Thread: If it is that darn hard to deliver mail

Then why don't you get another job?

I just got off the phone with the post office. The mail person has continuously folded, spindled and mutilated my mail since I have been living here. We have community mail boxes that are the little cubes. For most days that works fine, but every once in awhile I will come home to a mail box packed so full that you rip up half the stuff trying to get it out. Wouldn't it just be easier on those days to bring it to the house?

My other issue is packages. Either they are made to fit into the box and you have to tear them open to get them out, or they are left on top of the car, no matter the weather. I ordered books from a member here. The day they were delivered I got home just as the bottom dropped out raining, and they were on top of mom's car. I have seen the mail carrier do this, she will pull up and blow the horn, if no one runs out to her, she just opens her car door and throws in the general direction of whichever car happens to be in the yard.

I have called the post office so many times, nothing has been done.

I called again this morning, as soon as they opened at 8:30. I told the lady that I had been calling repeatedly, and nothing had changed. She said that I need to get a bigger mailbox, that they aren't responsible for bringing mail to my door when it wont fit in my box. I explained to her that we have community boxes, getting a larger box is not an option, and that is it only about once a month that the mail wont fit in the box. And why couldn't the carrier just place the mail IN the car, or bring it to the door when that happens. Of course, that isn't possible. As far as packages, she said the mail carrier is obligated to deliver those either, and that I can either deal with things as they are, or get a PO box, or just pick up my mail at the post office daily.

Whats wrong with this picture?

We have those boxes also. If something doesn't fit, they are supposed to take it to the leasing office and leave it. Sometimes they do but you know when I ordered an 25.00 comic book, she folded it in half to cram it it in the box. She has to go to the office anyway, to deliver the office mail & pick up outgoing after she does our boxes so it wasn't like she would have had to make a special trip or anything.

Originally Posted by ahippiechic

We have those boxes also. If something doesn't fit, they are supposed to take it to the leasing office and leave it. Sometimes they do but you know when I ordered an 25.00 comic book, she folded it in half to cram it it in the box. She has to go to the office anyway, to deliver the office mail & pick up outgoing after she does our boxes so it wasn't like she would have had to make a special trip or anything.

Yeah, my mail person folded my 70$ lab book for anatomy and made it fit in my box. I was good and ill. Even now my book doesn't lay flat.

And while I am on the subject of mail...

Why does an ebay seller tell you the item has been shipped, give you a confirmation #, and then when you go to track it, it says:

The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on 1/12/2009 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date.

Just because you tell the post office you are going to ship the item, does not mean that it has been shipped. And then why wait and ship the package a week after you tell the post office that you are going to ship it?

Sorry for your troubles. We have a wonderful mail carrier. If we have something that wont fit they deliver to the house. If it even looks like rain they will put it in a plastic bag.

According to the USPS website:

Carrier Release for Uninsured Parcels
An uninsured parcel may not be left in an unprotected place, such as a porch or stairway, unless the addressee has filed a written order, or the mailer has endorsed the parcel "Carrier—Leave If No Response." The endorsement must appear directly below the return address as specified in 402.2.0 and 402.3.0.

Is your group mailbox owned and maintained by the USPS or is it owned and maintained by an HOA or Apartment? If it is the former, then the USPS need to provide for parcel boxes. If it is the latter, the HOA or the Apartment is responsible.

Apartment house mail receptacles must be approved by the USPS. The purchase, installation, maintenance, and replacement of mail receptacles, boxes, or parcel lockers are not the responsibility of the USPS except for neighborhood delivery and collection boxes and parcel lockers authorized by the USPS to be owned and maintained by the USPS.

We also have community boxes but we also have 8 parcel boxes, so if something is too big for the mailbox, it goes there. My problem is our mail carrier all too often puts mail in the wrong box. And some of the folks here in the park see that the mail they got isn't there and they throw it away....or keep it, depending on what it is. I mean, it isn't that hard to put the mail into the outgoing mailbox or..god forbid..deliver it themselves. The park isn't that big.

Our mail carrier also delivers mail to the homes of people who are not able to pick it up themselves.....not leave it on their car. Seems to me if it's undeliverable, they should take it back to the PO with them and leave you a note in your mailbox to pick it up. That's what they used to do.

Sorry about that. We have a terrible mail person as well. At a minimum of one time per week, we get the wrong mail. And we regularly miss mail. So I guess people get ours and just decide not to forward it on.

DH and I met a retired postal worker and he told us that once a person complains, the USPS is supposed to notify the carrier of that and something special (can't recall the term) is placed on your address to make the mail person aware of your previous problems. They never did that when we complained as it has just gotten worse.

Also, I found out that the postal worker knows a few of the people in this neighborhood and has discussed mail with people. For example, on couple's son was in prison and he told someone that they got mail from the prison. Also, he has discussed the number of international mailings that a house was getting, when there was rumors of them possibly dealing drugs.