From a distance $27. an hour sounds wonderful until you look into the job. You start in one of the worst areas of town and can be changed at the whim of a manager who can be great or a great brown-noser. In the winter in the north do you want to go door to door in below zero weather or swelter in the south in the summer in a mobile microwave with no airconditioning. Do you like dogs? how about pitbulls with an attitude. If you're lucky you will only be reminded of how much more productive you need to be a few times a day.

P.S. I was never a letter carrier but am fortunant enough to have a few as friends.