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Learn stumbled on an interesting post ORDINARY MIRACLE . The postal service in the United States ?

When we first encountered in the U.S. mail (USPS), we could not believe my eyes. Americans receive dozens of emails a week. Mail sent all the documents and items: accounts (utilities , internet, medical and car insurance, loan payments , etc.), bank statements , credit cards, driver's license, car registration documents ( including a set of metal numbers) purchase through online shopping , etc. No need to go anywhere , just call and almost anything you send by e-mail home.

To understand the size of the postal industry in the U.S. , just look at the numbers - according to Wikipedia, every day (!) 546 000 528 000 000 postmen deliver letters and parcels . For comparison, the Russian Post handles about 1.7 billion pieces of correspondence a year, with the same amount of U.S. Mail handles three days . Sounds incredible ...

Since USPS postman brought home not only the lungs letters but heaviest parcels ( eg once sent us home juicer weighing over 8 kg in a huge box) they must provide transportation. Instead foot with " thick shoulder bag " , almost all American postmen move on special Car wash . This made the U.S. mail the owner of the world's largest fleet, which has more than 260,000 cars.

But the most surprising thing is where postmen leave the parcel. To begin with I must say that mailboxes do not usually have slots . Instead, the postman has a special key that opens all the time mailboxes. Here he lays out the letters , parcels and small parcels, after which time they are closed . If the size of the box does not allow her to put in a cell, the postman leaves a box on the floor in the hallway, right next to the mailboxes. Sometimes he brings her to the apartment and knocks on the door . If there has not opened the box leaves the door . And yes, send nobody steals . At least we still have never nothing disappeared , although almost everything that does not require fitting we order through the Internet and it is delivered in such a way . When you see it for the first time , do not immediately believe . It turned out that this is the norm for Americans .