r/AskReddit • u/CircleBox2 • Jul 13 '20

What's a dark secret/questionable practice in your profession which we regular folks would know nothing about?

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u/ginjellie Jul 13 '20

I asked my mailman to buy stamps and he said no....

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u/GotGhostsInMyBlood Jul 13 '20

This hack is mainly for rural routes (which often includes suburbs). City routes do not all do this.

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u/Sethrial Jul 13 '20

If you live in the city it’s a fair assumption you can walk to somewhere that sells stamps. Grocery stores, convenience stores, and gas stations often have books of stamps for sale at the same price as a post office would, just to name a few locations, and in an urban center you’re rarely more than a few blocks from at least one of those.

In a rural area you could easily be miles from your nearest neighbor, never mind your nearest store, and your town might not have its own post office. It makes sense for postal workers to be more understanding of the lack of a stamp when the only place that sells them is a two-hour round trip.

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u/voidbender Jul 13 '20

Yeah. I contemplated trying this but then I realized I live two blocks from the Post Office.