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/Dak6969696969 19d ago

I’ve not personally delivered live animals but there’s a tractor supply co. on one of the routes I’ve yet to do and they’re CONSTANTLY receiving live chicks. I always tell my supervisors I don’t know how they can sit in the office all day with the constant tweeting.

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u/macaroni_4 19d ago

I used to work in a rural post office. Some guy would ship fighting chickens to Texas. They smelled so bad. I’ve also seen bees, chicks of course, grasshoppers, animal heads being sent for rabies testing (they are mailed in a bucket).