Sometimes my arms bend back.

@johnstrader4606

3 жыл бұрын

the chinese seeds

@Futuristcoffee

3 жыл бұрын

Arms go brrrr

@maverickmissile801

3 жыл бұрын

I cracked up when you changed into the civil war and the cannon shot!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@mickeydrago9401

3 жыл бұрын

I don't get it

@vedrancorluka1332

3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Sometimes my ears go red and a heatwave hits me

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@Nick_nm

3 жыл бұрын

Why are we here... just to suffer

@stevesmith7339

3 жыл бұрын

@@Nick_nm nice ankles buddy

@1.3mviews64

3 жыл бұрын

im actually curious to what he was trying to say :(

@PatriotMapper

3 жыл бұрын

Man [REDACTED BY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE] am I right?

@peyuko5960

3 жыл бұрын

@@thesandwichslayer9948 yeah, me too

"Am I just gonna be sitting here explaining government services for the next 25 years?" Yes please. I'm not even american, but this is fascinating.

@pandemonium2594

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@LarsBlitzer

3 жыл бұрын

It's especially interesting to see how it developed and works in contrast with our countries. It's quite enlightening.

@ericBorja520

3 жыл бұрын

He's one of those youtubers who manages to take something that seems completely boring and dull and make it super interesting. He's posted a few videos where the title kind of turned me off, but because I know his content, I watched and ended up enjoying the video.

@DrevorReal

3 жыл бұрын

Same here! I don't live from in the states but this is fascinating stuff

@Bzuhl

3 жыл бұрын

Civic education looks like it was really overlooked by education systems (from my french experience at least). As a teen I didn't mind having a matter shortened/unimportant but I know realize that people don't know how their country works

In my 16 years as a USPS carrier, this is the best explanation of the service I've ever seen. Thanks.

@singletona082

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service.

If you hear a Postal employee say they gave their blood, sweat & tears. Believe every syllable of that. 35 year postal veteran here, praying to make 40 years of service. God Bless the United States Postal Service Employees!

@aguaaqua6343

2 жыл бұрын

Amen

@bensoncheung2801

2 жыл бұрын

42 👍

@essielecl

4 ай бұрын

keep going strong

@aztro.99

3 күн бұрын

thank you for your service o7

So in other words. The government messed up the only service that managed to turn a profit?

@stefanjoeres7149

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, of course. That's the play book of "conservatives" all around the world: Maniacally privatizing everything that turns a profit or at least pervert it so that it doesn't turn a profit anymore. Then you only have services that aren't profitable so they scream "See, the government is bad at business" and then they cut government services. As if government services should turn a profit...

@joefrew1614

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, how ironic.

@tony1449

3 жыл бұрын

Yea its been conservative policy to ruin government institutions since 1971

@warrenlehmkuhleii8472

3 жыл бұрын

Zyuroko I don’t know, if they were really capitalist they would have just outright privatized the postal service by now. The Republicans had been in the position to just privatize it many times, but they did not. Which I why I am sick of both Republicans and Democrats, because neither of them are true capitalist parties. And then I disagree with the Libertarian Party on its social stances. So... I guess I will have to from my own Market Party. Oh I better do that before someone steals the name, I like that name.

@miked0602

3 жыл бұрын

@@stefanjoeres7149 sorry has been the liberal Democrat politicians here in Chicago that have sold off all good biz for a quick buck

As a rural mail carrier, I really enjoyed this episode and wanted to say thanks for teaching people about the struggle we are in.

@IdiotBoy

3 жыл бұрын

I live in North Dakota and from bottom of my heart, THANK YOU. The rural carriers are a lifeline for small towns.

@agcaoiliproductions9580

3 жыл бұрын

We support you and all other postal workers! Solidarity from Boston! Buy stamps everybody!

@ae9074

3 жыл бұрын

Too bad it’s propaganda and so much misleading nonsense it’s not funny. Seems people are looking to plant the seeds to why the election goes south for them! Watch in November Democrat’s will blame trump for losing the election due to the USPS! USPS has tons of issues that need to be fixed and for one it needs to be its own non government entity that or its honest with the American public and say look we need 140b dollars to make us whole and it needs to come from tax payers. No matter how you slice it we will need to pay these deficits in the post office budget either today or in the future. These are liabilities that will come due.

@Mid-no3pk

3 жыл бұрын

@@ae9074 we dont need a cash infusion we need to get rid of the mandatory social security payments for all employees 75 years in advance. As long as we have that, the usps wont be profitable. Any cash given will just be wasted. No other business has to pay SS forwards 75 years

@jtszabo1691

3 жыл бұрын

I support the post office, thank you for your work

For anyone watching this after 2022, since the video came out the Postal Service Reform Act was introduced in May of 2021 and became law in April of 2022 and (among other things) removed the requirement to pre-fund pensions and allowed the post office to work with state, local, and tribal governments and government agencies "to provide certain nonpostal products and services that reasonably contribute to the costs of the USPS"

@thevenator3955

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome to hear, about time!

So Is everyone ignoring the fact that he wrote “send nudes” on the card when talking about short messages on the front of envelopes?

@MrRedd-tf7rv

3 жыл бұрын

And that's why we all love his sense of humor, thanks for pointing that out

@gabharri910

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't notice it the first time 😂

@MrRedd-tf7rv

3 жыл бұрын

@@gabharri910 me either bro

@officialsquadrilogystudio

3 жыл бұрын

Thank God I read the comment section first. I was waiting until I saw it.🤣😂

@axelmarcia678

3 жыл бұрын

The envelope part begins at 7:45 for the people who want to see it

"Everything changed in 1970 when Nixon..." Why does that sound so familiar?

