Every so often there is footage shown on TV of postal workers stealing. One guy was shown using gift cards at a department store.

He had taken sacks of stuff home, to sort through.

As in any other field, if there is seen to be an opportunity, people will take it. If they think they will not get caught.

As I remember these things, many others would.

At one point, my parcels went missing. Most of them. Before AP introduced tracking on pretty much any parcel.

There was an investigation, that eventually led to the culprit- I was not told anything about the result officially.

This was before Paypal was a big thing, and each eBay claim would cost 20$.

I never stiffed the sellers for the money as I believed, they sent the items...

But I do not tar posties as a whole. Even after a bad experience.

The ones I have met have all been nice and do their job above and beyond.

Unfortunately, just one incident can stand out.

When I swapped to paying for only trackable and insured mail, I no longer had stuff go missing. I had to pay a premium to ensure delivery. At that time. That, was really annoying. This was, many years ago and security in AP sorting centres has changed, I think.