Does my mail carrier have a second job? (houses, live)
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We receive our mail between 5:30P.M. and 6:30 P.M. every day.
I called the post office and they said the carriers leave the Post Office by 9:00 every morning.
Does it really take 8.5 - 9.5 hours to deliver the mail?
And no, his name is not Newman....
I don't know if this is true of all Post Offices on Long Island, but in my area, there have been consolidations of some routes. Was told that when I asked a new letter carrier why there was a change in delivery - from late morning to after 5pm delivery.
Now we have yet another letter carrier, and he usually delivers between 1-3pm. I don't know if they can create their own routes or if they have to follow "orders".
I have exactly the same issue with my mailman. The previous mailmen always delivered by 3 p.m., but my current mailman usually delivers 5 or later. I think in his case he socializes on the route as I have seen him go into people's houses as well as stopping to chat. That's fine but if it means I get my mail after business hours, his socializing interferes with me getting mail on a timely basis. It's aggravating to get a bill with an error and be unable to call about it because the mailman delivered the mail on a Friday afternoon at 6 p.m.
The post office by us eliminated one route carrier and one counter person. The carriers are getting OT totaling about 15 hrs a week and the remaining counter people are averaging 2 to 3 a day combined. Yes....the US Govt doing it's best at saving money.
My sister used to get her mail that late, and finally she found out that her carrier was just sitting around in the truck all day because he wasn't supposed to get back "too early". Then he'd deliver the mail around 5 p.m. One complaint to the postmaster fixed the problem (and no she didn't give her address, she just said which street she lived on).
You can eliminate this problem by getting a PO Box. I have one at my local post office and it's great. I've had it for the entire time I've lived out here. My mail is in the box no later than 11am. If I don't feel like picking up my mail on a particular day, I know it's safe.
I usually pick up my mail twice a week, sometimes only once, sometimes not until the following week. I don't see a reason for any more than that. If there's an error on a bill, big deal. I'll call when I can call and take care of it; it's not something so urgent that I would have to call immediately. If there is anything that is absolutely urgent or an emergency, it's not going to be in the mail: that's what telephones, faxes, and emails are for.
You can eliminate this problem by getting a PO Box. I have one at my local post office and it's great. I've had it for the entire time I've lived out here. My mail is in the box no later than 11am. If I don't feel like picking up my mail on a particular day, I know it's safe.
I usually pick up my mail twice a week, sometimes only once, sometimes not until the following week. I don't see a reason for any more than that. If there's an error on a bill, big deal. I'll call when I can call and take care of it; it's not something so urgent that I would have to call immediately. If there is anything that is absolutely urgent or an emergency, it's not going to be in the mail: that's what telephones, faxes, and emails are for.
If you only pick up your mail once or twice a week, why would you even care what time it arrives? Seems like a waste of money to me in that situation. I think there's got to be a reason you don't want people knowing your address.
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