@lucofparis4819

3 жыл бұрын

Nixon of the Fire Nation? 🤔

@slowrunn3r88

3 жыл бұрын

@@lucofparis4819 Beat me to it xD

@destructiveblade7446

3 жыл бұрын

@Hunter D Also had good foresight to pull us off the gold standard. Nixon was horribly flawed and corrupt, but he does have some accomplishments that shouldn't be dismissed.

@pressftopayrespects6325

3 жыл бұрын

@Hunter D Nixon Anti-Semite? Didn't he help Israel numerous times?

@dactylntrochee

3 жыл бұрын

@@pressftopayrespects6325 Nixon wasn't against strategic positioning, he just didn't like Jews. Politics makes strange bedfellows. (Business does too.)

The USPS is really the unsung hero of America. Thank you for bringing attention to them!

@wyattlong8321

3 жыл бұрын

*Looses my package, gets it to me five days late, doesn't refund my postage* Such heroism, much Heroism

@DumDumHigh

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyattlong8321 I mean, one bad experience during a time when republican obstructionism has been slowly eating away at it does not a trend make. What the postal service does is nothing short of a miracle of logistics.

@justinrice5405

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyattlong8321 UPS would likely decline in service if they had to deliver everywhere, too. You know, like rural America.

@wyattlong8321

3 жыл бұрын

Justin Rice UPS already does deliver in rural America. People claim they don’t but can never point out where they don’t. I live in the back ass middle of fucking nowhere. And I still get UPS, I’ve had to pull the UPS man’s truck out of the mud holes in my driveway

@wyattlong8321

3 жыл бұрын

DumDumHigh try several bad experiences. And please. UPS and FedEx deliver to the entire world. Yet USPS is so special 😂😂😂

Shout out to all Rural Mail Carriers. Bless all their souls, and may their routes be short and their days fair.

@briangarrow448

3 жыл бұрын

A rural mail carrier saved my friends mother after she had a heart attack at her isolated farm. She came out to say hello every day, weather permitting. She didn't show up one sunny day and he thought it odd. Drove up to the house and saw her on the living room floor. He got inside and called paramedics. She would have died had he not bothered to check up on her. I will always say hello to my letter carrier. Some day it might be me on the floor.

I'm obviously late to this party, but I think this story is worth adding: At one point, I had an opportunity to hear a talk by Arthur Laffer, the guy who had designed Ronald Reagan's tax policy. He was ragging on the USPS, so I got up in the Q&A and made the argument that the USPS is by lots of measurements the largest and probably most sophisticated organization for moving stuff from one place to another that has ever existed anywhere in human history. I think he hates the USPS because it very intentionally treats, say, a janitor sending a letter to their mom, exactly the same as somebody like himself sending a contract.

@singletona082

7 ай бұрын

Can't have the peasants getting the same treatment as the Rulers now can we? How will they know who their Betters are?

Thank you for this, KB. I started at USPS as a Vehicle Maintenance tech, became a general expeditor and now I'm an Operation Support Specialist(basically a less technically skilled industrial engineer). Thanks for shining some light onto our public service. Those machines you showed are referred to as DBCSs and they can process up to 40k pieces per hour, it's super cool to see. It's also why you shouldn't send bulky letters that you don't want damaged.

@fgsaramago

3 жыл бұрын

Im in Portugal but yeah, im quite familiar with the bulky letter thing. I had one who was apparently stuck in a machine for weeks until someone noticed it there and finally sent it to me half destroyed, accompanied by an apology letter

@ktcool4660

3 жыл бұрын

Jj

@TheEnmineer

2 жыл бұрын

@@freeman7296 Many public services are also paid jobs. The clerks at the Gov't Buildings have to pay bills y'know.

@mtadventures5006

Жыл бұрын

Haha, unless you like tread marks and we care bags

Could you imagine a Congressman or Senator changing their mind because their constituents didn't agree with them? I would love to live in a world where Congress actually cared about their constituents.

@grahamlive

3 жыл бұрын

It's easy to get your representative to change their mind. All you need is a brown envelope and a couple of million dollars. 💰💲💰

@waynejohnson1786

2 жыл бұрын

@@grahamlive Or just you know, vote.

@puffena9013

2 жыл бұрын

@@waynejohnson1786 One person’s vote means a whole lot less to a politician than one person’s check for several million dollars. As much as we all like to pretend that democracy means that everyone gets an equal say, as it exists now, this is nothing short of delusion.

@intetx

2 жыл бұрын

There's some limited influence even in your voting block.

@enricofaa9302

Жыл бұрын

@@waynejohnson1786 or a gun

Prepaying decades worth of retirement? What the hell? I can't imagine what a politician said to defend this idea.

@Fif0l

3 жыл бұрын

@Smelly Bungster in what way does this secure power? I understand many weird political decisions that are supposed to get more votes. I guess it gets you the votes of mailmen, but they aren't exactly swaying elections.

