I realize this is purely anecdotal, but my uncle worked for the USPS as a mail carrier in a major East Coast city for decades and saw people fired for really sm

I realize this is purely anecdotal, but my uncle worked for the USPS as a mail carrier in a major East Coast city for decades and saw people fired for really small violations. In one case, a guy with many years of seniority was fired because he stole some spam-mail coupons that a company had mailed to a non-existent address. I'm not saying the USPS is a model of efficiency and I'm sure there are regional variations on strictness and oversight, but it's pretty likely that any USPS who loses (or "loses") a greater-than-average number of packages is risking their job. I don't doubt that there are people who'd object to a package marked "ATHIEST" but how many USPS employees would be so offended they'd risk their jobs? USPS workers often work there for decades and a lot of USPS employees have an eye towards staying there until retirement. They also get good health benefits, a nice government pension, and you don't need a higher education diploma to get hired by the USPS in the first place. A USPS employee is unlikely to have a lot of comparable job opportunities after spending years with the USPS, so I have a hard time believing so many of them would be like, "ATHIEST? Screw this!" and simply punt a package they disliked off of a bridge.