Food Drive 2007
Now, mind you, I think the NALC food drive is a good thing. They raise millions of pounds across the USA for food banks.
That being said, it’s the lousiest day of the year to be a delivery supervisor. Here your carriers have to pick up all this food on top of doing their route, and your boss wants to know why they’re running late. They’re late because they’re picking up food, you fool. The carriers get all the glory, the clerks get nothing, and you have to explain something that makes perfect sense. You pick up bags of food, it’s going to take you a while to get your route done.
And some of these people eat better than me. I’m looking at donations of food I can’t even begin to afford. I’m worried about paying medical bills, and some guy is eating smoked mussels somewhere. Cans of ham. Upscale soups.
Then there’s the people who donate the crap they’ve had sitting in their cupboard for 6 years and they’re tired of looking at it. Cans of generic food you wouldn’t feed your dog.
Speaking of 6 years, this is my sixth year of doing a food drive, and so help me, it’ll be the last. I’ll cackle when I donate a box of MRE’s that my wife inherited from her dad 10 years ago, and let some other supervisor worry about why a carrier picks up a 1,000 lbs. of food, and has to explain to THEIR manager why some guy couldn’t make it back by 5:00.
I started 2 routes down; don’t you go asking me why we barely made 6:00 on food drive day. Sheesh.
And why was I stupid enough to give my boss my cellphone number. It’s my day off, I’m trying to relax, and suddenly I find myself answering all the stupid questions I just mentioned. If I ever make it somewhere else, damned if they’re going to get my cell number.
I patiently check every week to see if a maintenance supervisor’s job came open. You got tips for my 991, you just let me know. I get everything paid off, and pushing a broom is starting to look good to me. Besides, I was in good shape pushing a broom. Now I’m fat and miserable.
Well, I don’t know about you, but I feel better now. 
Tags: food drive, nalc, work