Disadvantages of being a Mail Carrier

Believe it or not, there are several disadvantages of being a mail in today’s society such as a lot of exercising, dangers in walking through other peoples’ yard, and the bulk of mail during the holidays. People just don’t realize the things mail carriers have to endure to deliver them their mail. The job can be very stressful at times. But through it all, they realize there is one main goal – that goal is to give people their mail in an orderly and timely manner. One disadvantage of being a mail carrier is a lot of exercising. They are on very strict time in getting to every mail box so there job may get as serious as jogging or running to stay on time if they get behind schedule. Even though they may stay on time, all of the exercise could cause major health problems that they have such as asthma, back pain, cramps, etc. Additionally, did you know that delivering mail is not as simple as driving up to a mail box and putting the mail in the box? It can get as complex as leaving your car at the end of the street and walking door to door. Why do they do this? Because in several neighborhoods in the U.S. the mail box is on the porch. It is easier to just walk door to door, rather than waste gas driving from house to house. Speaking of going door to door, this can be very dangerous because carriers have to walk in other people yards in order to get to the mail box. You may think, well, what is so dangerous about this? There are a number of things that could happen while walking in someone else’s yard. For example, a mail carrier could trip over a branch and harm their selves since they may be in a rush. The residents could harm them because they’re mad about their mail or some other random problem. But the most common thing is dog attacks. According to research, mail carriers have a 5% or 1 out of 20 chance of getting attacked by a dog. This may not seem like a high percentage but when you think about it, it is considering every 20 houses they go to they may