USPS

[tfw6693]

Everyone thinks they could do your job.

I think it is true in most situations that it looks easier than it is.

Oldfriend

[pkrahmer]

I have always thought of a mail carrier as a very demanding and very involved  position. Thanks for confirming that,
best f luck in your new position.

[Gerianne]

I got to know my letter carrier and her co workers. They help each other carry the load. if one carrier finishes his/her route, he or she helps the others. The split areas of the city. The downtown postal workers don't help in other parts of the city. Now that I have moved, I remember the carriers I got to know from my old address. I got to be friends with two of them. I tried to keep the connection for the relationships; I think there may be a rule for them about favoritism.

[nannycoe1]

We have a wonderful mailman. They do have a hard job

[mrrangerrick]

Congratulations on your new job and thank you for all you do, it's about to get really busy for you in the next few months. Bests of luck.

[catherinedwhite]

Great to hear so many of you think highly of your  mail carrier. They do really appreciate any kind gestures like water on a hot day.  The training personnel told me to be sure and take it cause you never know when you might need it.
Anything like cards or snacks goes above and beyond. You folks are great.

[dogsleash]

i lopve my USPS , fed ex , dhl and uops workers. they derserve a big round of respect for what they do.

[catherinedwhite]

Oh, I just thought of something. For those of you who have had a something delivered to the wrong address, be sure to label your mailbox with your correct address. I know it may seem silly but many times there are subs on a route who aren't used to delivering to your house. This makes it easy for them to confirm they have the correct address. It's simple - you can even use a black permanent marker to label the inside of the lid.  It will help with any mis-deliveries.

[SherylsShado]

USPS here is really BAD.  My mailbox is labeled as well as a NEON sign on the inside flap that includes last name & address and STILL......I get my neighbor's mail and they get mine.  (The place where I work is 10 minutes from where I live, same thing happens there.)  They will take boxes delivered to the business (business name on the box & business name right over the front door of the shop as well as on the shop) and they will toss the boxes/parcels in the back lot along with the people's parcels that live upstairs rather than deliver them where they go.

I've been to USPS and filed complaints twice for my home address and filed a complaint twice on-line.......problem still exists.  I've done the same for the business address....problem still the same.

It was some kind of surprise to come home about two weeks ago to find a parcel that was supposed to be delivered to my home, just thrown on the driveway because they were too lazy to walk it to the porch.

If I have to re-do their job.....and that's EXACTLY what it is......they shouldn't be expecting anything "extra".  I don't even know how they think they earn their paychecks.  The USPS must be 20 kinds of desperate to keep the idiots we have "working" here.

[sherryfan]

I hear you, all job are hard, they do need to get some respect

[judylucas]

i remember them around the holidays

[12amos]

My husband always takes time to offer our mail carrier a bottle of water and words of encouragement.  At Christmas time we give him a nice card and a thank you gift.