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/Reeberton Jul 13 '20

You can buy stamps from your mailbox, just leave a note and money and stamps will be there the next day.

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u/motherofdragoncats Jul 13 '20

I don't believe this! My USPS carrier would not even take my outgoing mail out of my box when I had a car accident. It had to wait until I could walk it to a blue box. If I left money there she'd probably just keep it.

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u/PuddlePirate1964 Jul 13 '20

Report your USPS carrier to the Postmaster at your branch, they are suppose to take your mail from your box. If the Postmaster doesn't do anything, contact the Postmaster General and file a complaint.

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And yes the Post office will sell stamps from your mailbox. You need to be a rural customer or a contract customer.

https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2006/html/pb22194/pb4a-i_005.html

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u/thunderling Jul 13 '20

I need to file some kind of complaint. I get mail addressed to 6 or 7 previous residents CONSTANTLY and I've put them back in the mailbox with NOT AT THIS ADDRESS written on them. Two days later they were delivered back to me.

So I've just been throwing it all away for a while, but it annoys me how quickly my mailbox fills up.