I hope it was worth the wait and hassles... 
Mailbox repair (TN style)
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Baymule
Herd Master
It's Azomite, a volcanic rock dust of over 70 trace minerals. My pore-a$$ soil needs help!I hope it was worth the wait and hassles...
Bought 300 pounds of ryegrass seed today. 
Bruce
Herd Master
They aren't required to go beyond a certain distance from the mailbox to the house. If your driveway is 1/2 mile long, I think that is well beyond the max they have to do (I'll ask).
All those "up to the house" trips take time. Lots of routes are already evaluated at 8+ hours. That would be based on when they do the mail count, how much mail comes in during that period, including the number of packages that have to be taken up to a house. A friend of mine in WI started working as a relief carrier (officially called a Rural Carrier Associate) a few months ago. There are so many packages (and it isn't anywhere NEAR Christmas) she isn't sure if she is working for USPS or UPS.
Maybe your carrier thinks they are doing you a favor, saving you a trip to the PO.
greybeard
Herd Master
Drive way is 1300'+ ft long, but the nearest mailboxes are in a long grouping of about 15 mailboxes on a public county maintained road--everyone in this area. I have never expected USPS to deliver to my house, but when the package is so obviously too large to fit into any mailbox, why did it go on the truck to begin with instead of just delivering a yellow notice? Just leave it on top of the box to get stolen or rained on? Yeah--THAT, would save me a trip to the branch PO. 
And clearly marked "Please handle with care GLASS". Here it is-- Does this box look like it should fit or should be left out on top of a mailbox?
And clearly marked "Please handle with care GLASS". Here it is-- Does this box look like it should fit or should be left out on top of a mailbox?
I hope at the least that it wasn't broken... that would be like adding insult to injury...
Bruce
Herd Master
The answer was "1/2 mile round trip". And you can fill out a form that requests them to hold all packages that won't fit in the box rather than try to deliver them to the house. That way if you are home when they put the notice in the box (or you are tracking it and see that it was scanned as "arrived at PO"), you can pick it up at the PO before the carrier comes back.
Clearly in your case common sense would say they should be doing that without any request on your part.
Clearly in your case common sense would say they should be doing that without any request on your part.
greybeard
Herd Master
If that was in answer to my issue, the mail lady wouldn't have a clue how to get to my house or within 1/4 mile of it. My house or property is not visible from any county, local, or state road. They have always left the yellow notice in the mailbox instead of bringing a package out or trying to bring a 'notice' out to my house.
I live where the white arrow is pointing. You are looking down on 40-50ft tall pine trees of a federal National Forest. From the right end of the yellow line is where my property begins, and from that point, it's still 1/4 mile to my house. The only time I ever had to call the sheriff dept, dispatch called back 45 minutes later and ask me to drive out on the main highway, flag the officer down and lead them into my property--they couldn't find it--the mail person sure ain't going to be able to find it.
NH homesteader
Herd Master
Wow greybeard, I have a bit of property envy. What a cool spot!
Bruce
Herd Master
What NH said!
Has this "too big to stick in the box, lay it on top" happened often? If not I bet it was a new RCA who had NO idea that not only were the mailboxes nowhere near your driveway but your house is nowhere near the road either. I would go fill out that form at the PO. They will mark it on the case so when people are covering for the regular carrier (who does know they aren't ever going to bring a package to your house even if they DID know how to get there) they won't even think about putting it in their vehicle. Believe me, they really don't want anything in there that will still be there when they get back to the PO. Lots of them have to swing back past the PO to get a second load because it won't all fit, especially when there are a lot of packages.
For grins and giggles, go here and see just how weird the routes are. One reason it happens is because streets are added but the route that the new road is off is already "full" so they add the street to a less full route.
https://eddm.usps.com/eddm/customer/routeSearch.action
For example I "went" to Texas and found 75835 (Crockett). Move your mouse over the map and all the address locations on that route turn purple. If you put your mouse over the road on the left side of the "balloon" you will see that the carrier for that route has to deliver both NW and SE. If you click on any of them, they all turn blue and "stick" when you move the mouse. You may note that there is a road in 75884 that is on the same route.
Has this "too big to stick in the box, lay it on top" happened often? If not I bet it was a new RCA who had NO idea that not only were the mailboxes nowhere near your driveway but your house is nowhere near the road either. I would go fill out that form at the PO. They will mark it on the case so when people are covering for the regular carrier (who does know they aren't ever going to bring a package to your house even if they DID know how to get there) they won't even think about putting it in their vehicle. Believe me, they really don't want anything in there that will still be there when they get back to the PO. Lots of them have to swing back past the PO to get a second load because it won't all fit, especially when there are a lot of packages.
For grins and giggles, go here and see just how weird the routes are. One reason it happens is because streets are added but the route that the new road is off is already "full" so they add the street to a less full route.
https://eddm.usps.com/eddm/customer/routeSearch.action
For example I "went" to Texas and found 75835 (Crockett). Move your mouse over the map and all the address locations on that route turn purple. If you put your mouse over the road on the left side of the "balloon" you will see that the carrier for that route has to deliver both NW and SE. If you click on any of them, they all turn blue and "stick" when you move the mouse. You may note that there is a road in 75884 that is on the same route.
misfitmorgan
Herd Master
The driver on my route has 444 delivery addresses....which doesnt seem like much really. My carrier from my old address has 702 and the one before that 568. All rural routes. Neat website anyhow
