3996 REASONS

1. Route out of adjustment per inspection
2. Sloppy mail (ADVO inserts, etc.)
3. Excessive change of address cards (#)
4. Stand-up talks (minutes)
5. Safety talk (minutes)
6. Window service (talk to customer)
7. Excessive parcels (#)
8. Excessive markup of parcels
9. Excessive carrier markups
10. Excessive review of CFS mail
11. Excessive hot case mail
12. Excessive accountable mail (#)
13. Inclement weather (rain, lightning, ice)
14. Feeling ill - under medication
15. Heat, humidity
16. Waiting for mail (be careful, they might
decide to change your start time)
17. Late dispatch/distribution (be careful, they
might decide to change your start time)
18. Unfamiliar and/or new on route
19. Traffic construction or delays
20. Mail cased from previous afternoon
21. Medical restrictions
22. Thin mail
23. Thick mail
24. Utility bills
23. Samples
26. Late leaving due to __feet of mail at case
at __A.M.
27. New case labels
28. Doctor appointment
29. Odd shaped mail
30. Full coverage
31. Customer phone calls
32. New deliveries
33. Deviation for delivery of Express Mail
34. Work on case labels.
35. Checks, food stamps
36. Revised Form 1621 (Route information)
37. Sorting through 3-M mail in PM
38. Checking Form 3982's (Pink cards)
39. Power outage, fire drills, etc (minutes)
40. Meeting with management (minutes)
41. No vehicle
42. Vehicle breakdown
43. Delivering mail cased by others
44. Excessive hold mail
45. Marriage Mail
46. Time spent filling out Form 3996
47. Talking to Union steward
48. Instructed to report early - can't finish in 8
hours
49. Delivery Confirmation Pieces (#)
50. Edit Sheets
51. S-999 Mail in DPS
52. Upside Down DPS
53. Full covers in DPS (#)
54. Delivering DPS Missorted Mail