"Whirlwind" rises to #7 ; elrok's ai TOP 100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ1IpuIONX8
CLICK LINKS BELOW
YOU!! ....are a SNOWFLAKE
That's right. THERE! I said it!! You're a fuckin' Snowflake!
All a ya's.
Every fucking last one of you is a fucking Snowflake. Just like me.
As a snowflake is formed , each one is subject to a different path on it's way to the ground. Some melt before they make it. Some end up miles from where they were born and land in unfamiliar territory. Snowflakes all around you ,..but you only need enough to build a snowman. Enough to create your fake collection of friends and build that goddam Snowman to fill the void of your loneliness.
" Snowflakes are unique because each icy crystal takes a distinct, complex, and chaotic path from the clouds to the ground, experiencing ever-changing temperature and humidity levels that shape its intricate, six-sided structure. No two snowflakes experience the exact same environmental conditions, ensuring that their growth patterns differ entirely. " ( ai ggl)
You see,... we are ALL Snowflakes!
Influenced by genetics, family, culture, socio-economic class.
Friends...... and experiences.
Guided and sometimes misguided by our own uniquely formed
personalities.
Our paths and our form never quite the same as "the other guy".
None of us are exactly the same .
So as you join your comrades to become a snowman,
or melt before you reach your final destination,
remember that you are not alone.
Just a little different, and ..perhaps....wonderfully unique.
It 'could' be that DeJoy is the Jesus we have all been waiting for. But realistically, he seems like a real bastard and a selfish punk. And of course, ...an extreme narcissist. Even through some miracle where your DeJoy Jesus 'resurrects' the post office.....I will never work for someone I can't trust. What good does it do to save the post office financially...yet make it even more of a shi#hole to work in? DeJoy has already underestimated the mass exodus created by his belligerent antics. He is not a good leader....and is kinduva punk. I can't tell you how disgustingly brazen he, and his minion managers are ..... in the way they disrespect their own employees. They get away with it!! If a person from the street, or from your local Publix...treated me like they do .... we would be having fisticuffs in the street! They are PROTECTED on that workroom floor..... and they use that protection to degrade and abuse through fear, threats, coercion, and intimidation, the inadequate weaklings treating the post office like their own personal kingdom! They must be miserable at home lol. Now, ...if you are a manager....SPEAK UP!! If you are a manager who won't speak up about the obvious consensus of abuse... you are part of the problem! When we speak out here, we are not just a bunch of whiney idiots. Sure, there are a lot of crappy employees. There are a lot of stupid ones. But not all! One of the easiest ways for management to get rid of a problem,...is to DENY that there even IS one! That denial,..could cost the USPS dearly. They had better start to amend their ways.....or financial failure will be eternal.
Whatever brain chemistry or osmotic chemical flow that produces it....is sometimes a matter of 'personality'.
I had a guy once, question my personal sadness upon the death of a good friend.
My own distinct ' personality'....made me promise him that upon "his" death..."I will not shed a tear! "
Death is a funny thing sometimes. It conjures some of the most unlikely behaviors and responses...beyond those of solemn remorse and reflection. To some, it is a time to "get it all out".
The underlying contempt.The seething subdued anger or jealousy. The things you always wanted to say but could not....... until meeting at Death's door somehow allowed you a chance to unleash...really...the most unlikely of responses.
And then, enter the vultures. Greedy loveless claws grasping for deaths booty, as their loved one watches from the heavens in somber disbelief?
Still, I am proud to be human... (elrok: "What Doesn't Kill You" )
Trust.
How important is "trust" in a relationship? It is integral.
We do not TRUST the United States Postal Service.
Loss of trust in any relationship will lead to it's erosion and eventual failure. As employees, our relationship with the U.S. Postal Service requires trust. Recent actions and inactions by the present Postmaster General have decimated trust amongst its workers.
It begins here. The weakest craft with the weakest union has been discovered, and it's weaknesses have been exploited. In this instance, I am talking about the N.R.L.C.A. ( National Rural Letter Carriers Association) and the hard working letter carriers that rely on such an entity to communicate with their employer, the United States Postal Service.
Who is in control? Who ultimately is responsible for postal operations and communications? Your Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy. Recently, he has tried to throw his hands in the air and claim that recent corruption within the service is ..." out of his control" .
