Clocked In and Covered

🎬 Episode 5: I Don’t Have a Husband So…
Clocked in and covered for Episode 1 of Workplace Warrior Issues. 😂

It’s still dark outside, I’m trying to maintain a little bit of femininity at 5-something in the morning, and I’m wondering what it’s like to be a passenger princess on the way to work.

Instead, I’m the driver, the navigator, the motivational speaker, and the person responsible for making sure there’s gas in the car. 🤣

But we’re here. We made it. We clocked in. And that’s what matters.

Maybe one day I’ll be sipping coffee in the passenger seat, but until then, this Workplace Warrior is going to keep showing up and showing out. 💕✨

Before the sun even came up, my body filed several grievances 😭 Left side sciatic pain shooting from my back to my heel, meanwhile a mystery dime-sized knot done appeared on the OTHER thigh like management added an extra assignment nobody asked for 😂 Breakfast was a BC powder and a banana, and now I’m scheduling urgent care before going to vote because the working class does not get to clock out apparently 🫠

Very much Dainty Discourse Podcast “Clocked In and Covered” vibes today 😭💅🏽

Clocked In and Covered🎙️✨

As a seasoned postal employee, I need people to stop falling for the media spin surrounding vote-by-mail. USPS has processed election mail for years. The real issue is chronic understaffing, micromanagement, burnout, and poor hiring practices after COVID — not some manufactured fraud narrative. Even APWU has addressed the fear-driven messaging around vote-by-mail and the attacks on public postal services. 

This is what happens when essential public infrastructure is stretched thin while political narratives distract from the actual workforce problems affecting communities every day.

Who's Afraid of Vote-by-Mail? Join APWU President Jonathan Smith and Public Citizen’s Rob Weissman for a live conversation on democracy, the importance of Vote-by-Mail, the realities behi...

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New name pending approval:
Clocked In & Covered.

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