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10 Ways to Surprise Your Mail Carrier
When was the last time you stopped your mail carrier to say hello or thank him or her for the work they are doing on a daily basis? If you are like most people you either don’t know the name of your postal carrier or have never even thought about saying a couple of kind words to them. Does that make sense? I mean they carry mail for us Monday thru Saturday through all kinds of weather and other conditions so we can get letters, checks, bills, and other things that are critical to our lives. It seems that they are definitely under appreciated. So I put together this list of 10 ways to surprise your mail carrier.
- The next time you see your mail carrier, say hello to them and let them know that you really appreciate their efforts to deliver your mail. You can let them know how much you look forward to the letters they bring and other important items. You would be surprised by how much a few kind words can mean to them.
- Remember the joy you experienced when you got your first letter in the mail and consider that without the post office you would never have been able to experience it. If you keep that in mind you might view getting your mail less like drudgery and more with anticipation. Plus, you may just be more friendly with your carrier (as if they were the flower delivery person).
- Try to keep your mailbox in good order. Don’t ignore the mail and let it stack up as this makes it much more difficult for your carrier to deliver your mail. While you may get a lot of junk mail, you also get important letters and if your mailbox is too full you may have to go to the post office to get the mail you really need.
- Speaking of junk mail… Do sign up for services that attempt to block junk mail. You may be surprised to find that the post office doesn’t particularly like to deliver junk mail to you any more than you like receiving it. Here is another article that may help you: http://www.changeofaddress.org/blog/2010/10-tips-to-minimize-junk-mail.
- If you are going to move, remember to fill out a change of address form in advance of your move. For whatever reason most people tend to completely forget about changing their address with the USPS until after they have moved and realize that they need some of their mail.
- If you are going to be gone for an extended period of time (say more than one week), remember to fill out a temporary change of address card so that the USPS will hold your mail and it won’t stack up waiting for your return.
- Make sure you know that you have adequate postage on your envelopes and anything else that you try to send via mail. Just because you can jam a lot into an envelope doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the same price. Think about that… it makes perfect sense.
- Try to use a full and correct address when you send letters or mail to others. Yes, that includes making sure that you have 9-digit zip code whenever possible. If you don’t know the proper address then you can use the USPS’s website to quickly find the full address (it is located here: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp).
- If you have pets, make sure that you keep them out of the way of the postal carriers. You know about when the mail arrives and you can make sure to not let your pets out during that time. I’m sure your postal carrier would greatly appreciate that.
- Don’t forget your postal carrier around the holidays. Try to drop them a note or a gift card to let them know that you appreciate their efforts throughout the year. Again, they are providing a daily service to you and do it without requesting anything in return all through the year. Show them you appreciate their dedication.
Most of these things are just simple things that you can easily do which will make a big difference to your mail carrier and if several people across the country do it, to the post office in general. We really do forget the history behind the post office and the important role it has served throughout U.S. history. Let’s try to do our best to show more appreciation going forward.
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# 4 is more annoying to your mail carrier then helpful. Plus the post office needs all the mail they can get.
# 6 would probably mess up your mail if it is for a short time. Put it on hold instead.
#4 IS NOT a way to help your carrier. By “opting out” of mail lists threatens the viability of the Postal Service.
If you follow #4, you may very well put your carrier out of a job — then it won’t matter how good of a shape you keep your box or if Fido is behind a fence.
If you love your carrier, you’ll send out and recieve more mail
What in the world are you thinking? Sign up for services that attempt to block junk mail? What do you think the majority of mail is that we deliver anymore? Between automatic bill pay, email, the downturn in the economy and online shopping our mail volume has dropped drastically! Did you not hear about the possible elimination of Saturday delivery? That is because of all the money we are losing! Some help this is to your letter carrier!