a day, the bosses frowned on us taking our own cars. that just meant we had to avoid being seen, because taking our cars saved time and that meant we could get home earlier.
the walks would go with the flow of traffic whenever it was possible. that meant that the mailboxes were always on our right hand side which for 90% of the world, it made delivery easier. you could have the mail in your hand and flip the lid of the mailbox up and drop it in the box without slowing down at all. in fact, i would get angry when i had to stop to drop mail in 