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We have 3 carriers. Two main carriers that rotate weekly and one sub. who fills in on an as need basis. They all will see the tag we hang on the mail box and they back up into the drive and scan and load right there and then put the hang tag back into the mail box. And all 3 have given me their cell phone number and if I miss them mid-day all I do is text them I have a late sale and they will swing back by at the end of their route, about 4:00 PM and do a second pick-up.
I think that extra effort and willingness is to be commended. We give the two leads a gift card for $35.00 each and the sub a $25 card. Plus the more packages they scan in on their route, come the hard count time, the more the evaluation of the route is each year. More packages handled on a route increases the “valuation” of that route which in turn means better pay for the route. Our guys wish everybody sold on Ebay and that they had to make several unload trips to the main office each day. Routes that have a lot of stores on it have a higher valuation than an all residential route. Routes with strip malls that have places that ship alot are the most desired over the all residential ones but has harder and heavier work connected with it.
So Christmas to USPS is $95 total AND for the guys inside the main office I drop off a coupon to all of them that offers a 20% off any purchase in our Ebay Store. Most don’t use it but they know me in there by face so they all say thank you. That is more it is the thought that counts than an actual gift. I do have a code on the back of the coupon for them to use, but as I said I have only had a couple use it.
By the way, always have business cards with you. We have a small blank space on the back that we can write a special discount code on for anybody we meet.
Hope this helps…
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We use to give $25 gift cards to the coffee shop across the street from the local post office to the employees we saw almost every day until last year when one of the employees said they couldn’t accept them anymore as it was akin to “bribing a public official”.
We were dumbfounded – but guess they can’t take anything in our area.
We’ve written a few letters over the last year to various senior managers thanking the staff for the service at the post office which have gotten back to the employees and they told us they appreciated the feedback and recognition. It’s the only thing we could think of in lieu of a gift.
It’s a nightmare at the moment at our local post office, and knowing what my mother went through for years working the counter at a post office during the holidays, I feel bad for the employees with all the extra online shopping and pick-ups they have this time of year.
If you can’t give a gift, I do encourage writing a letter to your local post office manager, and regional manager, expressing how much you enjoy the service the teams provides throughout the year. It does go a long way with the employees.
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The last two years, I made edibles; cookies one year, chocolate dipped pretzels the next. I put together two packages, one for the USPS delivery guy, and a large one for the Post Office ladies (all ladies in our tiny rural post office and we’re all on a first-name basis.)
This year my husband had a bumper crop of hot peppers and made jars of Hot Pepper Jam. He used an old African recipe (I’m originally African) and folks are almost breaking down the door to get some. Guess what I’m giving the Post Office this year? 😉
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It’s illegal or at least against policy for them to accept money so I’ve never tried giving them any. When I was a gov’t employee we could only accept coffee and maybe a donut (how the heck elected officials get away with accepting entire international trips on private jets is mind blowing to me). Anyway, I stick to smaller stuff throughout the year. I receive a gift card for a free meal at Chick-Fil-A every time I donate blood. It goes straight into the mailbox for the mail person (the card, not the blood – hehe). During Girl Scout Cookie season I buy a few extra boxes and put them in the mailbox. I’m bad at remembering to use gift cards so any of those I receive are usually regifted to the mail person as well.
When I was a little kid the elderly neighbor lady was always leaving Little Debbie snacks in her mailbox for the carrier. Half the time the frosting probably melted off but I always remember how cute I thought that was.
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