Postal Letter

Are postal workers required to have eye exams?

more procisely are mailmen required, i keep getting other peoples mail who live no where near me, i've got my neighbor and other people who live on my block's mail everyday. i've got mail for people who live a mile or two away from me. I've called the post office hundreds of times literaly and nothing has happened I get mail from people who live no where near me the mailman cant see that this dont go here, the mailman has got to have some f'ed up eye sight not to see that this address is no where near here i get aleast 30 pieces of mail a week that dont belong to me even if mail is presorted , the i think someone could notice the wrong street on a envelope especially when its more than 1 im not talking about 1 or 2 articles of mail but 30

Public Comments

1. i do not think so, because i have no clue why they would need it
2. in my day the postman would shoot you in the head, and kill all his co-workers. and you complain because you get other peoples mail. seems like things are getting better actually.
3. The problem is that the mail is auto-sorted, and they don't pay attention, they just go right down the order of boxes. Means the one piece is mis-sorted that they're probably not going to catch it.
4. i hope so, i would hate to be mistaken for a supervisor if i worked there
5. yes all government, state, and most jobs of this type require a thorough physical, including eye exam.
6. I could ask my sister -- she's a postal carrier --- I think the mail is pre-sorted by machines --- if the machine reads a letter wrong it might get sent to the wrong address or an encoding office ... last time that I received the wrong mail was because an 8 looked like a 6 on the letter ...
7. Applicants must have at least 20/40 vision in the good eye and no worse than 20 ... before there even hired. After they dont need them. I think they do because they can strain there eyes.
8. Apparently your mail carrier is either too lazy or too bored to "finger" the mail. The mail is sorted on machines and there are a variety of reasons why the machine would missort the mail. It is up to the mail carrier to sort through the mail while he or she is on the route (this is called "fingering") to make sure that the mail is going to the correct address. If calling the post office hasn't helped call the 1-800 # (1-800-ASK USPS). This is an automated service that will send a message to the offending office, but it also creates a paper trail that the office can't avoid. They have to respond to each complaint. This information is also available throughout the postal chain of command. You might try to find the number for the district offices and leave complaints there. Remember to be calm when you call. State your facts and be nice. You catch more bees with honey than with vinegar. If you are nice and calm, most likely they will want to help you. If you yell at them, they won't be inclined to help you. PS I'm not saying you are a yeller, but it's just part of the free advice. <grin> If all else fails contact your congressman. I don't know how seriously they will take your complaint, but they should do some investigation. Something I would do is collect the missent mail for the week and hand carry it to the post office. I would then ask to see the manager and hand him or her all of the mail that I got by mistake. This serves a couple of purposes. #1 they can see exactly what the carrier is doing and why the mail was missent. #2 The manager or postmaster sees you and next time you call they know who you are and hopefully react better to you.
9. Many excellent answers... Are you just throwing the mail back into the offending letters back into the mailstream. If so you are part of the problem. Since the majority of letter sized mail IS sorted by machine, a barcode is sprayed on the front and back of the letter. Once a barcode is sprayed on a letter, postal sorting machines will NEVER read the actual address again. The machine will ALWAYS read the barcode, thereby always sorting the letter to the same incorrect address. You could conceivably write a new address on the letter such as: Elmer Fudd 1313 Mockingbird Lane Planet Neptune on the mail, and it would not make a bit of a difference. The machine will read the barcode, and it will end up back in your mailbox the next day. Instead of calling the post office, do you ever see your letter carrier? If so, discuss the problem with him/her? If you don't see the carrier, return the letters to your mailbox. Attach (do not write on the mail!) a note saying that these letters were incorrectly sorted and delivered. Politely ask that they doublecheck any mail that is delivered to your home. On a normal workday I receive about 8-10 letters in my automated mail that are mis-sorted, that I pull out by 'fingering' the mail. Very rarely do the mis-sorts occur at the same address. It is likely that many of your mis-sorts are due to the fact that your address is very similar to other addresses in your town. For Example, C Ave, E Ave, F Ave, G Ave. Hope this info helps.