How Rude

[Alistair]

I have a very rude mailman. Last summer he knocked on my door to complain about a tree branch that he wanted me to cut. He walks through our yards instead of on the sidewalk and complained that a branch on my tree was hitting him in the face. I actually think he poisoned my crab apple trees to kill them so he wouldn’t have to walk around them. He told me he was glad they were gone when I cut them down on a Saturday. He complained in the past about Halloween decorations that he had to walk around. This winter he knocked and complained about snow on my sidewalk that I hadn't yet cleared when it was still snowing heavily. Again, he walks through the yards that are filled with snow. Today he knocked and complained that I hadn’t emptied my mailbox from yesterday. It only had 2 letters in it.

A couple of times I’ve gotten notices from Amazon that a package was delivered and I would get it 1or 2 days later from the mailman. I’ve also gotten emails that said my package couldn’t be delivered because of a hazard on my property. I’ll get it delivered in the next couple days.

Should I complain about him or would it only make his service worse? Have you experienced this with a service worker you couldn’t avoid? If it was a cashier or barista I wouldn’t do business with them both you can’t really do that with your mailman

 

[cabinfever]

I have had to go to the PO and complain to the Postmaster 3 times now. The PO cannot find employees - mostly carriers. At home the lady puts my mail in other people's boxes and at work it is insane. I get a pile of mail at least once a week for everyone around me and nothing for me. I bring it to the places it is supposed to go but it wasn't until last week one of them brought my mail to me.

The thing is - it fucks up my whole "system". My system is simple - I pay my bills five minutes after I get them and send them the same day I get it. I pay my credit card bills in full so I don't have to pay any interest or think about bills because they are always paid immediately - UNTIL the damn postmen/women started fucking up the mail. The nice thing for years - I don't ever think about bills except for the five minutes it takes me to write a check and put a stamp on it so now I wonder if I got them all or not which is a new thing for me. So far I have had two late notices - I never got the damn bill. I had to call them and explain and they removed the late notice as they can see I always pay the same day I get the bill.

 

[Ludlow]

Well, you don't seem like the type who's backward in coming forward, as they say. Next time he runs his mouth off about something just lay it all out and give him as good as you get. Just don't get all "Big Willie Style" on him... that would be taking things too far.

 

[bedbugy]

why dont you get a p o box a win win

 

[Kahaih]

Hedge roses.

Robinhood blooms all summer and the hips are bright red all winter. Thorns big and tough enough to deflesh a bison.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Just say the word and I'll slash his tires boo. You know yo bij don't play.

 

[Peloso]

two words: bear trap

 

[Rickrock]

Although we have gotten mail for the same address number but the next street every so often, I said something to a mailman one day, who was not our regular mailman on our route, and it may have stopped for now. I don't know what to tell you except bedbugy's suggestion about a P.O. Box may be a workable solution. Our mailman doesn't get out of his truck because our street has mailboxes at the curb.

 

[gsdx]

"Neither rain nor snow nor sleet nor hail nor gloom of... Fuck! That! Shit!"

 

[rareboy]

You should explain the rules to him.

Don't cut across the yard. Stay on the sidewalk.

And if he fucks around with your mail, you will be filing written complaints. And talk to your neighbours about this. If they are also having problems you can send a collective complaint.

We sent a written complaint to the mail service about our delivery person and even though it took another year or so, eventually after enough people complained, and she was protected by her union, they got rid of her.

 

[Vannie]

Wow.

Sounds like he should stay on the walkways,mind his own business and deliver the mail.

Maybe he is having some mental issues?

 

[HoodedRat]

I actually think he poisoned my crab apple trees to kill them so he wouldn’t have to walk around them.

He sounds like a total fucking psycho!

two words: bear trap

two more words: land mines

three more words: alligator-filled moat

 

[Peloso]

He sounds like a total fucking psycho!



two more words: land mines

three more words: alligator-filled moat

He reminds me of the Ricky Gervais' mailman in "After Life"

Also, how would Al even get his packages with a moat? That mailman doesn't sound like he has a strong arm.

And land mines would frighten the kitties. Can't have that!

 

[Cormac135]

Watch he doesn't go postal on you.

 

[Kahaih]

Could this have anything to do with the number of mail-order anal sex toys you receive annually?

 

[spooger]

I have never had issues with my postal delivery personnel. My post office personnel are polite and helpful.
Maybe this has more to do with where you live than just the personnel?
Some areas of the country are more congenial than other areas. Move to the South. People are more polite.
Diss on the South if you wish, but life is better here than most of the USA

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I came home early from work and saw four postal carriers sorting mail outside the mailroom, none of them spoke English.
For weeks afterwards, the apartment complex held a "mail swap day" where we would give misdelivered mail to the correct tenant.

It stopped being fun when my new driver's license disappeared.

 

[ShadowCat]

While I was growing up we had a phenomenal mailman he was a real cool dude would help neighbors in the community and it wasn't uncommon to see him helping any number of neighbors. As he was getting close to retirement they were constantly adding to his route and giving him increasingly difficult routes besides his main ones they were trying to force him out but he stuck it out and retired to a 100% no joke a coconut farm in hawaii!

 

[cabinfever]

I came home early from work and saw four postal carriers sorting mail outside the mailroom, none of them spoke English.
For weeks afterwards, the apartment complex held a "mail swap day" where we would give misdelivered mail to the correct tenant.

It stopped being fun when my new driver's license disappeared.

I wish we had one of those mail swap days. I had to go to the DMV in person and stand in line over an hour to ask what happened to my registration and new tags. They sent them of course - wish whoever got them would have given them back to the PO or me.

 

[voltronforce]

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