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Originally Posted by rubberneck
My mailwoman won't deliver mail if she has to get out of her truck. On occasion the garbageman will throw the empty garbage can in front of the mailbox making it impossible for the postal carrier to pull right up to the mail box, on the days that happens I don't get my mail.
When I asked her why she said it was in her union contract. I called the postmaster to complain and he confirmed that it is in their contract that mounted routes don't have to get out of their truck unless they have an item that requires a signature. He also told me that they are not allowed to back up either so if they can pull into deliver the mail but there isn't enough space to pull out straight ahead they won't deliver either. With that sort of approach to doing their job I am not surprised that they are bloated and inefficient.
Almost all of my bills and statements are done online and any package that I need to be shipped goes UPS or Fedex. I think I buy one roll of stamps every six months or so at this point. If I could I'd stop using them altogether.
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That contract is absolutely sad. It's also one of the reasons why they are hurting so bad. Like many others, I have just about completely quit using them for anything except a letter or two. They will just continue to fall deeper into debt IMO. Last month they shut one of our offices down and the mail has already began to fall way behind, not to mention, 50% of the mail I receive is not mine.