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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 2189055, member: 22331&quot;]PLEASE!! Before you give people advice about postal requirements, I suggest you locate a copy of the DMM standards, and READ THEM. If you don&#039;t understand, please have someone explain them to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had similar problems with postal employees in the past, especially one who was overly zealous in properly performing her duties, eventually becoming the Postmaster. Upon her promotion to Postmaster, all employees at the front desk, conformed to the DMM standards. These standards generally aren&#039;t available at the postal &quot;stations&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was never subjectively confrontational, and just changed my packaging habits to offset the unique postal standards which may appear nonsensical to a layperson who doesn&#039;t understand the workings of the handling system. If I had an objective problem, I would just arrive with the appropriate DMM standard, and ask that it be prominently posted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Early in my design engineering career where I was implemental in developing the high speed sorting/transfer equipment for the postal system, I visited postal stations to realize the catastrophies caused by improper packaging. &quot;Bubble-wrap&quot; envelopes with improperly shaped/positioned/secured contents can be the Nemesis of automated equipment. The DMM standards were written to avoid these packages which can, in a second, cause severe damage at a transfer point, possibly creating a shut-down condition for the entire line.</p><p><br /></p><p>The standards are very specific about the packaging of some items which are not flat, thin, rectangular, and properly packaged. The standards specify manual handling for these items, with a special charge for handling.</p><p><br /></p><p>I strongly recommend that you don&#039;t irritate, and make life difficult for a Postmaster. Generally she/he has very little control of the strongly unionized, often part-time, employees.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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