Been up going on for years...the carrier wants to finish his route and go home.
Agreed and been going on forever as you point out. I would get notes from people saying “Don’t put advertising or bulk mail in my mailbox”. A postal worker cannot do that. the bulk mailing people have PAID THE POST OFFICE to give you the mail. It is not up to them to help you dispose of it.
[Luckily I spent the last 40 years or so in the stock market and left the mail to someone else.]
5:40 AM?
Think again. That seems like the end of sorting shift.
BTW - would that be some Federal offense?