One of the easiest ways to eliminate a problem, is to pretend there isn't one.
The manner and philosophy in which DeJoy has implemented parts of his "10 Year Plan" is more than unscrupulous.
Dejoy seems corrupt. Or inept.
... Or worse, ...completely cognizant of his intentional failure to communicate and advise as a MAJOR change in the system for compensating rural carriers evolves. It seems that this failure to communicate has come either through ineptitude or blatant purposeful suppression of the information required to adapt to such changes.
The RRECS system for evaluating rural mail carrier compensation has been conjured in an effort to eliminate the older , well established system. The new system ( RRECS) has been implemented, with absolutely no information or training provided. Many of us believe that this was not ineptitude, but intentional. Postal leadership has decided to keep us in the dark.
Knowledge is power....especially if you are the only one with that knowledge.
DeJoy has decided that he will attempt to " dis-empower" the rural letter carriers of this Nation, by keeping them ignorant..and actually WITHHOLDING vital information. He has provided NO information about this new system, disseminating only that which he perceives will further his agenda.
Now, what of that agenda? Is it to make the U.S. Postal service fiscally viable? Perhaps , ultimately, there is an agenda and desire to privatize it? What will DeJoy's " 10 Year Plan" actually reap...when he exhibits these shady behaviors ?
His plan , and the manner of it's implementation, will further erode the service and dissolve any remaining faith and confidence in the U.S.P.S. as an employer.
We, as rural letter carriers and employees of the United States Postal Service, desire SUCCESS for our employer! We are PRO POSTAL SERVICE! Why would we want anything else for the entity that employs us!?
Dejoy and his method of withholding information to keep us powerless,.... will leave long lasting metaphorically visible scars throughout the craft. He has sowed a terrible seed of mistrust amongst his employees. This mistrust will weigh heavily on productivity , and become a destructive force in any effort to fiscal viability. Does DeJoy understand the value of his employees?
Trust. PM General DeJoy seems to deem it unnecessary or irrelevant. However, we all know that 'trust' is at the very core of any relationship, ...even your relationship with your employer.
After 36 years as an employee of the United States Postal Service..... they no longer have my trust.
We are asking that an investigation into DeJoy's methodology and implementation of the RRECS system of rural letter carrier compensation be made, and an attempt to re-establish TRUST be initiated. Though severe damage has been done, it can be repaired....but time is of the essence. The weakest union in the U.S.P.S. has filed a level 4 grievance , which needs to be addressed AND RESOLVED immediately . Further delay will deepen the scars DeJoy has marred on those under his employ. Prompt action is needed. Though the USPS is a pseudo private corporation, it is your congressional right to control it. The Postal Service has become like a 4th branch of the U.S. Government, complete with it's own police force!.... only there seems to be no checks and balances. The U.S. Constitution has laid this task squarely in the hands of our trusted Congress.
" When the Constitution was ratified in 1789, the Postal Clause in Article I, Section 8 gave Congress the power "To establish Post Offices and post Roads" and “To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper” for executing this task."
Thank you for your efforts, and thank you for your service to our country. I know your job isn't easy.
Sincerely,
as you walk into the room
and compliment your posture as
you stride
You didn't feel it coming
when it stuck you inside
as you pulled it out you felt the Jagged Edges.
Wincing pain and misery
Look around so you can see
who stuck the knife so cleverly
inside.
The one with the Jagged Edges.
The one that slit your sides so easily and was so hard
to pull out.
Feel it tug at your skin.
Barbs that tear and rip.
Look around and see no startled faces.
Look again and see no guilty eyes.
Only smiling re-assuring ones.
And think who's hands once held these Jagged Edges.
Who?
So...your feet are fat. Super double wides with a hint of toe-nail fungus? You just bought two new pairs of $190 shoes to satisfy your bossman....and the twenty-five miles a day of toiled trudgery you put on them at work...has your ape-sized hooves busting the seams?!
SOLUTION:. 3M's 5200 Marine Adhesive!
Now, don't cheap out on some Walmart brand bathroom caulk! You gotta get the good stuff. Then...go back to work in dem hunnet niney dollah hoof-hoppahs! You may meet some ridicule...but that's ok. Maybe they will focus on your shoes instead of your zombie personality or your lax work ethic