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Old 12-13-2016, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by jibuck View Post
USPS mail carriers are federal employees and as a result are prohibited from accepting any cash or cash equivalent items such as a gift card from any customer. Homemade treats, however, would be an acceptable gift.
This post is not correct. The mail carriers that service The Villages postal stations are not USPS employees. They are employees of the subcontractor that has the contract to deliver the mail. They get no benefits and must pay for the people who cover them when they take a day off!