@ericl2473

3 жыл бұрын

The bill was passed in 2006 when Republicans held both chambers of Congress and the White House. FedEx and UPS lobbied for that bill. The bill was crafted in such a way that it’s a forever black hole of pension obligations. The USPS is not only required to fully fund every current employee pension for 85 years (eligible retirement age is 55) but also must fully fund future employees their 85 years worth of pension. Think about it, you can live off your pension until your 140 years old. But when you die, only 50% earned benefits can be inherited. Even as the number of postal workers shrink, the USPS still have to keep paying their pension obligation. Because of restrictions on how to generate revenue and overhead of the mail business, the USPS can’t hire more employees to match their contribution. So in theory if the USPS has no employees, they still had to fund a pension program that can never be collected. In a sense it’s money thrown in to a black hole. And that’s what Republicans always wanted.

@wrightabbey

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't that law go against libertarian and republican ideals? I don't get it. If the government forced another organization to do this, I'm sure people would be crying about socialism and blah blah bah

@thomasthedoubter6813

3 жыл бұрын

@@ericl2473 Meanwhile, the few private corporations that still provide pensions are free to drastically underfund them on the promise that they'll put in the missing money later.

@Great_Olaf5

3 жыл бұрын

I understand the idea of it, I even agree to an extent, but only for tax funded systems. So many government agencies, especially at the local levels, are financially crippled by having to pay pensions and benefits to former public servants whose contracts were negotiated during a time when they had the tax income to sustain those payments, but economic downturns and population decline have led to their income reducing sharply and having to sacrifice essential current systems (like education, infrastructure, public transit, etc.) in order to keep paying off those old debts. This is (part of) why so many big cities are constantly on the verge of financial ruin, they made plans that assumed the economic boom they were in at the time would continue for decades later, and made no contingencies for if the boom receded, or worse.

If you haven't already, I encourage you all to sign up for USPS Informed Delivery. It's a free service that sends a photo to your email of what physical mail you are going to receive that day. This can be helpful if you are waiting for important letters that you need to address right away. And it's just plain cool to see into the future.

Never gonna forget the time when I was 9 and all my siblings got Christmas cards from grandma except me until mine came a week later ripped to pieces and an apology from the post office.

@martins.4240

3 жыл бұрын

I have worked in a mail sorting center, and sometimes letters and other items get pretty chewed up. Or fall under the machine. Or gets wedged in a belt. Basically there is a lot of chances for something to harm a mailed item (btw there is a reason that packages use bubble wrap, those things get thrown around... a lot)

@tparadox88

3 жыл бұрын

All courier services face an efficiency/care tradeoff. UPS loses or damages a small percentage of their charges too, but at the volume they operate at, it ends up being a significant number. At the UPS Store, they'll tell you (or should) that you're welcome to put "Fragile" stickers on the packages, but the automated sorting conveyor belts can't read them, and that's where most, but not all, damages happen now that doorbell cameras are ubiquitous and drivers are learning they can't chuck stuff everywhere.

@alpheusmadsen8485

3 жыл бұрын

This is the biggest reason why I don't send my ballot through the mail, despite living in a mail-in only county. The second reason is that I want to reduce the number of hands my ballot goes through from my hands to the hands of the people who count the ballots. I don't consider it particularly likely that postal workers would be out there trying to suppress my vote, but I'd rather eliminate every possible avenue of fraud I can possibly do, as well.

@geraldm4728

3 жыл бұрын

I once received a letter that was sent over a year prior. 😂

@shortfusedfox2593

3 жыл бұрын

@@geraldm4728 I've heard legend in my Post Office of a letter that was found in "supposedly empty equimpent" with an 8-year-old postmark -- which the carrier then had to deliver. We handle over 470,000,000 mailpieces a day. Stuff happens. In fact, we even have special ink stamps that say exactly that: "Found in Supposedly Empty Equipment".

4:52 “Yours truly, Corporal Noah Little.” This made my day.

@wanirfan9876

3 жыл бұрын

And don't forget the descendants, Sergeant Noah L. Moore at 12:44

@lurvthyself5302

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t even get that! LOL

@marselo5332

3 жыл бұрын

The joke just hit me

@dchoskinsvids

3 жыл бұрын

So will the next one be Noah Lott?

@t3hfluff

3 жыл бұрын

Noah bedder?

Hi mailman here. I feel the need to tell you this, but having our customers ask us for anything that might have a political stance is kind of bad as we are shackled by your old friend, The Hatch Act. The same one that you had while serving in the military, we have. For careers that last from being there for a day to 50 or more years of adult life. And criticizing a political appointee can be a violation of the Act. Of course enough of my customers know my political stance, as hey people talk, but directly steering a conversation likely could be violation territory. I can get away with it here as this is just pointing out these facts. I was also previously a shop steward for my union, so that's where my hairs got raised. Beyond that anonymity of the internet helps. Maybe an episode on the Hatch Act. On second thought that's a pretty deep rabbit hole.

@RobotDCLXVI

3 жыл бұрын

So how does the postal workers union get to legally endorse Biden?

@curiousgeorge5992

3 жыл бұрын

Unconstitutional, 1st amendment contrary, hatch,, toilet seat cover-hatch,, flush it

@biketickler65

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobotDCLXVI right to association, hatch act applies to individuals (for the most part) not to organizations. If anyone has a problem with that, they can sue and go to a federal court to argue it out.

@dandork20

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service. I am also bound by the hatch act and find it amazing to see top level government employees completely disregard it.

@meepk633

3 жыл бұрын

Postal carriers can do almost any political activity while not on the job. You can donate, volunteer, post on social media and display political messages. While USPS employees are covered under Hatch, Hatch applies to activity in your professional capacity. You can get away with it here because it's not illegal at all. There's pretty clear guidance on this from the APWU.

