Florida Postal Worker Accused of Dumping 1,000 Pieces of Mail

October 27, 2024, 04:40 PM

Contractors don't deliver the mail to customers, they deliver mail from one facility to another.

October 27, 2024, 07:44 PM

blueye

My friend worked for the post office back in the 80's in Michigan. He called it marriage mail and the retires looked forward to having it delivered and knew when it was coming.

October 28, 2024, 03:19 PM

ZSMICHAEL

A USPS worker who unlawfully destroys mail can face up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The USPS Office of Inspector General investigates incidents of mail theft and other crimes related to the postal service. You can report suspected mail theft to the Office of Inspector General's hotline. LINK: ps://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1703#:~:text=Whoever%2C%20being%20a%20Postal%20S

October 28, 2024, 05:06 PM

john1

quote:
Originally posted by Ogie:
Contractors don't deliver the mail to customers, they deliver mail from one facility to another.

My first retirement job was as a contract mail carrier and I did indeed deliver mail to customers.

My wife ran a small contract post office and an attached mail route and when I retired I started helping her by doing the route portion.

This lead to a contract company hiring me to do two other routes and I did 160 miles a day delivering the mail to cluster boxes in mountain subdivisions.

The contract company trucks brought the mail to the main USPS Post Office (not the wife's) from the major facility in Denver. Then I cased (sorted) the mail, cased flats (magazines and catalogs), loaded packages (USPS and Amazon) and then drove my routes and put them in the customer's mail boxes 6 days a week. I used the contractor's pickup truck and fuel.

The Mrs had to drive to the USPS office and do the same for her post office and route before driving back and taking care of all the same postal duties as any regular post office.

It paid well, but truly sucked canal water. I did it for three years. Twice my route made the national news as the coldest place in the lower 48 (-50). "Neither rain, nor snow..."

We still get the magazine sized catalog of contract routes available all across the country from USPS...

October 28, 2024, 05:59 PM

downtownv

quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
quote:
Originally posted by downtownv:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...aPWpP0KzNNvIGHRtg%3D
Can't see the photo in the linked article because paywall.

It's $1 a month, belly up to the bar! Don't be billik” (ביליק)

October 28, 2024, 09:47 PM

parabellum

quote:
Originally posted by Carpentermaass84:
Of course. Add to that the Democrat thugs destroying ballots in Pennsylvania. You guys thought 2020 was rigged.... this election will make that one look legitimate.

Just cool your jets. If you want to surrender, maybe try the Post Office or something.

October 28, 2024, 10:33 PM

Ogie

quote:
Originally posted by john1:
quote:
Originally posted by Ogie:
Contractors don't deliver the mail to customers, they deliver mail from one facility to another.

My first retirement job was as a contract mail carrier and I did indeed deliver mail to customers.

My wife ran a small contract post office and an attached mail route and when I retired I started helping her by doing the route portion.

This lead to a contract company hiring me to do two other routes and I did 160 miles a day delivering the mail to cluster boxes in mountain subdivisions.

The contract company trucks brought the mail to the main USPS Post Office (not the wife's) from the major facility in Denver. Then I cased (sorted) the mail, cased flats (magazines and catalogs), loaded packages (USPS and Amazon) and then drove my routes and put them in the customer's mail boxes 6 days a week. I used the contractor's pickup truck and fuel.

The Mrs had to drive to the USPS office and do the same for her post office and route before driving back and taking care of all the same postal duties as any regular post office.

It paid well, but truly sucked canal water. I did it for three years. Twice my route made the national news as the coldest place in the lower 48 (-50). "Neither rain, nor snow..."

We still get the magazine sized catalog of contract routes available all across the country from USPS...

My apologies. I stand corrected. When I retired 20 years ago from the Postal Service there was no such thing as contract employees that delivered the mail. In your area it would have been a rural carrier substitute or regular rural carrier that performed that work. We had contract stations that sold stamps, etc. and they were run by employees of the Walgreens or other drug store that had the contract station as part of their private business. They did not run carriers out of their stores or place of business.

October 29, 2024, 06:31 AM

SevenPlusOne

quote:
Originally posted by Ogie:
My apologies. I stand corrected. When I retired 20 years ago from the Postal Service there was no such thing as contract employees that delivered the mail. In your area it would have been a rural carrier substitute or regular rural carrier that performed that work. We had contract stations that sold stamps, etc. and they were run by employees of the Walgreens or other drug store that had the contract station as part of their private business. They did not run carriers out of their stores or place of business.

They used to call them highway contract routes, way out in the boonies.

October 29, 2024, 01:25 PM

HRK

quote:
Originally posted by downtownv:
quote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
quote:
Originally posted by downtownv:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/...aPWpP0KzNNvIGHRtg%3D
Can't see the photo in the linked article because paywall.

It's $1 a month, belly up to the bar! Don't be billik” (ביליק)