USPS mail littered on side of Georgia interstate | FOX 5 News
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Pastor Male Atkins said he was driving along I-285 near South Cobb Road when a piece of mail hit his windshield. It turned out, thousands of pieces of mail, possibly containing sensitive information, was left on the side of the interstate.
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Thank you for this man who cared, who has integrity, who took his own time to do the right thing.
So now we wonder about other tines this could have happened and no good citizen around to call the usps
Bless him 🙏 ❤️
The USPS could care less. This man who picked up the mail is outstanding citizen.
I personally want to thank you from Pastor Male Atkins for your kind words. May God bless you.
Doesn’t surprise me that he didn’t even get a thank you. I’ve worked super hard and a lot of overtime and have great work ethic every day while 90% of my co workers don’t. I always get my mail out no matter how hard it is and not once have I heard good job or thank you. I mentioned it once and I was severely put down for it ! I don’t want or need their praise now. I know who and what I am.
I appreciate the mail carriers getting my mail to me without losing or breaking it. The Post office is still very dependable and cheaper than the other delivery companies.
I have had delays but my mail always gets delivered.
Absolutely!
@@NoNo-iz8hd That's not true at all. And I personally take offense to you watching a 3 minute news clip online and thinking you know anything about the post office. There are men and women out there daily in the heat, cold, sleet, rain who sacrificed their family, their time, and LITERALLY their lives to bring you your mail daily. They care a whole lot. How dare you took a tragedy like a mail truck flipping over on the interstate and turn it into an opportunity to bash the men and women who bring to your mail daily for free. These incredibly hard working men and women do more than you can imagine on a daily basis and it's an entirely thankless job, no doubt from people like you. The mail carriers haven't received a raise, or a bonus, or single cent added to their pay for over 3 years. Not even a "thank you" for working during COVID. And many them died for it. Yet they brave harsh conditions, extreme stress, an uninformed public and being killed along their routes by people trying to rob them for their keys. So I assure you that if it weren't for the goodness of these men and women caring about your mail and risking their lives to get it to you, you surely would never receive it. In addition, each one made a personal oath to the federal government to uphold the constitutional promise to the American people to deliver the mail daily. Without them personally caring and their oath, they certainly haven't been provided with any other motivation or incentive. And you get to sit up in your house and receive this benefit of your individual mail being shipped, sorted, and hand-delivered to YOUR HOME to you, for free, without any effort on your own. Shame on you.
USPS should be reprimanded for this. This is not okay.
For littering definitely.
@@pfrydog
If everything else fails I believe they're responsible for littering the highway and surrounding areas.
If you don’t count all the junk mail, there would only be 6 pieces of mail on the side of the road…
Why should USPS be reprimanded when it wasn't USPS who did it?
@@jtpalooki7757The post office exists to deliver junk mail and bills.
The USPS knows who did this. Thank you to the person helping.
Yea they do, because all they need to do is see who is assigned that route. someone did this on purpose. how disgusting.
@JulieBraun-r8e I think they didn't secure their door. But just bcse it's rts mail doesn't mean it doesn't contain private info.
And TikToks the problem 😢
@JulieBraun-r8e yep, and may get worse if things don't change.
At the very least, it's illegal littering. It's also immoral and classless. Who would do such a thing? Too many are embracing the ways of failure.
What a great guy! He deserves official recognition!
No he doesn't.
didn't he just get it ?
A real hero to those who are still waiting on their mail.
For law enforcement and postal management not helping, is very concerning
USPS doesn’t even help deliver the mail anymore. They certainly aren’t going to bother with trashed mail 🤦🏼♀️
Yeah, gives me a feeling of despair that the mail service couldn't care less that people aren't getting their meds, mail, jury notices, checks, ashes of a deceased relative and a million other things that are really important.
Indeed it is yet, it's par for the course as far as they're concerned.
Had the job.Think I had one piece blow away in 24 years,that I couldn't retrieve in gale force.I don't know what to think,haven't worked in 11 years.Never liked the idea ,in order to cut costs,non postal related contracters were used in mail transport.
If it's not making the state money, cops don't care.
These are the same people that said it was safe to mail in your votes! Let that sink in!
Good point.
Exactly!
Wow never thought of that.
Even though the postal service didn't thank you; I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU ARE A MAN WITH A CONSCIENCE; RARE THESE DAYS. May God Bless you for your efforts.
Real American spirit 🇺🇸.
A good honest man right here. Thanks you!
I thank you
I think USPS should hire him maybe as a DISTRICT MANAGER to provide leadership and motivation to their workforce👍
It seems to be quite LACKING.
Nobel Man !!
