Residents in many area communities are upset about receiving their mail well past 7 p.m., and some residents also have noticed they don’t have a regular carrier anymore.

The union representing letter carriers explained some post offices are understaffed and carriers are working later to get all the mail delivered.

Mount Vernon resident Gwen Loftus went to the post office to inquire why mail was coming after dinner and was told they don’t have enough personnel.

College Park resident Carol Macknis said deliveries got terrible beginning at the start of fall. A stamp collector all her life, she’s upset with the late deliveries. She said she’s concerned about going out to get her mail after dark.

Mail was delivered to a Chevy Chase neighborhood so late Tuesday night that one resident said it woke up his young daughter when it was dropped through the mail slot.

Terry Billingsley said his mail used to arrive by 11 a.m. daily but now it’s often after dark

via Late Mail Deliveries Upset Residents in the D.C. Region | NBC4 Washington.