Mailman (City Letter Carrier)

Mailman (City Letter Carrier)

MailmanDave

17 Years Experience

Long Island, NY

Male, 43

I am a City Letter Carrier for the US Postal Service in NY. I've been a city letter carrier for over 17 years and it is the best job I've ever had. I mostly work 5 days per week (sometimes includes a Saturday) and often have the opportunity for overtime, which is usually voluntary. The route I deliver has about 350 homes and I walk to each of their doors to deliver the mail. Please keep in mind that I don't have authority to speak for the USPS, so all opinions are solely mine, not my employer.

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Last Answer on February 18, 2022

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Y is the po lying about if we are home or not when delivering
They just put pink slips don't even ring the bell

Asked by Cindy about 10 years ago

That's a great question Cindy that I don't know the answer to but I'm embarrassed for the USPS that they would tolerate such lying. I believe if a letter carrier actually attempts to deliver a package or piece of accountable mail they should ring a bell or knock on the door and wait a minute or so before leaving a PS 3849. I know that Amazon.com wants all of their Prime parcels delivered by a specifc date and if they aren't at least attempted, maybe someone in the USPS supervision is held accountable. I'm not really sure. I have seen in our office that parcels that weren't delivered (either missorted or the carrier missed the house and didn't have time to go back) would get an "attempted" scan which is false. I've never done this nor have I ever been asked to do it. I'd refuse because it is dishonest. It also confuses customers when the package may say "attempted" when tracked and the customer knows full well that an attempt wasn't made.

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We live in the country and my husband planted lilies around our mailbox. The mailman is alergic to bees so he sprayed the flowers and killed them. Now there are weeds he wants us to cut. Can he stop delivering our mail if we don't? He can spray.

Asked by Kate Tonnies over 10 years ago

I am not familiar with this situation on what the mailman is allowed to do or not with respect to spraying an area for bees and killing flowers and demanding weeds can be cut. I can tell you that the mailman does need to have unobstructed access to your mailbox with low/no risk of being stung by a bee that could affect his health. I'd say that he could suspend delivery to your house until the situation is fixed to his satisfaction. I just hope both parties will be reasonable and you won't worry about him being vindictive if you call the PO to discuss this issue with a delivery supervisor/manager/postmaster. I'm not sure what you mean by "he can spray". If you are asking, "can be spray?" I don't know this answer.

505 Votes

Does your mail still get delivered if the carrier is on vacation?

Asked by Cliff almost 9 years ago

Cliff, mail gets delivered if a letter carrier is on vacation. There is usually a replacement letter carrier who will cover the route of the regular letter carrier who is on vacation. If there isn't enough staffing available, the route which the regular carrier is on vacation from my be split between other letter carriers. For this reason your mail should still be delivered but possibly at a very different time than the regular letter carrier does.

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can a postman retrieve mail i sent if it's still in the recievers mailbox if i request it?

Asked by Danny Boy almost 10 years ago

I don't think so. The request has never been made of me but generally once mail has been delivered it would seem to be in the possession of the recipient even if they haven't actually retrieved the item from their mailbox. I've also never heard of anybody else having this requested so my advice for the future is be careful what you mail because it is almost definitely a one-way trip.

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I left cash in an envelope in my mom's mailbox. Unfortunately the mail carrier made it there before she did, and picked up the envelope (assuming it was outgoing.) The envelope was blank. Is there any way we can retrieve it -- or is it gone forever?

Asked by Expensive Life Lesson almost 10 years ago

If it was a blank envelope with cash in it, I have no idea how it can be retrieved. I know this doesn't help you, but I'd have just left the item in the box if I saw no postage and no address on it. The letter carrier probably put it in the outgoing mail which is usually sent to a processing facility. There'd be no way to trace it back to your mother's address. To answer your question, I'd surmise that the envelope containing the cash is gone forever.

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our mailman gives all tenants mail to lady at office to sort and put in boxes and even meets her down the road if she in big hurry is that proper?

Asked by mary over 9 years ago

I guess that's okay if the lady in the apt. office has access to the mailboxes. Some buildings and apt. complexes have different procedures about who delivers the mail. I don't know how that is determined. Where I deliver mail, any multi-unit building or complex has the mail delivered to each unit by a USPS employee. The building or apt. complex staff has no access to the cluster boxes. I can see how this differs because we generally don't deliver mail on university campuses to each students mailbox. The same would go for an extended stay hotel or long-term care facility. I just hope you haven't had delivery issues with receiving your mail from the lady who puts it into your box. This would be unfortunate because if you complained to the USPS about this, they may say ask the lady in the apt. office who may or may not be easy to deal with. Thank you for your question.

502 Votes

Can the mailman return my mail because I don't pick it up everyday as he says?

Asked by Nat over 9 years ago

Your mail shouldn't be returned because you don't pick it up daily. I've never heard of any obligation one has to pick up their mail at any specific interval. If the mailbox fills up, I know mail can be returned but I'm not sure if that means the overflow mail or the mail in the box already. In my experience it's very common for mail to be left in the mailbox for days. It doesn't bother me one bit and it's rare that the mailbox gets so full that action must be taken. Without knowing any further details, it sounds like your letter carrier is being a jerk and looking for conflict rather than providing quality service.

502 Votes

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