When you get a lot of mail, does the mailman have to stuff it all into the box on that day?

Damnit AstroChuck, show some respect for other people’s stuff!

Actually, the carrier can put a note in the box saying that it was too full, so you need to go to the post office and pick up the mail for that day. They don’t “keep” it so they can deliver it later. They just take it back to the PO and put it on the “to be picked up” shelf.

I suspect the best thing to do is make friends with your carrier so they know that you would rather go to the PO and pick the mail up yourself rather than have it be all crushed.

My mailbox gets so stuffed that I sometimes need to yank on the papers a couple of times before I can get any of it out. It’s pure madness.

No. If a box is full then the mail is supposed to be removed and a form 3849 (that’s that beige slip you’ve probably seen that tells you there’s a package or something at the PO waiting for you) is left in its place informing you that you can pick it up at the post office. But instead of harping on your letter carrier how about picking up your damn mail regularly? That’s my number one pet peeve when delivering to apartments or NDCBU (cluster boxes).

Sorry, @Darwin. Just read your response, which pretty much covers it.

@AstroChuck – But I’m not a professional so I can’t give the form number with such authority. I just ship thousands of books each year so I am familiar as a user.