This man is a hero, real class act, he should be getting a letter from post office with a thank you.
Well, ya see, they TRIED to send him a letter, but... well, it got "lost" in transit.
@@PocketASMonsteR TOO funny!
He’d have to pick it up off the side of the road though.
A real American at last.
I laughed my a55 off
@@ProtoType99468
At WHAT??
@@elaineewalt8137it's a bot.
He is a human!!! American is not human
@@ProtoType99468 Oh God. Yet another Ruzzian/far-right/Musk/Maga/Trump bot. Yawn. 😫🥱
The post office saying, " It's not our responsibility" speaks volumes. The post office is entrusted with our mail and in most instances our personal information. Regardless of who is supposed to pick it up it is ultimately the Post office.
Plus with the price of Postage they ought to get it to its destination.
P. O. didn't care. I wish they had done a video recording when they talked to the postal people.
@@stevewehner9540 Never once did the post office say that
@matthewmckee561 listen to the video very carefully and yes they did.
That fact that the person who carried it wasn't concerned that people's personal information was scattered on the side of a road spoke volumes.
Shut it down
Probably not paid enough to care
It's Atlanta
Probably a DEI hire.
OK, just because he doesn't like his job or he's not getting paid enough still does not give him the right to throw people's mail on the side of the road.@@MM-xc2bt
God will bless this good man for caring about people he doesn't know. He is truly a good neighbor, and a good citizen.
What is WRONG with these people !! Credit and appreciation to the man who cared enough to gather all this mail and make sure it landed in the right hands. He is truly a decent and caring person. Maybe he should be running the postal system in Georgia. Not to mention, he prevented the area from being a blight of litter. I have nothing but respect for him. But postal system? Like the man said, "BE BETTER !!!"
I personally want to thank you from Pastor Male Atkins for your kind words. May God bless you.
Georgia, Atlanta.
It landed back into the "hands" of the Post Office, who lost it in the first place, by trusting it to a third party contractor. Their third party contractor then failed to live up to their responsibility, but it still falls back on the heads of the Post Office Services, who was entrusted with an important duty to oversee the care of that mail until it was in the recipients "hands". Unbelievably irresponsible behavior on the third party contractor AND the Post Office employees/management. It's one thing to let private letters and cards be strewn all over the highway, it's another matter entirely to allow legal documents and identification materials fly around this country's roadways! How do you think criminals get fake I.D.'s and personal information on fellow Americans? This complete lack of oversight by anybody except slippery corporate law and third party contractors is certainly one. Everyday tons of private information goes into dumpsters and landfills as well. Our nation is becoming one giant corporate greed joke to the entire world!
Thank you soo much sir for taking out the time to ensure this mail got back to USPS. May God continue to bless you abundantly for your heart and kindness!
Kudos to Pastor Male Atkins for picking up the mail strewn on the ground. Thanks for being a conscientious human being.
This man is a wonderful person! Thank you, Sir!
Give him a REWARD. This was a lot of WORK and a KIND CARING HEART YOU CAN REPAY. THANK YOU SIR. YOU ARE REALLY APPRECIATED
Doing the work that our postal service should be doing.
@@johnmourer5747 yepper, exactly 💯
Glad he told his story.
Fine the contractor with littering.
Find out how this could happen.
That's sad. This man is an angel.
This is outrageous and totally unacceptable! Thank you, sir, for trying to do the right thing. Shame on the USPS!
There are good people in this world, believe that! ❤
The State of Georgia needs to send the USPS a ticket for littering!
😂
The state of Georgia needs to get off it's butt and fix the bad mail service here.
USPS is Federal, you do know this right??😅@joeycarter2678
Something falling off your car by accident unknowingly isn’t littering
@@joeycarter2678 The State of Georgia, nor any other state has not the authority to make the USPS do anything. That's the Federal govern_mental sycophants responsibility.
Thank God there are still people like this gentleman in our world! Too many people just turn the other way and do nothing in a situation like this.! May God bless this man!
He is a great man! Hope he is blessed by this. Thank you sir for being so thoughtful.
He is a wonderful and very kind person! And a wonderful HERO in my opinion! And no help from police or USPO is terrible! The post office should give this gentleman a reward for stopping and picking all this up! He was indeed a blessing to all whose names were on those envelopes! Thank you, kind sir! May you be blessed for this action!
Such a good person.
A Good Samaritan.
I personally want to thank you from Pastor Male Atkins for your kind words. May God bless you.
Thank you to this caring and thoughtful man.
Thank this gentleman for caring and doing work for his follow citizens
Thank you for having character and integrity. Awesome!!!!!!
