MailmanDave
17 Years Experience
Long Island, NY
Male, 43
I am a City Letter Carrier for the US Postal Service in NY. I've been a city letter carrier for over 17 years and it is the best job I've ever had. I mostly work 5 days per week (sometimes includes a Saturday) and often have the opportunity for overtime, which is usually voluntary. The route I deliver has about 350 homes and I walk to each of their doors to deliver the mail. Please keep in mind that I don't have authority to speak for the USPS, so all opinions are solely mine, not my employer.
You definitely didn't commit a crime based on the question you wrote. If I see a letter to go from one house to a future house on my delivery route, I usually won't deliver it. I put it through the mail processing system to be delivered the next day. I don't know what your mailman did was wrong since I don't know the rule about this. You can show this post to your neighbor to maybe convince her that it was the letter carrier and not you who deliverec the letter to them.
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we have a couple of rural carriers in our office. I think the main difference is that the rural carriers are not manaGED as closely as city carriers. They usually work a lot less hours than a city carrier and can go home when the job is done. They are paid a set amt. each day whether it takes 4 hrs or 8 hrs to complete the route. Rural carriers use their own vehicles sometimes and dont wear uniforms. Rural carriers and City Carriers are represented by different labor unions and have separate collective bargaining agreements with the USPS. There are pros and cons to each craft, but I think having a rural route Usually means getting to go home much earlier than city carriers. Each year there is a mail count for the rural carriers when the route is adjusted up or down based on volume. This results in either a raise or lowering of their salary.
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I am not sure if it would be bad or good. From an outsider POV,it would make sense to work at a closer office if there is no compelling reason to travel to the further office. I don't know if RCA get extra gas money for using their own car. It may already be included in the daily pay for the route. City carriers do get paid for mileage and for parcels they deliver if they use their own vehicle. You can try to contact the NRLCA to answer that q.
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To follow on to your previous Q, I don't know anything about forcing someone to move a box to the street from the house. I know it is more efficient for the USPS to have curbside delivery. Could you call the PO to see what they say? I have a feeling you'll get some bureaucratic runaround as to why you need to purchase a box for street delivery. If you live on a rural delivery route, you would definitely need a curbside box, but I suspect you live on a city route due to the fact that a mailbox was near your front door when you purchased the house.
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Congratulations on your house purchase. What has the letter carrier been doing until now and did your house have a mailbox to begin with? I have no information on the time frame that a mailbox has to be put up. I do, however know that the letter carrier doesn't need to deliver the mail if there is no proper mail receptacle available. I don't know the limit, but at our office, we'll usually hold the mail for 10 days if we know a new resident is coming but not moved in yet. After that, it is possible that the mail can be returNed to sender as "No Mail Receptacle".
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How do you know he is trying to change your address? Are you receiving notification of such info. I would say it is illegal for a mailman to change anybody's address without proper authorization from the person who the mail is addressed to. If you can't get any resolve from your local small PO, I'd recommend calling the district office or maybe even the postal inspectors if you feel it is criminal what is being done. Call 1-800-ASK-USPS. Good luck as I don't have any real insight into this issue.
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I know this answer may be a little late, but I think the PO might just put it in the FEdEx box for you but I can't say for sure. We wouldn't just discard it. Did you try contacting the PO that services that mailbox?
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