I have great letter carriers. It helps that I appreciate their work and tip them at Christmas time. In the summer, I come out with some water for him etc... Why do I do this? They go out of their way and have done a ton of favors for me. If I am coming to the PO to pick up a package, they hold my mail also for me. I was a letter carrier and know how the job sucks. I try to make it easy on them if I can.

 

 

Tony, I would complain to the Post Master and ask why the carrier flagged your house? That is what passing by is, it's called flagging. Normally, if somebody had 4th class mail one or two pieces, I would flag till the next day when they had more mail. It was faster and easier since the mail wasn't that important otherwise it wouldn't be going 4th class.

 

 

With all due respect, it's not your call to "flag a house". You're being paid to deliver the mail, the mail that's available to be delivered, that day. You're not getting paid to make decisions on what's important to be delivered or delayed. How is doing what you're doing any different that what these others folks are complaining about? It's not your call to decide if Mrs. Brown really need her advertisements today, when they're ready to be delivered, or the following day when you decide to deliver them. Damn, this type of irresponsibility pisses me off.

Our mail carrier is fantastic. We have been at this address for 24 years and she has been our carrier the entire time. She will drive up the driveway to place packages in the garage or, if nobody home, wrap them in a plastic bag and put them under the overhang. When I fail to put enough postage on and something comes back (rare) she pays it herself and leaves me a note the next day. Heavy box? No problem, even though she is maybe a 100 pound lady getting old like me! And yes, she is taken care of on Christmas!

 

Now then the weekend carrier is a whole different animal. Usually skips us, even if the flag is up on the box for outgoing mail. I have seen her throw packages marked fragile onto the ground near the mailbox. My wife once saw her do that and said "What the hey?". The response was (paraphrasing here) "Ah ain't gittin outta this damn truck for nuttin. It ain't worth it".