Mount Pleasant Magazine Nov/Dec 2017

73 www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ILoveMountPleasant.com | www.BestofMP.com feature FedEx FedEx spokesman Jonathan Lyons agreed that online shopping is certainly adding to the workload of current employees and expanding the need for additional delivery services during the yuletide holidays. “At FedEx, more than 400,000 team members around the world are prepared to help the holidays arrive again this season. Last year was another record-breaking holiday season for FedEx, largely driven by the continued rapid growth of e-commerce,” he said. United States Postal Service “There’s nothing more important than building strong relationships with our customers,” said Kertina Epps, communications coordinator of the Carolina Division with the United States Postal Service. As the holiday season approaches, Epps told me, they’re already preparing their employees for the hustle and bustle that is sure to come. “With Mount Pleasant being one of our busiest offices, we have already begun our weekly holiday preparedness meetings to focus on package growth and staffing,” she said. To go the extra mile during what can be stressful for some, USPS is stocking every postal facility with free boxes, tape and priority labels, as well as lobby greeters to assist customers with their packages during the times of day that see the most volume. “This is the postal service’s busiest time of the year, and we are all excited to serve our customers now- and throughout the holiday season,” she pointed out. Scott Dasburg, an employee with the Mount Pleasant post office since 1994, said, “The days are crazy, and, if I’m honest, we’re thankful when it’s done, but this is what we do and we love it.” Dasburg, who has been on the same route for 17 years delivering to more than 800 families and businesses every day, knows a thing or two about hard work during the holidays. “Normally our days start by sorting through the letters and parcels to organize the truck for just one run, but, throughout December, we easily make two runs a day,” he said. In fact, with so many large packages being delivered, Dasburg typically heads to work at 6:30 a.m. to load and deliver packages, then heads back to sort the smaller items and hit his route again. Scott Dasburg