Postal Service asks that the public abides by the rules and regulations for postal employees accepting gifts and gratuities. Everyone likes to feel appreciated. Make the extra effort today to personally thank your letter carrier for his or her service. If you absolutely cannot do so in person, leave a thank you note in your mailbox. We know you are busy and your phone is within easy reach in your pocket or purse. But if you really want to show your mail carrier appreciation, instead of sending someone a text to say hello or happy birthday, make a commitment to send letters or greeting cards again.
Today is the perfect day to get started by writing a letter or card, affixing a stamp to it, and putting it in your outgoing mail. When he was just 24 years old, the man who would later become the sixteenth President of the United States was appointed and served as postmaster of the New Salem, Illinois post office from May 7, , until the office closed in American singer and actor Bing Crosby worked as a mail clerk before crooning and dancing his way into American hearts and movies.
Disneyland and Disneyworld founder Walt Disney worked as a substitute mail carrier before his career in animation and family entertainment. They keep watch over the neighborhoods they deliver.
Letter carriers get to know the people, the dogs, the houses, the businesses, and the cars in the communities they serve, If something is amiss along their route, mail carriers are often the first to notice and call Mail carriers have saved people from burning buildings, rescued a sex trafficking victim, and a man pinned under his car. If the Post Office stops home mail delivery, the art of letter writing will likely, and sadly, become less frequent.
Sure, you may cuss at the crunched up reams of political propaganda and holiday sales circulars seasonally stuffed inside your mailbox, but mail carriers also deliver smiles in the form of birthday cards, thank you notes, graduation announcements, wedding invitations, postcards, magazines, and packages.
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Menu National Today. Log in Sign up. This motto is believed to be taken in part from a motto dating back to ancient times. Among the most popular variation is "Through rain or snow, or sleet or hail, we'll carry the mail. We will not fail". Make it a point to catch your mail carrier on his or her route today. Give him or her a great big smile and a great big "TY". If you happen to visit your local post office, give them a thank you, too.
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