That is true. Politicians, at all levels (Federal, State and local) answer letters more than an email or phone call.

Imagine being the poor schmuck that happened to throw a box full of BEES onto the conveyor belt.

@shawnwales696

3 жыл бұрын

Those would have probably been larvae, or a queen, not a hives worth of live bees. You can still get carpenter bees through the mail.

@Waldzkrieger

3 жыл бұрын

@@shawnwales696 Oh yeah I'm sure that was the case. But the sitcom-like image of someone hucking a box of bees and a bunch of bees flying out is funny to me haha

@501ststormtrooper9

3 жыл бұрын

@Waldzkrieger And a hole somehow in the box.

@Elix10

3 жыл бұрын

not the beeeees

@tobys7026

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Waldo 👋 love your channel :)

20:48 I learned a long time ago to never trust anything from "Reason" magazine. I learned it via one of their articles titled something like "Danish government unfairly targets the wealthy", in which they used a lot of fancy jargon to complain that the Danish wealthy people were under attack and the victims of extreme government prejudice and repression, due to (I'm paraphrasing because I don't remember the exact coded wording, but it was something like this) "The wealthy moving money to non-Danish bank accounts accounts in a perfectly legal way to avoid undue duress and corruption". I was very confused at first, and read the sentence several more times before moving on. About a third of the way through the article, it finally hit me: Tax evasion. The Danish government was penalizing rich people for moving money into secret bank accounts to avoid taxation. So, Reason magazine wrote an entire, heavily jargon-coded article, to complain that Danish rich people weren't allowed to dodge taxes. And that, in a nutshell, is why I never trust "Reason"-branded anything.

@wyattlong8321

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, cause when you tax people a lot they try to hide that money instead of reinvesting it. But incentives don’t exist in your mind I guess

@elLooto

3 жыл бұрын

I agree with you. Everyone should pay less taxes. Then we wouldnt have to hide the cash away from wankers that think they have a right to stick their hand in your pocket.

@Merlincat007

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyattlong8321 False premise, not borne out by the facts. Also, by reinvesting you mean stock buybacks, right? Lol

@wyattlong8321

3 жыл бұрын

@Gavan Borgias Stock buybacks, or expansion, diversification, etc. Even if the money sits in a bank it’s still being invested as the bank will loan the money out to entrepreneurs. But sure, let’s play pretend land where rich people hide their money in the nether under their mattress like fucking Smaug

@elLooto

3 жыл бұрын

@@wyattlong8321 Rich people park their money (wealth) in property, and protect it by trust (and not in the way most people think) through caveat. Banks dont "lend out" deposits. the deposits are used as collateral against new money loaned into existence. But sure, lets pretend we know how the system operates.

This is probably the 100th "as a postal worker" comment posted here, but as a letter carrier six years in, I thank you for this video. I got a late start at the Post Office, starting at the age of 46, and I know I'm going have to work to 70 or beyond to have a decent retirement because I started so late. You beautifully explained the worries we all have about there even being a Post Office in 10 or 20 years. I rarely get complaints from customers, and when I go, it's always accompanied with "Oh I'm not talking about you", which means people appreciate me as a part of their daily lives and understand I'm just a part of the process, the most visible part. I've watched most of your videos and love them all. Thank you for doing them.

This is like the 5th hbomberguy cameo I've heard.

@Coestar

3 жыл бұрын

he has a lot of free time between his annual videos

@gemain609

3 жыл бұрын

Wait what, where

@Flow86767

3 жыл бұрын

GEMain 12:22

@gemain609

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flow86767 Good ear dude! Did not catch that

@andromeda7394

3 жыл бұрын

@@gemain609 Also at 2:04

imagine if US Postal Service opened a Postal World like how Disney opened Disney World

@helpfultips1533

3 жыл бұрын

That would funny

@gabharri910

3 жыл бұрын

I would go to that just to say I went!

@robertnett9793

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianwiatric2861 Admit it - you just want to see the aliens sorting the mail.

@eve36368

3 жыл бұрын

lasertag, random lootboxes, having nationality actually mean something,

@nimravus01

3 жыл бұрын

So, like a gun range or something? J/k (a sarcastic reference to "going postal" as mentioned in the video.)

7:47 "short messages on the outside of the envelope"

@bradwconnors

3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!!!

This is lowkey the best channel on youtube. It looks into topics without the bias of mainstream sources

@ryancruz1876

3 жыл бұрын

This channel is full of bias though. He is very biased against any non European source of history.

“Just some federalist paper opinion”. Well, that’s one way to look at the federalist papers.

@noviedeos

3 жыл бұрын

Skar Scalp I’ll believe this guy is a human-bug hybrid before I believe the federalist papers have had any use in the past 300 years. Aside from letting people get away from police stops without a ticket anyways :^)

@Rodzilla5332

3 жыл бұрын

BBB H I hear you. I’d rather read the federalist papers about the separation of church and state over take one sentence out of one paragraph from one paper. I think it was the indifference in the way he mentioned the papers. They are incredibly valuable resource.

@scottgrohs5940

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t you mean Pugman?

>Going Postal OH MY GOD THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM

@RmcBlueSky

3 жыл бұрын

Guess you are a gen z?

@josephburchanowski4636

3 жыл бұрын

@@RmcBlueSky Or could be a late Millennial.

@mohammedsarker5756

3 жыл бұрын

Postal 2 lollll

@thodkats

3 жыл бұрын

@@RmcBlueSky Or just not American ? :O

@00fgytduydrtu

3 жыл бұрын

GAMES ARE BAD THEY MAKE YOU MAD ! GAMES ARE BAD THEY MAKE YOU BAD !

