All hell is breaking out at work, we've got the head of the union filing greivances and the carriers all saying that they aren't signing their count sheets. Now, I know this doesn't mean much to you all but it means a much smaller paycheck for me and the rest of the rural carriers in the post office. We're having what the post office calls a "count". It's where we count every piece of mail,(letters, packages, magazines, etc.) That's how we get paid. Basically. Now somehow, over the last week, a lot of mail has disappeared. The amount that we usually get is cut in half. Routes that used to be way too big are not staying that way. Our count period ends on Thursday. When that happens everyone is going to find their mailboxes stuffed full from everything that magically reappears.
Now, most people are used to dealing with city carriers, they are paid by the hour, we are not. We are paid by evaluated time, whether we get the route done in that amount of time or not. The only time we get paid hourly is if we go over 40 hours for the week and believe me, they do everything they can to make sure that doesn't happen. If a route is underevaluated we work for free. And by not giving us the volume of mail that we should normally be getting, the routes will be underevaluated.
There are other ways for them to short change us as well and they are also trying those.

Sorry about the rant but it was necessary after finding out how bad we are being cheated.