USPS is the worst

[Donscards]

Originally Posted by Den*nis O*Brien

....the USPS echos what most people here have already stated. I am a fan of the postal service and consider them to be a terrific bargain and generally staffed by good, ethical and hard working people. I send everything, beyond 1st class envelopes, from the counter at my local PO. The clerk always offers me a detailed register receipt including destinations. I have always viewed dropping over sized/overweight envelopes as a crap shoot. I could have misjudged weight and under stamped the thing. It seems best to minimize the opportunities for problems and hand it to the counter person. Of course this limits the day, for most people, to do a shipping. But again....minimize the opportunities for trouble. And I also remember my rural carrier and substitute carrier at Christmas. I let them know that every piece of mail is important to me and their understanding of that is appreciated.

Just curious, what do most guys give their carrier at Christmas---mine does a great job and I give $75---hope I am not too cheap, if so, I will take it up---the carrier told me most people don't give them gratuities anymore, They are not supposed to accept them, but you have to be discreet.

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by Donscards

Just curious, what do most guys give their carrier at Christmas---mine does a great job and I give $75---hope I am not too cheap, if so, I will take it up---the carrier told me most people don't give them gratuities anymore, They are not supposed to accept them, but you have to be discreet.

I have a friend from high school that is a mailman and he says he only received gifts from 5% of his customers.

Keep in mind that, technically, they're not even supposed to receive cash at all. The USPS says you can give a gift valued at up to $20 but no cash or even gift cards. No gifts valued at more than $50 total in a year.