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My carrier, as friendly as she is, doesn't seem to want to put packages up on the porch where it is dry.

Your carrier isn't even supposed to leave packages,PERIOD! Not unless you give her a note authorizing this,and then you have the right to specify WHERE the packages are left. Without this note,the carrier is supposed to leave you a notification that you have a package,with a phone number you can call to either schedule a delivery time when you will be home,or to arrange to have it left without you being there to receive it.

I would think that the workload at UPS would be enough to get rid of half of the AA hires - they'd probably have heart attacks. :^)

BAD assumption! The USPS is a dumping ground for AA and communist types,and will create positions to accomodate them. All you have to do to become a member of management your first day on the job is to be a lesbian,and a black lesbian who was fired from a previous job for being a Marxist is a sure-fire bet. Anybody who is covered by EEO laws are "golden". I know of one single female black letter carrier who complained that her system was too "delicate" to deliver mail after she gave birth to her fifth child,so they let her stay in the station all day to answer telephone calls. That's ALL she did! Meanwhile,other people had to deliver the mail on her route.

I also KNOW of letter carriers who were hired despite not being able to read,and some who couldn't even speak English. Seriously. Unlike the other "new hires",they were only allowed to deliver mail on certain selected routes,and even then only after they spent a few weeks in a special shcool that taught them how to recogonize the addresses.

Have to disagree, but only in part. I've been in this house for 17 yrs, and we've had outstanding carriers, 2 of the 3 being retired military. I've heard from 2, however, of the many problems they have with their branch management--minority female who has absolutely no managerial ability, who spends most of her time on personal phone calls/visits, excessive time out of the office, much of what has been documented--but the same supervisor remains.

The carriers, tho', are outstanding, heat, cold, rain, snow, never miss a day--these guys earn their money, and my respect. And I know they are likely the exception.