:bowdown: Could not have said it better!:beer3:

Our mail person has been included in our neighborhood Christmas party. And she gets a nice tip by all. The service they provide is invaluable.

Gee. Now. The rest of us who don't know their mail person are all feeling unfriendly and unnice. Y'all hang out at the mail drop a lot? Maybe taking your dogs to the potty? I bet that's it. Our cats don't go there. We just go, insert key, remove mail and return home.


I am NOT going to beat myself up over this.


Well...a little. I wouldn't know him or her if I fell over him/her.

wow, I just re-read the initial post and this thread has really gone off the rails. The OP just suggested they think about their carriers. I think it should have ended with Gracie's excellent post about giving if you can and want to and don't if you can't or choose not to. I choose to tip....but I don't pass any judgement on others who can't or chose not to.

I believe it is a violation of postal regulations to accept any cash or a gift worth over $20.00, and I'm sure that goes for postal contract workers.

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Bonnevie I agree with you. These people are "trying" and I suspect they don't make much money. They have my respect but those that don't "try" and just live off the Government I can be "hard nose"-----get a job---and if you do end up in a low end service job that doesn't pay a lot of money and you do a good job you got my "tip" and my respect. Most of us are very fortunate.

"To whom much is given, much is expected and Generosity can change everything.". :beer3:

Our mail person call us when necessary, delivers packages to our doors, and keeps out of town mail schedules on track. But maybe it's just our loop. BTW, nobody takes their dogs there. Here is a Christmas picture of my cat who doesn't go there either.

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Agree. I never thought of my mail pickup as a meet and greet. Even if he--or they? --happens to be there, it never occurred to me to go inside and socialize with him/them. They are working. I guess I'm I unnice, too; although I did send a check upon receiving the card. Didn't really give It much thought. This thread is over the top. :confused:

I, too, would not recognize them if I fell over them. Guess I need to get a dog.

Bogie, I just gotta tellya, even though I know you could not care less.......

I have been reading your posts for a long time.

Sometimes you really tick me off.

And sometimes I really like you. (like now)

You are an enigma. :)


Boomer

Seems pretty simple.

These are contract employees. No benefits of any kind from the USPS. Routes go up for bid periodically . Low bid gets the contract. Is it a lot ? Is it a little ? That's between the Postal Service and the bidder.

Well now that I have seen Chi-town's cat I feel a little better, but not much.

This may not be the place to bring this up, but I have been puzzled since I moved here 7 months ago why the mail is not delivered to the house. I think the postal service is responsible for doing that. Was it the developer's decision to not have individual mail boxes at each house? Was it esthetics? Every other place I have lived had a mail box and had delivery to the house. That also allowed me to get to know my delivery person.

I don't know WHAT the idea was behind it, but the air conditioned and locked boxes protect our mail and keep our medicines from degrading in the heat. I think that is a very nice feature and prefer it over being chummy with the mail person.

A responsibility of the postal service to deliver mail to each house? I thought that idea went out with the hula hoop.