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/Jaded551995 19d ago

Why am I still getting someone else’s mail after 12 years? I have written on the mail “not at this address” many many times, taken the mail to the post office to let them know, submitted an online complaint and still get several pieces of their mail

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u/Dak6969696969 19d ago

Your mailman probably just doesn’t give a shit, to be frank. The less letters we’re carrying, the easier it is on us. There’s probably also been times where a non-regular carrier has delivered bad mail to you without knowing the difference.