A USPS van on Cambridge Street in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA.
A mail carrier is an employee of the post office who delivers mail to a residence or business. In the United States, they drive distinctive white vans with the logo of the United States Postal Service on the side. The term "mail carrier" came to be used as a gender-neutral substitute for "mailman" soon after women began performing the job. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Harvard Square, May 2000 Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... The United States Postal Service (USPS) is the United States government organization responsible for providing postal service in the United States, and it is generally referred to as the post office. ...
Carrier may be required to work up to 10 or 12 hours per day or longer as service needs require.
At the carriers case there are trays and tubs of mail that have been distributed to their route by a distribution clerk.
The carrier rolls this hamper to their case where the carrier then pulls the route down in delivery sequence and places this mail into trays or tubs and then into their parcel hamper.
A lettercarrier is thus a government worker, serving the public directly, and enjoying the recognition, appreciation and trust of the citizens whose mail they carry.
Lettercarriers are ambassadors of the federal government – for many Americans, the face of their lettercarrier is the face of government.
Lettercarrier routes should be set up so that office work and mail delivery can be completed in eight hours – usually split between two to three hours of office time and five to six hours of delivery time.