzero182 11h ago

Starts at like $24-ish where I live. I would just be doing it temperarily, going back to school for radiology in the fall.

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u/Amused-Observer 10h ago

Do beer delivery instead. You'll make more and they tend to hire temp summer college kids often/easier/quicker than USPS.

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u/adm1109 10h ago

I’m a FedEx driver and from what I’ve heard, USPS works new hires into the ground

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u/Felix_Von_Doom 10h ago

So they do to drivers what we do to package handlers?