I have heard that the “junk mail” (that has a “postage paid” envelope in it) can help the postal service by filling the envelope with other junk mail and sending it back. I was told this is because the company paying for the “postage paid” envelope is charged by weight. Therefore for the heavier the envelope the more the company that sent the “junk mail” is charged more and the postal service gets more money.

@LeviForWaifu

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

It is so cool that you let other KZreadrs provide voiceovers for your quotations. I'm particularly fond of Sarcasmitron and Hbomberguy, and love that they're getting exposure from this.

Damn ngl the editing in this video is awesome. I’ve been binging your stuff through quarantine and the jump in quality is uncanny. That’s not to say your old videos are bad it’s more the aesthetics, execution and editing is just so good now. Can’t wait for the next video.

*So Many Horses* So much mail, so many carriers. So many days I have been waiting for this to come out! I'm stoked more people will have an opportunity to *know better* about the USPS!

@ratedpending

3 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing this video released unlisted on patreon...?

@BajanEnglishman51

3 жыл бұрын

Corvus Oscen woah 12 hours ago

@thedavischanger

3 жыл бұрын

The Post Office is awesome.

@CorvusOscen

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedavischanger 100% agree. We need to save and expand the post office.

I'm looking at this from a United States Postal Service facility and I got to say you are right on point man, basically the government has our hands tied up with all these regulations one would almost say that they are trying to make it go away. we have proven that there is a need for us during this pandemic

I think we’re just finally appreciating how much Postal Service has to go through.

As someone who depends on the USPS to keep a home business alive it breaks my heart such a vital service is being threatened. I'd sooner go out of business than pay the ridiculous fees ups and fedex want to charge.

@themissile3120

3 жыл бұрын

UPS and FedEx are cheaper for bulkier, heavier, or international shipments. Their infrastructure isn't built for small and light packages, so yeah it's going to be more expensive. Were it not for USPS, UPS would likely be formatted to handle that, edging more industrial stuff towards FedEx.

@Mayrego

2 жыл бұрын

@@themissile3120 Except definitely not. UPS's goal is to make some specific people stupid rich via as much profit as it can squeeze out of a market. USPS's goal is to pay for itself, it's cost of functioning. There's no one living in a mansion and building his own steel dick to space because he owns the US mail system. When it's gone, your freshly expensive mail will be building a wealthy man's phallic chariot.

@themissile3120

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mayrego Didn't say it would be the same price, but it would be more reasonable. UPS would be best equipped to handle residential, first to dominate the market, and with a door-to-door delivery infrastructure, residential prices would definitely take a dip. That massive volume would bring in a lot of profit but would need to beat out others trying to fill the niche - probably Amazon for the most part, but they can't even handle their own volume already and hire both UPS and FedEx for help every December and January. Also I don't see a heavily unionized company as hyper-capitalistic and USPS could probably raise prices a hair to help with serious labor shortage and retention issues and solve the consistent corruption and incestuous upper management largely due to stagnation. Maybe not a mega-rich few but USPS is definitely not clean either, and not the most effective. which personally pisses me off, I wish it were looked after better and could force the others to lower their prices but it is what it is.

Getting a new Knowing Better video is like an event. I went to go get food

@armynation31B5V5P

3 жыл бұрын

Same here... it's like a treat...a super treat really.

@MonkeyDefenceForce

2 жыл бұрын

You got that right.

I appreciate the set decorations: pith helmet, priority mail box, the little LLV on the table, and the blue shirt. Lots of information provided in a very digestible manner with humor and passion. Thanks!

Great video. Last year, about six friends and I applied and were hired by the US Postal Service. Six months later, none of us remain. One doesn't have to delve too far into a reddit page about working at the USPS to discover how toxic the current workforce structure is and how this is negatively affecting their near 100 percent turn over rate. I came from a long line of USPS employees, my great aunt was actually one of the first Women Postal Masters and was appointed by FDR. It is very sad to see how flawed, toxic, nepotistic, and corrupt the USPS has become.

This video feels like a serious version of Last Week Tonight episode on USPS. Less joke and more information. Because now, I know better.

@devinrybarz1508

3 жыл бұрын

Was wondering why i had seen that b-roll footage before

@yellow_airman

3 жыл бұрын

If you get your info from last week tonight I feel bad for you. HBO (time Warner) is selling you their corporate agenda

@grillwello7206

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, Knowing Better is… well, better than Last Week Tonight. I like John Oliver but he really seems to double down on unfunny jokes too frequently.

Is it just me or did production and editing quality of these videos get even better lately

@Wilhelm4131

3 жыл бұрын

Thats because hes paid as a shill

@clashsupreme9394

3 жыл бұрын

Jerry Shalowitz bruh

This is an incredible video.....I was just hired at the USPS and I'm really excited to be working for an institution that means so much to our country. I truly hope that it can ensure and weather this storm.

@dmay3391

3 жыл бұрын

Remember "Keep your head down", no union will help you for 90 days. Supervisors giving you a hard time for fun, will only get worse over time. You missed the hay day of USPS, enjoy the worst job in the world.

@jeffreygao3956

8 ай бұрын

Pfft. Law is the true worst job!

