Las Vegas Letter Carrier Paul Cosio, center, shares a laugh with French carriers Astrid Gaston-Labat and Julien Couradeau.
Call
it the Tour de Vegas.
Six
letter carriers from La Poste, the
French postal service, recently accompanied some of their Las Vegas
counterparts on their routes to learn how USPS delivers mail and packages.
It
was an eye-opening experience.
“They
were amazed at the volume, especially the parcel volume,” said Paul Cosio, one
of the Las Vegas carriers who participated in the visit.
Packages
are a smaller part of the mail mix in France, but that’s not the only
difference between La Poste and USPS.
Most
French carriers make deliveries on bicycle. Also, carriers are responsible for
making scheduled checks on customers, among other civic duties.
The
two organizations also share commonalities.
Like
USPS, La Poste is experimenting with
digital services, including an app that allows customers to send a package with
a single click.
The
six carriers who visited the Garside Station in Las Vegas were part of a larger
delegation that participated in the Consumer Electronics Show, where
USPS
also exhibited new products and services.
“The
carriers were very impressed with the way we deliver mail,” said Consumer and
Industry Contact Manager Marilyn Wassell, who helped organize the visit.
La Poste also arranged for
the carriers to visit the Grand Canyon and the Las Vegas strip.
“But
to many of the carriers, the trip to the U.S. Post Office was most impressive,”
Wassell said.
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