GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
In my neighborhood, the mailboxes are on the porch. No one has their name on it that I have seen.
We are on a rural route. We had the same mail man for years. Real nice guy. He retired and we got a real jerk. First it mail box was too low. So raised it. Then it was too high. We got the post master out here to inspect it the third time. My boss has known him for years so it wasn't a big deal. I live on the farm I work at. My mail box and my bosses are on the same post.There are rules in the mail folks contract. They are there to help prevent them from being hurt on the job. Such as they don't have to deliver the mail if the following applies"
A known dog that bites is running loose on the property
A known dog that bites is running loose on the street
If your sidewalk or steps have not been shoveled
If your rural mailbox is too low or too high. It should be at the height of reachability from the window of his truck.
If you don't have a mailbox or slot for your mail
If a package is too heavy
If the mailbox is blocked
Even if you don't have your name on your box
There are many more rules.
They are also trained to notice if an elderly person lives in the home. If their mail is piling up, they then call the police so they can make a "wellness call."
That 'not having to bend' rule was being carried to the most foolish end. She ended up losing a great paying job over it. How many times have I heard the Temp Christmas help state, "I wish I could get on at the post office permanently."
Can I start a new one??
It's cooking related (as sadly the majority of my petty ranting is), thing is, I was planning on chicken breasts for today, but as the meat thawed out, it turned out to be whole chicken pieces instead. See, this requires EXTRA cleaning/processing time and just a whole different type of recipes to capitalize on the natural flavors with the bones and all.... so just,
why when I am already sooo behind and ready to jump into so many other interests right now, that I get sidetracked by this ****??!!
(oh, can we curse on here?? [emoji14] )
Think yourselves lucky. Royal Mail has been privatised and sold off to God knows who. Mail can arrive days after it was posted even if sent (and paid extra for) First Class. If there aren't many letters for our lane "They" don't bother with authorising a delivery until it's "worth" sending a postman/woman who then struggles with an over-filled bag or trolley.
They are closing our local sorting office so if we miss a parcel delivery and we have to go and collect it we will have to go to one 5 miles away (not the nearest one!) where there is no customer parking or road-side parking and there isn't a bus service within a mile - great for elderlies who don't drive.
Ok, stopped grumbling now.
Yup. Just a year or two ago, the main post office in Norfolk (across the river from us) was closed. Now all the mail for a metropolitan area of close to two million people goes two hours north to Richmond to be sorted before returning south to be delivered. Somehow that is more efficientThat is our possible future. There are politicians who want to privatize our postal system -- and pretty much everything else, too.
As much as people complain about the USPS, we actually have it pretty good. If privatized, my mail in the relatively wealthy suburbs would not change a whole lot, but rural mail service would probably be horrible, if it even remained.
CD
Yup. Just a year or two ago, the main post office in Norfolk (across the river from us) was closed. Now all the mail for a metropolitan area of close to two million people goes two hours north to Richmond to be sorted before returning south to be delivered. Somehow that is more efficient
Not more efficient, just "cheaper," at least on paper.
My little neighborhood has 2 mailboxes on a post for every 2 houses, out near the sidewalk. Some here in town have personal mailboxes, and some neighborhoods have locked community mailboxes for every 6 houses or so.
I'm actually thinking about installing a new mailbox next to my driveway for easier access. My current mailbox is built in a cement wall and tucked between rows of cacti, many with pointy needles. Access to the mailbox can be a bit tricky (for the delivery person) when there are vehicles parked alongside the "sidewalk". (I can retrieve mail from the other side of the wall, no problem) And now with mail delivery conducted after dark I'm a bit concerned due to safety issues and not getting mail at all.
Same here, GG. Small town here....letters and packages are routed to an even smaller town an hour away for processing.
If I had a say, I would make the budget cuts by doing away with Saturday mail delivery altogether. But they didn't ask me for my opinion.
My little neighborhood has 2 mailboxes on a post for every 2 houses, out near the sidewalk. Some here in town have personal mailboxes, and some neighborhoods have locked community mailboxes for every 6 houses or so.