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Mike CHS
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Living not far from the sound I know that isn't a good place to ride out a storm. 
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Mailbox repair (TN style)
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misfitmorgan
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Our carrier is a Nazi too...i hate her!!
We went thru all of fall and winter with issues. Notes saying they cant deliver parcels because "driveway to icey, driveway to muddy, driveway not cleared of snow, to much water in driveway" Which were all ridiculous because they have a truck and we were driving a little tiny saturn without any problem...i swear they were just lazy and didnt feel like bothering. Ironically the day they said the driveway was to icey the driveway had maybe 15% ice and the rest was frozen dirt and it isnt even a long driveway.
So then this spring we get a note that says our box is to low and to fix it and to get a new mailbox. Well no im not getting a new box, the snowplowed dinged ours up but it is a really nice solid old galvanized box. So i took it off the post after they stopped delivering our mail and painted it all up and DH put in a new post the proper height.
So then she started doing other shady stuff. Putting that my packages were delivered when they were not. Putting on the site that a note was left...that delivery was attempted. How it was attempted i have no clue because there was absolutely nothing wrong with the driveway those times and no signature required. BUT there was no note left..i looked all over for them and nothing...so i would have to run to the PO after work to pick up the package and the people at the PO were just a stumped as me and the best part 2 different times the "note" was in the mailbox the day after i went to the post and picked up the parcel.
I think she just likes to make things difficult for us because she doesnt like the property.
We went thru all of fall and winter with issues. Notes saying they cant deliver parcels because "driveway to icey, driveway to muddy, driveway not cleared of snow, to much water in driveway" Which were all ridiculous because they have a truck and we were driving a little tiny saturn without any problem...i swear they were just lazy and didnt feel like bothering. Ironically the day they said the driveway was to icey the driveway had maybe 15% ice and the rest was frozen dirt and it isnt even a long driveway.
So then this spring we get a note that says our box is to low and to fix it and to get a new mailbox. Well no im not getting a new box, the snowplowed dinged ours up but it is a really nice solid old galvanized box. So i took it off the post after they stopped delivering our mail and painted it all up and DH put in a new post the proper height.
So then she started doing other shady stuff. Putting that my packages were delivered when they were not. Putting on the site that a note was left...that delivery was attempted. How it was attempted i have no clue because there was absolutely nothing wrong with the driveway those times and no signature required. BUT there was no note left..i looked all over for them and nothing...so i would have to run to the PO after work to pick up the package and the people at the PO were just a stumped as me and the best part 2 different times the "note" was in the mailbox the day after i went to the post and picked up the parcel.
I think she just likes to make things difficult for us because she doesnt like the property.
NH homesteader
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@greybeard you just made my husband's day with that post. He's cracking up!
Bruce
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I will have to check with my wife on what recourse you might have, she is a post office clerk. She can ask her Postmaster or her carrier.
I have to believe there is some way to get your carrier turned around, or out. Yes they have a union but there are requirements on them as well as by them. The downside of the unions is there is no "pay for performance". The absolute best person in a "craft" who goes the extra 2 miles to provide really good service is paid the exact same (based on years of service) as one who is BARELY doing enough to stay employed.
Of course, in the case of rural carriers, they are paid by route evaluation plus mileage. But it is still the same to a point. The RCs are paid an hourly rate for the evaluation. Someone who has been with the PO for more years will make more on a given route, someone with fewer years will make less. I think
I'll have to check that too.
That was great @greybeard Too funny! When you buy the miscreant that beer, tell him/her next time to put a skunk in there! 
misfitmorgan
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I will have to check with my wife on what recourse you might have, she is a post office clerk. She can ask her Postmaster or her carrier.
I have to believe there is some way to get your carrier turned around, or out. Yes they have a union but there are requirements on them as well as by them. The downside of the unions is there is no "pay for performance". The absolute best person in a "craft" who goes the extra 2 miles to provide really good service is paid the exact same (based on years of service) as one who is BARELY doing enough to stay employed.
Of course, in the case of rural carriers, they are paid by route evaluation plus mileage. But it is still the same to a point. The RCs are paid an hourly rate for the evaluation. Someone who has been with the PO for more years will make more on a given route, someone with fewer years will make less. I think
I'm not sure we can actually do anything about her because how would we prove what she is doing?
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NH homesteader
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Yeah when our normal guy was out for surgery our Saturday person covered for him. All of the sudden we got mail like twice a week and never just had one thing in the box. I never could prove that she was keeping things in her jeep to avoid stopping but she came through oddly earlier than he does most days then occasionally would be an hour later than normal... Hmm...
misfitmorgan
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Ironically i think ours does that too i never thought about it but yeah we only get mail every 3-4 days usually and its never just 1 thing.
Baymule
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@greybeard (wiping tears) I am rolling here!! That was too funny!!
Bruce
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The carriers are tracked. They have to scan the packages when they deliver, or attempt to deliver. If they scan it in the PO, bad news. The Postmaster can see those scans - time and geo-location of WHERE the scan was done. If they brought it to your house, scanned it and brought it back to the PO they should have put the notice in your box or on the door right then.
The fact that the notices were in the box the next day isn't necessarily out of order. Some packages come into the PO after the carrier leaves so while you can see tracking that says it got to the PO, the carrier might not know anything about it until the next day.
If you are pretty sure your house is "deliverable" and you are getting notices saying it isn't, you can ask the Postmaster (or Supervisor if it is a big PO) to come out and do a site evaluation. Also, is the "truck" the carrier is using THEIR truck or one of the Post Offices "LLVs"? Wife also says the carriers' opinion is that the LLVs are notoriously bad on ice and snow, no 4WD, may or may not have snow tires. Thus, what you think is perfectly passable may not be for them.
Does the relief carrier always manage to deliver packages to the house?
In the end, if you are pretty darned sure the carrier is not doing their job, a discussion with the PM or Supervisor is in order.
