You ask, Why would someone CHOOSE to bulk mail?

Before I begin, I would like to let Susie and Jenn know that none of the views expressed in this post apply to them. I love you both and I love working with you both.

Ok, people, if you have never had the wonderful opportunity to do bulk mailing for our US postal service, please count your lucky stars. Please make it one of your goals in life to never ever bulk mail! Let me fill you all in a bit on what bulk mailing is. It is a way to send out mail for much less than the regular 37 cents a letter. It is a great deal, but it is also a lot of work. So, at work, we are sending out "save the date" cards for our annual gala scheduled for October. So, our tasks (our being Susie and I (and Jenn of course when she is available) since no one else at my place of employment ever seems to do anything outside their specific job description) include stamping, labeling and sorting by zipcode almost 2000 letters. This is quite a task in my opinion. So, last week, Susie and I did the stamping and labeling. This morning at work, we actually started the bulk mail task. It is so infuriating and frustrating to be working on something that is so mindless and not actually a part of my job, while the rest of the office is milling around pretending they are busy. This is not the first time that Susie and I have been stuck doing the bulk mailing. I am so sick and tired of always being the person that does whatever no one else wants to do. I feel like I get all my work done plus half of everyone else's work, while the rest of the office is working on who knows what. I can relax since I know I only have 15 days of work left, but I do feel bad for Susie. I am sure she will have to tackle the bulk mail again in the near future. I love my job, but some things in this office really get under my skin. I have felt a whole new meaning to "go to person". I feel like I am definitley the "go to person" in this office and to put it bluntly, that sucks.

Anyway, I am off in a bit to class and then on to my interview. Send good thoughts.