How’s Your Postman? You Can Keep Mine!
Apparently, I’m one of the lucky ones that has a postman that doesn’t like to do his job. I know that because I talk to other people that have wonderful mail persons delivering their mail.
I first realized that he was a problem a couple years ago. Some brainiac in our community thought it best to put two mailboxes on one post. Our mailbox is actually closer to my neighbor’s house, which should normally not be an issue. The issue is that she parks a car in front of the mailbox, which should normally not be an issue. This issue is that our postman will not get out of his truck if he can’t reach the mailbox from his truck.
So, a couple years ago, our neighbor was having her driveway repaved. For four days, she parked in front of Our mailboxes. For four days, we received no mail. By the fourth we received a post card in the mailbox. Mind you, just a postcard, no mail. The post card was from the United States Postal Service, (apparently our mail carrier got out of his truck) stating that cars needed to park in a way that the postman can pull up to the mailbox in his truck. It even had a diagram.
Upon receiving the postcard I called the USPS and explained the situation. To which the person I was speaking to replied, “the postman does not have to get out of his truck.” To which I replied, “What about the Postal Creed? “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” His very dry response, “the postman does not have to get out of his truck.” I hung up.
For those of you wondering, there actually is no official “postal creed,” but I thought there was before I looked it up!
Over the years and on numerous occasions, my neighbor has continued to park in front of the mailboxes. Apparently, she is just that inconsiderate or she doesn’t want her mail. I would venture to say; from past experience that it is the first assumption. We don’t exactly speak because of prior altercations.
Most recently, I received a certified letter. For anyone unfamiliar with a certified letter, it needs to be signed for. My mailman actually came to the door to retrieve the signature for the letter and left the rest of the mail…..in my mailbox! I can only presume to walk the twenty feet to the door with three or four envelopes would have been a major strain on him.
Maybe it’s me, but when I have a job to do, I do it to the best of my ability. Have people become so complacent that they take no pride in what they do? So, sad!
I came across an article while doing some research. I found this paragraph of interest. Click the title for the full article.
“About the U.S. Postal Service”
A Very “Business-like” Semi-governmental Agency
By Robert Longley, About.com Guide
“Under federal law, only the Postal Service can handle or charge postage for handling letters. Despite this virtual monopoly worth some $45 billion a year, the law does not require that the Postal Service make a profit — only break even. Still, the US Postal Service has averaged a profit of over $1 billion per year in each of the last five years. Yet, Postal Service officials argue that they must continue to raise postage at regular intervals in order make up for the increased use of email.”
AMAZING!
