Mail centers are typically staffed by a strange breed of worker smitten by the compulsion to accumulate clutter. For the sake of mail center security, clutter should be vigorously avoided. Mail also tends to hide in silly places, like behind the mailing machine, under the postal scales, on the floor, in the bottom of the basket on the delivery cart, in the cracks in the wall inside the mail chute, and in elevator wells. Mail center personnel should be trained to clear all clutter and to continuously look for any misplaced items. In summary, the best mail center protection arises out of practical common sense.
Mail is important and deserves special treatment.
The friendly nature of the mail center personnel should never become an impediment to protecting the mail and the mission of this non-core business service. Courteous, uncompromising service is not an oxymoron.