“They seem to randomly catch fire” 😂😂😂 now you said that so casually made me laugh you earn a like

Love love love it 😀 as a mail lady this is so accurate its like our hands is Tied but we have to keep moving forward until something change

@mickeydrago9401

3 жыл бұрын

What are you talking about, change... Elaborate

@ChangeUrAtOnYT.comSlashHandle

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeydrago9401 Watch the video dum dum

@chadatchison145

3 жыл бұрын

@Mrs Junice Ziyad Thank you for your way underappreciated work and dedication. I used to be a manger at a small bulk mailing company and I would often have to deal with our local Post office, and I must say I could hardly believe how you and the rest of the workers could make sense and handle all that chaos. I will always be impressed and literally in awe of postal worker, you guys/gals are way underpaid.

@wyattlong8321

3 жыл бұрын

Please improve your customer service over the phone

@doug814

3 жыл бұрын

So you're a femailman?🤣 JK

Thank you for this video. I'm personally sick of the USPS being targeted the way it is. My grandpa was a letter carrier for 25 years, and was proud of his service.

Dude I love your content. In politics I’ve never met someone so knowledgeable, level headed and passionate about genuine change and effective policy. Hope quarantine got you safe buddy.

Thank you Knowing Better, as a postal worker I'm so sick of my customers saying, "I pay your salary!" This was a very accurate video and it is very frustrating the limitations that are put on us compared to every other company in this country.

As a Canadian living in a semi-rural community, damn I love Canada post. All other private mail companies take weeks to deliver packages, and I usually need to call them asking them to bother delivering my package before they actually decide to do it. But whenever I have a package delivered by Canada post it arrives usually ahead of the estimated delivery time. Instead of delivering it to my doorstep, which private companies do, Canada post leaves my mail in the community mailbox, which every neighbourhood has, or if it is a very large package they will give me a piece of paper to bring to the local post office and give it to them in exchange for the package. In conclusion, I really like Canada post, thanks for delivering my stuff on time!

No one pointing out the "short message on the outside of the letter" at 7:47? Catering to the internet I see... Nicely done.

@ratedpending

3 жыл бұрын

səpnu puəs

General Delivery, where the post office holds your mail and you have to come in to get it, still exists. It's basically the only way many people who experience homelessness can receive mail. It's also how many extremely rural communities still do mail, like small villages in Alaska.

"A Republic if you can keep it." - Benjamin Franklin

KB will always deliver on the video, through rain, snow, or shine!

@KnowingBetter

3 жыл бұрын

Expect delays 😬

@chadatchison145

3 жыл бұрын

@@KnowingBetter Hahaha I laughed way to hard at that. :)

@armynation31B5V5P

3 жыл бұрын

@@KnowingBetter Keep Soldiering on Brother!

@josephburchanowski4636

3 жыл бұрын

@@KnowingBetter How much longer are the delays for Fire and Brimstone, or would we have cancellations then? I've heard such weather is possible for 2020.

I remember having a postal bank account. A big $ 17.98.

@corngreaterthanwheat

3 жыл бұрын

#Ballin

@eazy8579

3 жыл бұрын

Ultimate Flex

In Canada, I made my living “presorting” addressed advertising mail. I wrote software to do this. The USPS would not provide me with the database required expand into the US. I madd a good living. But then I saw a mechanical sorting machine at a Canada Post sorting facility, and realized that the only thing this machine needed to really work was a better computer. I knew “my day was done”. The sorting machine machines would soon be able to recognize handwritten addresses and remove the differential between first class and third class presorted mail. So I “got out in time”. . . but, I had fun, and was able to put away enough to retire on.

I’m almost 40 and ever since I was a kid I loved sending and getting stuff in the mail. I thought it was amazing that for 25 cents (price for a stamp when I was a kid) I could send a letter from my home in Pennsylvania to Alaska.

I'm proud to say I've never blamed the USPS for my junk mail.

@felinecontrolled

3 жыл бұрын

If the junk mail includes a free postage on return envelopes, such as credit card applications do, I will cram the junk into it and mail it back.

@ragefacememeaholic5366

3 жыл бұрын

This video is the first time I heard people blamed the postal service for junk mail. Have they never heard don't execute the messenger?

@jackwastakenx2

2 жыл бұрын

@@ragefacememeaholic5366 It’s “Don’t *Kill* the messenger”

Your production quality is over the top ! Weird flex incoming (but i mean it genuinely) : I am really happy that I became a patreon of this channel ! Keep it up !

"The Concorde Jet of its time" That one hurt...

My husband works for USPS. Everything you mentioned about the Gov trying to dismantle the post office are things we discuss nearly every day after he comes home from work. It's really stupid. The new postmaster implemented a new rule. That postal workers are only allowed to work 8 hours a day. Some people in certain states haven't gotten any of their mail for almost 2 weeks! Luckily it hasn't been enforced here yet; however, my husband has been working over 10 hours a day almost every day. That's only because our local postmaster decided not to hire any new CCAs. 😵

14:00 ....there are still 140,000 LLV’s on the road in desperate need of replacement since they have a tendency to catch fire. Me: wait, WHAT? Why have i not heard of this?

@confusedwhale

3 жыл бұрын

Apparently, there is a metal plate covering the engine where the "center console" would be in a normal car, which gets extremely hot. This also happens to be right next to the postal workers' left leg.

@ctvulpin8663

3 жыл бұрын

None of the LLVs at the office I work for has caught fire (so far as I'm aware) but I once had the entire gear-shift mechanism disintegrate while I was driving one. And that's not to mention the vehicles that always have trouble starting, the turn signals or back-up lights that won't stay on, broken or unreliable dashboard dials... We need new vehicles, and have no money to get them.

