Postal employees are, for the most part, incompetent, indignant and feel they’re above the law. They don’t get fired or even fussed at for their idiocy.
We often don’t get bills, cards with cash are stolen/missing. We call the post office and get no response. They’re all thieves.
Waits a few moments ~ well, no answer ~ so, let me say this about that, I knew a postal employee who was fired for a $1.25 taxi fare for a personal trip on a business visit ~ which is prohibited.
I've known of window clerks who came up short as little as 60 cents in their cash drawer who were FIRED ~ and with the full approval and support of the entire workforce.
In USPS you get fired for theft however small. You can lose your wallet on the workroom floor and come back a month later and it'll be where you dropped it, untouched, unmolested every bill intact.
You can do that in Saudi Arabia as well ~ but here you can do that ONLY in the post office.
Not that you are telling a lie about getting your mail stolen, but you are!
I think our little post office must be, if not a rarity, somewhat unusual. I live in a little rural village in Virginia, and I know the PO employees. They’re all white conservatives, and very hardworking. Mail volume might be down, but this area is growing fast (too fast if you ask me), and the carriers have plenty of work to do....there’s no time for goldbricking.