Never push a mail cart on a busy city street unless everything on that cart is securely held and incapable of falling off. Never push a cart with the contents piled higher than the operator can see looking forward. Don t park mail delivery vehicles in elevator bays. Don t assume chronic complaints regarding slow internal deliveries are always caused by inefficiencies in the mail center. You may have someone borrowing what they consider to be interesting mail long enough to read or copy it, then remailing same to avoid capture.
Accountable mail is a rapidly increasing class of incoming mail.
It encompasses anything for which a record of accountability has already been established, prior to arriving at your mail center. This includes Express, Certified, and Registered USPS Mail, USPS Priority Mail with Confirmation, plus items from any of the overnight express services. Fortunately, several excellent accountable mail tracking systems are available at reasonable cost. Automatically tracking accountable mail will clearly distinguish your mail center as professionally responsible. Mailing machines and postage meters For a postage thief, a loaded postage meter is a near occasion of sin.