• @[email protected]
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    122 months ago

    Yeah, I was a little shocked too.

    Especially in apartment complexes. There’s usually a communal outbox for anyone to send out mail. But no, you’ll have to go all the way to a post office to drop off mail. The nearest one is a 20 minute walk for me.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      That is crazy. In the USA they pick mail up at everyone’s house, and there are big mailboxes every couple of blocks.

    • @[email protected]
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      42 months ago

      Yeah, it’s kind of weird that this is one of the things the US got right compared to most other countries. If you’re already sending a guy to every house in town, why not pick up their mail while you’re at it.

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        But you need to wrap the letter or parcel and pay for postage anyway, so unless you’re regularly sending things it’s still easier just to go to a post office.

        And that means the postie has to check every single house even if they don’t have any mail which slows things down a lot.

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          Your carrier can sell you stamps or other services. For security reasons they had to stop carrying cash (because nobody wants to be a mobile robbery target for what the Post Office pays), so transactions will have to take a couple days between the request and the delivery if you initiate the transaction in person. But you can also purchase postage online for delivery. Boxes for flat-rate Priority Mail are free and can also be ordered for delivery.

          I delivered mail for a while. It’s a surprisingly complicated and difficult job, especially if you deliver on foot. One of the reasons for it being complicated is how much flexibility USPS offers people, meaning there is a lot to know and remember for everyone.

        • @[email protected]
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          2 months ago

          In the US we have flags. You don’t have to check the box. Just look for a flag when passing

      • @[email protected]
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        22 months ago

        Mailboxes are locked over here, that’s pretty much it. Nobody but you can take anything out of your mailbox:

        • @thedirtyknapkin
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          32 months ago

          there’s locked mail boxes here. like at apartments with a shared lobby. the owner just gets a key.

          • @[email protected]
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            22 months ago

            This, and the outgoing box is locked too. Anyone can put mail in, only the postie can take it out