Tips. Rules say $20 max. But they think I’m going to favor you if you tip me. I’m not. I treat everyone’s mail and parcels like my own. Even if you have a mail slot. 😂 So tip us whatever amount you want. Or don’t tip us. I’ll still treat your stuff with respect. But man do tips feel awesome. We work 60+ hours a week. It’s nice to take the family out and not worry about how many hours of work that meal cost.

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"We work 60+ hours a week" Louis DeJoy smirking: "Not for very much longer..."

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My dad is a postman. On several occasions my dad has recieved hand drawn pictures from families saying thank you, he has recieved bottles of water, offered cups of tea or coffee, and occasionally been given beers as a gift for his birthday or for christmas. Even offering postal workers to stand in a porch or under shelter during the rain is a massive help. But a simple thank you goes a long way, and really makes his day.

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When the quarantine was just getting started, a few of my customers left me a note in their mailbox. Just a friendly thanks and reminder that I am appreciated being out there during these hard times, making sure people get their mail and packages. I’d say this small kindness would be much appreciated again with all of this political nonsense interfering with my career. ✌🏼

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Please don't ask us what's going on with the post office. We really don't know either. We have no control over anything other than that. It's so sad because I love my job, my route and my customers. I've been on the same route for almost four years. That's my focus and that's what I care about right now. I hope to be able to continue doing my job for another twenty years. Sorry for rambling, but this whole thing hurts...we're taking it day by day and hoping we have enough people on our side.

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Louis DeJoy is the guy dismantling the USPS. If you have any questions about your future mail deliveries, you must ask him. He is known as the job-killer because he firmly believes that everything can be done by automation and robots. So expect an inadequate, failing, dystopian mailservice where your mail is either too late or missing and there's no one in charge who will take responsibility.

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Thank you for the positive responses. Postal employees truly love our customers. I am a 27 plus year clerk that has also supervised and served as a union representative. We have lived through years of bullcrap and bureaucracy. I personally just want to do a great job, treat my customers with the highest of respect and go home happy. We are not your punching bags though and do not care about your political views. We love Republicans, Democrats and Liberals all the same. Unless, of course, you are disrespectful.

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Wait patiently for your mail...at your home. Don't coming hunting them down so you can get your junk mail and packages faster. If you have an immediate need for something, don't order it online or request expedited shipping if you do

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It's extremely hot in my city right now. So some ice water would be amazing. Some people put up signs to take cherries, pears, or apples from their trees - that's super helpful, since I don't carry food with me and the sugar helps especially on hot days.

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This goes for Canada, but I'm not sure about other countries. If you don't want flyers, put a little notice saying "no flyers" or "no junk mail" or something like that. They're all the same thing, so synonyms cover everything - no need to put "no flyers or junk or unaddressed mail" or whatever. Here's the big thing though: some people like to put it under the lid of the mailbox, and that not only makes it difficult to see when I'm delivering, but I can't see it until I lift the lid. Making it visible from the road is really useful.

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UK posties systematically ignore such stickers. There aren't "official" stickers of that type, coincidentally... No such problems many EU countries --- oh ah UK isn't in EU anymore gotcha.

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I’m a carrier. Honestly leave me alone. I’m trying to just go about my day and listen to music. It’s my time to enjoy myself. I have managers and their managers breathing down my neck. I don’t need a “I don’t want it if it’s a bill” joke from you. Just a “Thank you” or “have a good day.”

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An indoor office job far from people may be more suited for this snotty person

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By now you should have an idea roughly what time we come to your house. Turn your d*** sprinklers off if they are on our walking path. Yes it feels good for about 15 seconds. And then it makes me feel even more muggy.

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Educate yourselves about how much of a f****** disaster the USPS is internally, educate yourselves about how we're losing money despite fully defaulting on the prefund mandate. Educate yourselves about how our current fleet of 30 year old vehicles costs more in annual repairs than a new fleet would cost.

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Get rid of your door slot. Trying to shove in your thick magazines and our wonderful ads is a nightmare.

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Just get a bigger door slot...

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Berlin courier - I've got only one thing. When You're customer, waiting for delivery of a package - make a postman better day, just walk down the stairs a bit, instead of waiting with anger cause postman is going too long upstairs. You're not king of the floor, You don't need so hard protect the your floor - just make a favor to Postman, go downstairs a bit, I hope it won't hurt ;)

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We just got told to stay the fvck away from you in post #27 .

