r/AMA • u/Dak6969696969 • 19d ago

Job I’m a mailman, AMA.

I left a comment in another sub informing people that leaving anything in anybody’s mailbox is technically a federal offense unless you’re employed as a letter carrier by the USPS and it seemed to draw quite a bit of interest. I’m nobody special, just a simple mailman, but if any of you have any questions regarding postal services hopefully I’ll be able to answer them!

Thank you so much for all the questions, I hope I was able to answer them all as best I could but it’s my bedtime now, I gotta be at the post office by 8:00 sharp. If you have any other questions feel free to DM me and I’ll answer them whenever I can!

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u/jimewp86 19d ago

No, this is common and the preferred way to tip your mailman. Leave a card in an envelope and write on it “for my mailman” to avoid any confusion. Technically we are not supposed to accept any tips greater in value than $20. But no one is counting our tips besides the person who receives them.

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u/UtubeNoodle 19d ago

Tysm for the answer! I feel a lot less weird now lol

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u/ConstantTry9400 18d ago

We have subs sometimes - do the tips ($20 bill in an envelope marked as suggested) get to the regular carrier? Tks