Thank you sir for your caring about others and picking up the mail.
Thank goodness there are still people like this man who are willing to help. Thank you sir✌✌✌
Bless you Sir for doing that service.
Ive been waiting for a really important mail for almost a month now. It has my driver license, and important car info. I havent gotten it yet, but i truly appreciate what that man did for the community.
Can't USPS hire qualified people? This is not the first time it happens in Georgia.
Nope, they can't. And little known fact. Feds waive HS diploma requirements for many areas in South. Dropping expectations rather than lifting up the individual. I'm sick
Yet another plant, paid to help destroy USPS for the vulture capitalists.
All they hire is Democrat Pro Union Robots
@@Kimmiedwalthey HAVE to lower their standards due to FORCED DIVERSITY PERKS
DEI ❗️
What a great man!! We love you mister!!
God bless this man. This is a true hero. Here's your THANK YOU.
Thank you sir! You are a hero. Thank you for caring and helping. ❤
Thank you my Brother.🙏🏿
I hope Pastor Male Atkins is seeing this. Thank you for picking up the mail that you picked up. My family and I probably didn't have any mail there but no one's mail should have been there.
I personally want to thank you from Pastor Male Atkins for your kind words. May God bless you.
In the 80's it was nearly impossible to get a job with the post office. The retirement packages were really amazing from what I understand. My uncle finally got hired and he thought it was awesome. We had the same mailman all my life growing up. Now, they can't keep people. I have a different mail person all the time. Sign of the times.
Yes had the same mail carrier for years who love to talk to all the neighbors 😅 Theft is a big problem also with the postal service today UPS has a huge problem with Theft Today's world
I've had the same postman in my area for the whole 13 years I've lived here so far.
I had a good mail man that would bring our packages and mail up on our porch and leave it. Then he left and we have a couple, he drives and she puts the mail in the box and the packages get put where people can see them and get rained on. I am not happy with them. They only have to take a few more steps to put them in a safe place. I also wonder if her driver is getting paid. We really need responsible people that does the right things with such sensitive mail and packages. Same with Fed Ex and UPS. There is no room for mistakes or choosing to throw out things along the road because you don't want to deliver them. Don't take the job if you can't handle it.
Yes, we get different mail people all the time but I live on a dead end street. At work our mail used to come around at lunch time but now it's late afternoon sometimes not at all.
Yeah we had the same man for years. My mom always left him snacks . When she died he came to her funeral. He said she was the sweetest lady he ever knew on his mail routes.
Thank you sir for your care/concern - ❤️ -
A great man, Working hard trying to protect people that he doesn't even know. No one even asked him, he couldn't stand the thought of other peoples personal information getting in to the wrong hands. Bless you sir!
He's a good man for sure...
Thank you for caring! I appreciate you!
What a man. Thank you 🙏🏽
Bless this dear man.
Thank you! God bless you honey! So many people wouldn't even care. That's a big problem in this country, too many people have no feelings for others.
Thank you Pastor!!
I worked as a courier for 23 years. I did my share of postal runs (don't ask). Some year around 2012 between Thanksgiving and christmas I'm off work in the morning (I was working graveyard shift at the time) and I was on my way home from somewhere when I saw a mail tub on it's side with mail scattered at the street ahead of me and on my right. I checked over my shoulder and zipped over quick and basically blocked the traffic wanting to enter and leave the residential street while I collected the mail. There was a shopping center just ahead of me and I thought it would be a good place to find a postal carrier, and if not I could run it to the post office. I drove through, then saw a mail delivery vehicle parked at the McDonald's at the edge of the lot. I rushed over and got there just as the carrier was getting back to his vehicle with a coffee. I rolled down my window and yelled, "HEY!!! I got something for you!!!". I parked behind him and I'm sure he was dreading this middle-aged guy wanting to give him something. I hop out and pop my trunk and pull out the tub and asked him if he could take this from me. He looked at it and asked me what it was and I told him. He couldn't believe it. It was from his post office, but it wasn't his and he had no idea how it could have gotten dropped since all postal vehicles are enclosed. I didn't either. He took it off my hands and promised to take care of it. "Aunt Bischoff" got her christmas package and everyone else got their mail. I guess. I never heard anything about it afterwards.
The world needs more people like him....thank you
What a wonderful guy. I wish more people were like him.
how does one "inadvertently" drop a load of mail and then not notice?
Or someone go back and pick it up. It’s peoples personal information.
Thank God for honest people in this world! This is Sad and there’s NO EXCUSE FOR UNDELIVERED, THROWN AWAY, MAIL!!