@KevinWindsor1971

3 жыл бұрын

The 1987-92 LLV's had Pontiac 2.5 litre engines with the catalytic converter right under the driver's feet and would get super hot. The last 2 years they were made (93-94) they used Chevy 2.2 litre engines with the catalytic converter under the tray side of the vehicle. The first digit of the vehicle number signifies what year the vehicle is. 8 would be 1988, 1 would be 1991. The vehicle I currently drive is a left hand drive 2017 Ram Promaster. I get a/c, radio, backup camera, and shelves in the cargo area. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I used the collect call scam in college to let my mom know I arrived safely back at school. The phone company caught on eventually - lol.

@billco73

3 жыл бұрын

@33 SixtyNine not really a scam, just using a collect call that won't be accepted to let someone know I arrived safely and saving a long distance charge

@lscizml

3 жыл бұрын

@33 SixtyNine he literally talks about it in the video....

@kaitlyn__L

Жыл бұрын

I did that a lot in the mid-00s from phone booths, after automated private reverse-charge services sprung up (no longer needed to speak to an operator). Some of them even gave you 30-60 seconds for the message, and they'd play your recording directly to the person you were calling! No one could say "sorry, I'm not doing that" or "this doesn't sound like a legitimate call". And a lot of times I'd do it, just leave the message of the payphone's number, and wait for a call back. A couple of times I even did it two or three times in a row to leave a longer message!

As a letter carrier that’s works for USPS in the South this is an awesome video and very helpful to spread awareness. Great job and keep up the good work.

I discovered this channel a few days ago and I've been binging every since. Great work. Please make more!

Huh, my UPS and FedEx guys will put small packages in my mailbox. Guess i should report them to the feds.

@Shmibble

3 жыл бұрын

@BBB H postal worker here, it doesn't have to say that. we can deliver to anything as long as it is obvious that it is for mail. I have personally delivered to a shoe box on a post because the old box got hit by a dump truck

@tparadox88

3 жыл бұрын

I work at a UPS Store and we're told we're required to use USPS to send to PO Boxes (don't buy USPS at a UPS Store. There's a retail markup on top of what you'd pay at the post office) because UPS can't access them. My parents have a PO box for packages and mail that they don't want to give their address for, and they tell me that if they enter the street address of the post office and the box number, UPS, Fedex, and Amazon have no problem delivering there.

@wild1234

3 жыл бұрын

I did a UPS helper job one year over Christmas and one thing they made very sure to pound in your head was UPS can not deliver to a mail box even if the person asked you to do so.

I love how you’re broadening your content variety dude, I never thought I’d be interested in the kind of stuff, but you’ve got me hooked

Dude I've been watching your videos for the last few days and you really know how to make a boring subject like the post office or health insurance extremely interesting. Keep doing what you do you're amazing.

I just wanna say your videos is what in initially triggered my switching in personal views from conservatism to liberalism and my political enlightenment as I like to call it. I’m so much mode educated and have a much more mature understanding of the world thanks to you.

I genuinely wonder if John Oliver’s piece a while back influenced this video

@KnowingBetter

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. Finding out about the 2007 law from his show sparked my curiosity.

@vtwinbuilder3129

3 жыл бұрын

How’d he blame Trump for it? That’s his only schtick.

@isnitjustkit

3 жыл бұрын

@@vtwinbuilder3129 I’m sure you dont have that question anymore

@vtwinbuilder3129

3 жыл бұрын

@@isnitjustkitI don’t watch Oliver so I have no idea what he’s said or done on his show. He’s a leftist hack though, that much is clear.

@isnitjustkit

3 жыл бұрын

@@vtwinbuilder3129 Leftist? Pahahahaha I fucking wish

2:03 IS THAT MY BOY HMOMBERGUY?!?

Hi everyone, I'm a Rural Carrier Associate (RCA, means I deliver mail as a sub basically) with about a year and a half of experience and I can confirm that there's a lot of not so consumer or employee friendly changes happening at work. One of the more notable ones is a recently added restriction by the postmaster. To explain it a little, at least in my offices, we receive a truck full of mail once in the morning which is then sorted by clerks and carriers for distribution and one in the evening to pick up anything outgoing. As of the last few weeks, the trucks aren't allowed to be delayed at all, which sounds good except for the fact that that means if, say, some of the presorted letters aren't ready to put on the truck or if some of the express packages have yet to be properly processed, tough luck because the truck is already leaving. At best I've seen this just mean letters get delayed and resorted to be in the next day's mail, at worst, I've seen hundreds of dollars lost because the express packages, which have guaranteed delivery dates, couldn't make it to the office in time. Think need better direction and oversight, but they especially need some better political support. Feel free to ask if you have any questions tho, I'd be happy to answer

1910: Delivery takes a few days to maybe a week at most 2020: Delivery takes a few weeks to a couple months at the least

@AllUpOns

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that's the part he mentioned about the Postmaster General sabotaging things.

Log Lady! If KB just made Twin Peaks a regular thing on this channel I'd be more than happy haha. Next let's see you dress up as the "got a light?" guy, KB! 😅

I love how you go all in for these videos. It's hilarious but it somehow helps me learn more

Best Knowing Better video to date. Excellent job.

Great program! Thanks chap!

Hey KB, loved the video, but just one little thing, at 14:34 you depict Long Island as having their zip codes start with 0, when in reality, they start with 1 like the rest of New York. Great video though, keep up the good work!

