Mailman (City Letter Carrier)

Mailman (City Letter Carrier)

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.

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Last Answer on February 18, 2022

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if you don't have 2 year documented driving experience. is there any problem for job cca 1 usps job.

Asked by ani about 13 years ago

I don't know the answer to this question., but here are some thoughts. It is very important to have a safe driving record since safety is often talked about at work. Being injured on the job is very costly to the USPS, and if one is injured during their early employment with the USPS, they could be terminated. If the requirement is to have a 2-year documented driving experience, I don't know any way around that rule. It is there for a reason..safety!

1281 Votes

Why does it take so long to receive letters from camp probations, is it because the mail man has to drive up the hills and get outgoimg mail,?

Asked by shayla almost 13 years ago

I have answered your question below.  I don't know that the terrain would have anything to do with why mail takes longed to be processed. The probation camp should be rcvng matable least 5 days per week, and probably 6. 

1280 Votes

I heard recently that there was no longer overnight shipping and it could take up to 2 days. Is that true? or is there still overnight option?

Asked by anagain almost 13 years ago

Depending on the destination and originating office, it is possible that overnight shipping may not be available. I don't think this has changed much except that the name of Express Mail is now called Priority Mail express.  The overnight shipping option  is still very much an available product. 

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I sent a letter with two stamps that I bought, but they were sore off wet with oil I think, it looked like oil, it wasnt wet , it looks wet. But they are stamped perfectly, can the post office still mail my letter ?

Asked by Shannon almost 13 years ago

I think if you put the letter in the outgoing mail with the stamps looking perfectly in place and that they don't come off, there shouldn't be a problem. I don't know that I've ever seen what you are writing about.

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I accidentally put a FedEx envelope in the us mailbox that was next to the FedEx box. (I know, real dumb!):-(
How do I retrieve it?

Asked by Patricia about 13 years ago

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?

1265 Votes

Hey Dave, I recently took the drug screen about 2 1/2 weeks ago for a job with the usps and have still not yet got a response or further instructions as to what's next. Do you think this is normal? Is it because the years almost up? What's it opinion

Asked by Matt E over 12 years ago

Hello. I wish you well in your pursuit of a career with the USPS. I don't have any specific insight on how long it should take to get a reply after taking a drug screen, but 2.5 weeks doesn't seem like an overly long period of time to have elapsed so far without hearing a reply. I don't think the fact that the year is almost us has anything to do with the fact that you haven't heard a reply yet. At least I don't think that would have any great impact on the reply time. 

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I got a letter from MA with a self addressed return envelop inside, which I'm sending from NY. But it's pre-stamped with postage that says "mailed from zip code 01107" which is the MA code. Should I put a new stamp on it to send it from NY?

Asked by Lisa almost 13 years ago

I would suggest that you can put that letter with pre-paid return postage in the outgoing mail. Technically I suppose you should put on a new stamp to send it from NY, but it's probably not necessary. mail processors generally don't look at each piece of mail to See if a metered letter was mailed from the correct zip.

1263 Votes

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