USPS Asks Utah Homes To Check Mailbox ASAP For Safety Issues

Utahns live in a variety of areas from cities, rural places, and everything in between which means that there are a ton of different mail routes.  

Getting mail and packages is still a very common occurrence and taking care of that mailbox is pretty important. It probably gets neglected more than Utahns think. However, a damaged mailbox is a big problem for getting your mail delivered.  

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Though most damage probably comes from the high winds and getting hit with random objects in Utah there could always be a freak incident. Like that time, I ran over three mailboxes with a tractor including my own as a kid.  

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Things happen but the point is that if your mail carrier sees a damaged mailbox, you may be unable to get your mail or package. Seems pretty obvious but the United States Postal Service has dedicated a WHOLE WEEK to brining attention to up to code mailboxes.  

May 21-27 is the official USPS Mailbox Improvement Week.  

The USPS said that mailboxes that are neat and attractive help keep the local area looking nice and provide assistance to mail carriers by making their job easy. So, if you think your slightly dinged mailbox that can be a struggle to open isn’t an issue, think again.  

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This is the perfect week for Utahns to take some time and clean up their mailboxes that may have suffered from the weather or other occurrences (like runaway tractors). It helps you and your neighborhood to keep a clean undamaged mailbox. Plus, your USPS guy won’t curse every time they have to deliver your mail.  

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