@KnowingBetter

3 жыл бұрын

There's always something... 😅

@armynation31B5V5P

3 жыл бұрын

@@KnowingBetter well... Now we know better, eh?

@Ratchet4647

3 жыл бұрын

@@KnowingBetter I thought it was weird Long Island was separate from New York but no other parts of states were.

@belg4mit

3 жыл бұрын

@@KnowingBetter Oh there are man interesting things about ZIP Codes: it's a trademarked acronym and should be all caps, there's actually an intermediate level (the first three digits usually form contiguous subdivisions of a state), and they aren't actually geographical regions like most people assume... they're related to routes and can therefore can be points (post -offices), floors of a building, etc. More like a space filling curve. This is why the Census Bureau has to generate ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTA) to map data to the "ZIP Code" shapes everyone thinks exist.

Loving the recurring Twin Peaks homage

@pramienjager2103

3 жыл бұрын

Is that what the fuck that was? I should have watched that show.

@raymeeker4048

3 жыл бұрын

OK. I was wondering what that was a reference to. Thanks

@A_Salted_Fishe

3 жыл бұрын

@@pramienjager2103 his video on quartering troops has more of it. Definitely check out twin peaks

@A_Salted_Fishe

3 жыл бұрын

@@raymeeker4048 I highly recommend you watch the show, it's a mind fuck but in a really good way

@pramienjager2103

3 жыл бұрын

@@A_Salted_Fishe LOL, I just finished EP 2 and checked my email. Pretty good show so far, I miss real film. Digital recordings look lifeless and always have these weird gradients in them, especially in dark areas. Film just doesn't have that problem.

Well done on this well thought out video. Even the graphs are pleasing to look at. Very informative 🙌❤

This is so important. Your mormon video was great and fun, but this one is IMPORTANT. I just subbed to CS and nebula cuz of you and derek/legaleagle (haven't had time to explore it yet, undergrad school)

I warned people when the postmaster changed, they laughed at me. Now I laugh at them.

@llamaOats

3 жыл бұрын

Cock

@ProleZeal

3 жыл бұрын

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@Sinaeb

3 жыл бұрын

@@ProleZeal bruh

“Noah little” I see what you did there and I love it.

@hexistenz

3 жыл бұрын

Geometricly Epic you do? I have no clue whatsoever 🤔

@cirenev3889

3 жыл бұрын

hexistenz know a little

@hexistenz

3 жыл бұрын

Geometricly Epic thanks! I found it, by reading the comments 😂😂😂

As a letter carrier for the postal service, I thank you for this video showing our history and accurately explaining the current issues we have. This is an excellent video and I really appreciate this!!

As a USPS Letter Carrier, I enjoyed this video immensely! Thank you for always making pertinent and engaging content, KB!

Yay! I've been checking daily for a new video! I love that it also happens to be about one of my favorite topics: USPS! My household regularly buys collector stamps. Any involving space or Star Trek are kept in a binder. The rest are used fairly regularly. We purposely buy the collector's version because we wholly believe in funding the USPS for a variety of reasons. Even without all the regular benefits of the USPS, it keeps private companies' pricing down. Without USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc. would absolutely price gouge just because they can.

@mickeydrago9401

3 жыл бұрын

Why is the post office one of your favorite topics

@tradrudeboy

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeydrago9401 mostly civics-based reasoning. The USPS is as close to a perfect governmental agency as we can get. It's also a great indicator needle on the political barometer: partisan treatment of the USPS has foretold the direction the party would go for the following decade for as long as I've been political active. The GOP completely lost all of my support when they blocked all appointees to USPS leadership in 2010. They've been just as obstructive and damaging to every other level of government since. Prior to that, various factions within both parties have used the USPS as a political pawn for purely political reasons; each time it happened, the offending party used their ploy as a roadmap for future politicization of an issue: gun control, mental health, labor standards, government spending, and infrastructure planning are just the issues that come to mind. Both parties use the USPS as a tasting ground for determining propaganda and platform strategy for upcoming election cycles.

@mickeydrago9401

3 жыл бұрын

@@tradrudeboy What makes you so sure it's a perfect government agency or close to...?

My favorite channel

You are one of the few reasons I even watch KZread videos. One of my favorite content creators and each video is a gift to the world.

Towards the end of my father's career in the late 70s, as a child, I watched the US post office remove as many perks possible and add to his workload of rural mail carrier. In the end, he was running a route that had four times the patrons of the route he had in the mid 60s. When he retired, rural deliveries were turned into "star" routes that were contracted out.

the ferret postal service at the end was sooo cute

Love how you include other KZreadrs in your videos but never blaster their names Everywhere

I love these random topic videos. They're the best

Just found your videos yesterday, I really enjoy what you make and appreciate the effort you put into your videos.

11:39 It's good to know nothing has changed in the mail sorting room.

Wow, your guys research and presentation is astounding. I had no idea Zip code was an abbreviations. Or even noticed that postal vehicles do not have tags. Amazing information. Keep up the good work.

Great video! Liking the longer videos lately. And the Twin Peaks vibe. 😎

your videos always make me happy. always excited to see a new one come out. :)

7:51 *you have a collect call from:* "Pickmeup Practiceisover"

I'm 66 years old and I have to say that he USPS has always been very reliable and affordable. We're lucky to have them. BTW, I was so happy to see the reference to Men In Black...

I subbed to your channel because of this video. Extremely good video

Great information. Thank you for the time you spend doing this masterpiece!!!