As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear showing up at work

Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by saagarjha on Monday April 13, 2020 @01:51PM (#22858117)

Anecdotally, I've seen much less junk mail, which happens to be a significant portion of the mail delivered to our house.

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by Macha on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:21PM (#22858427)

Does that get sent by the mail system? At least here it's mostly minimum wage folks employed by marketing companies (not the postal service) going door to door to put leaflets in.

The postal service might add a flyer to your actual mail delivery, but only if they're delivering to your address anyway.

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by quesera on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:38PM (#22858599)

It is not legal, in the US, for anyone except the USPS to put anything into your mailbox.

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by chrisseaton on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:12PM (#22859009)

That's crazy. You can't hand-post your neighbours invitations to a party, for example?

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by mjcl on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:00PM (#22859416)

Not legally, though it sounds like if you put postage on it, it would be: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1725

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by jolmg on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:09PM (#22859502)

What about FedEx, UPS, and DHL?

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by quesera on Monday April 13, 2020 @04:52PM (#22859838)

USPS only.

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by WillPostForFood on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:35PM (#22858568)

A lot goes through the mail system.

The Data and Marketing Association says American businesses sent 149 billion pieces of direct mail and nearly 10 billion catalogues in 2016.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/how-to-stop-ju...

This is just a counter-anecdote, but for every flyer on the door I get (once or twice a week), I get scores of pieces of junk mail. I assume you don't own a home, because that alone is good for 10 a week.

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by Rebelgecko on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:37PM (#22858593)

99% of my junk mail is sent via USPS. Junk mail actually gets a better rate than regular 1st class mail. It's something like 20 cents for marketing mail vs 50 cents for a piece of regular mail. In exchange I think the marketer has to do some presorting of their own, and they lose the ability to do things like forwarding or return to sender.

USPS actually has a monopoly on mailboxes. It's illegal for FedEx or anyone else to put a letter/package in your mailbox, although I don't know how much that's enforced.

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by internalthief on Monday April 13, 2020 @03:00PM (#22858873)

I live in an apartment complex, and my mailbox doesn't have a slot in it.

All of the junk mail I've received has come via the USPS, however since this all started happening I have received almost none.

The drop-off of junk mail delivery has been both welcome, and a sign of troubles for the USPS.

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by brian-armstrong on Monday April 13, 2020 @02:36PM (#22858569)

Yes, most of it is delivered by USPS https://www.usps.com/business/every-door-direct-mail.htm

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Re:As more of them die, grocery workers increasingly fear sh... by Macha on Monday April 13, 2020 @05:11PM (#22860021)

To clarify, "here" is Ireland, not the US. The comments indicate in the US, USPS has a much greater share of spam delivery. (too late to edit the original post)

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