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Have a house number on your house. For the love of God please put some indicator of a house number on your sodding house. Interesting fact, affluent areas and houses are the worst offenders. Nice big 4x4 or mercedes, no house number, every, single, time. Honestly you could write on it on a piece of toilet paper and stick it on a window, it would help. Also people who put plants and s*** Infront of their letter boxes... Stop that s***

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We got one of those very nice house number plates from the local fire department. The numbers go up and down if the house is across the street and side to side if it's on the same side as the mailbox. Good for us, the fire department/emergency services AND the postal workers.

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Maintain your property. Tick season is closing out. If your grass is a foot high and we have to walk through it, we will have tons of oak mite bites for sure.

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I once gave my mailman a tin can looking thing shaped like a mailbox (little red arrow thingy and all) and filled it up with chocolates for Christmas. Think he liked that.

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Thank you, postal carriers!!

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Crossing the grass just makes our lives infinitely easier in so many ways. It does depend on your lawn and what kind of house you live in, but just in general, three steps instead of forty. Super helpful. So if you don't want us crossing the grass, which I do get, what about a stepping stone or two? One or two steps a day won't kill your grass, but even if heavy traffic does, you'll have more interesting plants growing there eventually anyway.

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I don't mind a mail carrier walking across my grass once a day; that is their job. Trick or treaters? No. Use the sidewalk whether your parents are along or not. Safer for everyone, out in the open, less liability for homeowners, more protection from vandals. I'm not going to be responsible for you tripping and hurting yourself in my yard.

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Get rid of your damn mail slot! Nothing annoys me more than a mail slot. Nobody wants to steal your Subway fliers. It just makes our job unnecessarily harder. A box at the bottom of stairs is a miracle. Or along the sidewalk. Imagine how many stairs I climb a day. If you save me 5 I’ll love you forever.

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My father delivered the mail for years and he said this exact same thing. He hated mail slots with a passion so much so that if we were out to dinner and he saw someone with a mail slot at their home, he would start making comments about mail slots being the absolute worst so the person could hear him.

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Don’t comment on what time the mail arrives. Sometimes you have a different carrier that has other work to do than the route they carry. Sometimes the carrier is under tremendous pressure to hurry from management. There is no set delivery time.

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Sometimes that poor carrier has to deliver to an evilly designed housing estate. Our neighbouring houses, facing the same way, on the same road, are a different address. We have Walks, Lawns and Greens that are access by 5 different roads for one address with homes orientated all ways and alongside differing addresses. Some delivery people and home help/nurses have ended up in tears even with locals trying to help them. This estate, and a nearby similar one were designed by an American...think he hated the UK

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Keep an eye out for theft and vandalism. Especially those multi unit boxes (CBUs). My wife is a carrier and when those get broken into it adds extra time for both the carrier and recipients waiting for them to get fixed

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If we receive a lot of parcels from someone - It’s nice when they leave snacks on porch with a little sign like “Thank you mail carrier. Help yourself". Small bags of chips, candy bars, etc. we love those people and take good care of their parcel.

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Stop letting your dogs s*** in the front yard..or pick it up. For crying out loud.

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Also don’t move your damn box without at a minimum asking me. If your box is damaged or so small I have to fold s*** replace it. If your box door is hard for you to open with 2 or 3 fingers replace it. Usually my hands are so full I have 1 or 2 fingers to lift the lid or open it and place the mail.

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Be patient. If you are missing an important parcel, medication, etc, we want to know so we know what is happening on our route. But keep in mind that you get what we get on a daily basis. Don’t bother us about petty things like a bill you saw in informed delivery but didn’t receive. You’ll get it when you get it. Informed delivery is an estimate not a guarantee. Don’t invade our space during a pandemic to ask about something like this.

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Students and other transient populations - know your address and place a forward when you move! So many don’t do this and it’s a daily hassle to the carrier who is left to figure it out for you. If you live in a duplex or apartment, your apartment number is essential.

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Stop complaining about a lost letter 8 years ago

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If you have anything on your mind, a question or a complaint. Be upfront and quick about it. Delivery drivers are tracked and have a set schedule when they need to be done. Don't make them lose more time than they have to.

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