Thank you Mr. Atkins. I try to live by a quote I saw from Lily Tomlin that said something to the effect of, 'I thought somebody should do something about that and then I realized that I was somebody.' I always tried to teach my students to think on their own and if they saw something that wasn't right, don't wait for someone to tell you to fix it, do it on your own. I hike trails in a nearby park and everyday, I carry out someone else's trash. I don't just look at it and think, "It's not mine, or it's not my job." I don't work there but I am not going to wait for a park employee to fix it when I can do something about it. Thank you again!
I personally want to thank you from Pastor Male Atkins for your kind words. May God bless you.
Many people are stealing mail directly from the mailboxes. THANK YOU for caring and picking it up. 😊😊
the LEAST THE POSTAL SERVICE SHOULD DO IS SAY THANK YOU AND GIVE THIS MAN SOME MONEY FOR HIS TIME AND EFFORT!!!!! GOOD GRIEF!!!!
why, you really think these govt employee's give 2 hoots
The postal service is broke just like the country !
I've lived all over the country. This is the first place I've lived where the postal service is a joke and nobody cares enough to fix it. A similar incident happened in Indy, and they had workers out there immediately, gathering up all the mail and then notified people about their mail.
@@Joseph-qh5xv many mediocre people need incentives to be good.
@@Joseph-qh5xv
Being concerned and spending hours on the side of the road picking up strangers mail is two f'n different things! You act like that is just a normal thing to do. How bout you volunteer and don't worry about even a thank you.
Thank you Pastor Atkins !!! So many driving by that could haved stopped and helped.
Thank you!
That's such a good man to have done this, thinking about others and doing what he could to protect personal information
Bless his ❤️ for his. There’s always an excuse isn’t there.
I just want to bless you because you were in a dangerous place position You risk your life and showed real love 💕.Thank you .
I personally want to thank you from Pastor Male Atkins for your kind words. May God bless you.
Bless this man
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING OUT FOR US BROTHER ‼️☮️💟🇺🇸🌀🙏🏽🙏🏽🤜🏽🥊
Prime example of why the postal service system is going broke!
THANK YOU!!!❤ Much respect!
Thank you sir for your service!
Thank you, Reverend!
Good Man! Thank u so much!🙋♀️
Thank you Pastor Atkins!, this man should get a commendation from the city for being a wonderful public servant. Imagine what type of importance was probably in those letters. Information in those letters could have changed someones life.
Thank you. Such a nice person.
Bless that man for his sense of responsibility! He may well have saved a number of people from financial ruin. 🤗💖
Thank you sir 👏
Thank you to this man who cared enough to do something about it. So many just don't care. That's really sad.
Thank you sir! What a kind gesture.😍
I REALLY hope the mail gets delivered to the right places.
Thank you Sir. Great guy right there ❤❤❤
😮 what a super nice man. Thank you, I appreciate you. The postal service is just out of control!
Thank you. You are a very thoughtful person.
What an amazing man!!!! Reward his honesty and his act of great citizenship!!!!❤
Thank you SIR, you have a very kind heart, and again we thank you🫶🙏
Thank you ❤ You're an angel 😇
A contractor. Uhhhuh. Sure….. More lack of accountability by the USPS. Where is the governors office on this?
Post office is federal, governor can't do anything but complain about to the Postmaster General's office.
Senators run federal government. Call Warnock in Ga. Again!
Liberals
I ran a route for a courier service 1991-1992. Part
of the run was DELIVERING
U. S. mail in plastic trays
to customers. It was SUPER
Important to me to deliver
that/those Precious loads. CB
@@MrClobbertime It is littering on a state roadway. They need to clean that up.
Thank you Pastor for all you did. God bless you
Thank you what a wonderful man😢
Thank you Sir.
That's a GODLY MAN, THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU. ❤❤❤❤❤DRB
Thank you for your caring concern
THANK YOU SIR!!! ❤
Thank you Pastor Atkins. You are an excellent citizen and great human being! Too bad you received absolutely no help from the.USPS!
That man is a hero. What a kind soul! ❤
I personally want to thank you from Pastor Male Atkins for your kind words. May God bless you.
Sir, you are a Saint! Much Respect ❤
I personally want to thank you from Pastor Male Atkins for your kind words. May God bless you.
They know exactly who the carrier is...
Bless this man. Thank you ✨🙏✨
Thank you sir for your efforts to pick all that! The USPS needs an overhaul.
Hats off to this gentleman for taking pains to repost the discarded mails.
I LOVE THIS GUY.
THANKYOU.
Abundant blessings to you sir. 🙏🏽
Thank you sir for being a guardian angel to others
Thank you, Sir❤❤❤