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Never made a mistake when they carried (sure!)
Say, "I gave you an hour yesterday, you shouldn't need an hour today"
Are never there when you need them and are always there when you don't
Alway want you to do something "right away" but take weeks when you need them to do something.
Say, "just do your job" (why don't you do yours!)
Say, "do me a favor and work over today" (do me a favor, go away!)

Pay your salary (so they say)
Don't know what "or current occupant" means
Had to go out of town unexpectedly for 2 weeks and "didn't have time" to fill out a hold card (mailbox is 3"x3"x9")
Say, "you can just take the bills back" (I can't take my bills back)
Say, "boy, you're late today!" (yeah, I ran over on my afternoon nap)
Write on the mail "hasn't lived here for 11 years!" (who cares?)

Are rude to their customers
Always say, "help me out, man!" (like they ever helped you out)
Skip their breaks and then complain about not getting their breaks
Have the longest and heaviest route in the station (so they say)
Bog down the union steward with petty grievances (he does have some important ones, you know)
Would rather bitch and complain than actually do something about a problem

Are rude to their customers
Always say, "help me out, man!" (like they ever helped you out)
Skip their breaks and then complain about not getting their breaks
Alway want you to do something "right away" but take weeks when you need them to do something
Work much harder than those lazy carriers
Don't know the scheme (and don't care)

When a customer asks for their mail two blocks from their house: "you can give me my mail now so you don't have to walk up the steps." (Mike Renteria from Chicago)
When "Killer" has his jaws clamped down on your pant leg and the owner comes out as you are shaking him off and they say "Oh he won't bite". (Marc Houghton from Pekin Illinois)
People that open the door to look for you and when they see you coming up their sidewalk- close the door more or less in your face- like are they afraid of us or something? (Canadian carrier)
Customers who walk up while I am servicing an apartment complex and reach in to get their mail. Then get upset when I kindly ask them to use their box key to get their mail.(Letter Carrier, Watson Community Station, Arlington, TX)
When you do give the customer their mail a block or two away from their house, they then look through it, hand you back what they don't want, and say "Can you drop this in my box?" [No, that's why I gave it to you, so I wouldn't have to go to your box!!!] (Massachusetts Carrier)
Have you noticed how many people look at their watches as soon as they see a carrier on the street? And what about people who say "no wonder I don't have my mail yet!" when they see you eating lunch. Or how about the maniacs who use their vehicles to block our paths while delivering routes so they can ask a question, give us a letter, or COMPLAIN? (Don in Tucson- Br. 704)