they don't care - they don't have to .. and therein lies the crux
Posted on 08/18/2013 6:02:49 PM PDT by rickmichaels
WINNIPEG -- Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays the carrier from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
But if your stairs are two inches too high, forget about it.
That's what Peter Marino, 75, was told last week when his Canada Post carrier filed a complaint that one of the front steps to the Marino home was too high.
A Canada Post inspector, unbeknownst to Marino and his wife Phyllis, came to the home and measured the stair and found that it was 14 inches -- two inches more than what Canada Post deems accessible.
Marino said the carrier servicing their home is new to the area and he fails to see how it's suddenly an issue after living in the home without a problem for 32 years.
"This guy comes along and he can't do his job? Then he shouldn't be delivering mail," Marino said. "I get frustrated, yes. Of course you get mad.
"You've lived all your life here and everything is normal and all of a sudden this guy comes out of nowhere and you start changing the rules. It's terrible."
The result? Marino stopped getting his mail. What's more, he wasn't even told his mail was going undelivered until he made a trip on his own to a depot after three days of not getting anything in his mailbox.
"They suspended our mail for two, three days without telling us, so this is not justice," Marino said. "Then they say I'm wrong on everything."
Marino did move his mailbox to the side of his house, which should have aided the carrier while being a nuisance for the elderly couple. Peter Marino has had knee surgery and a bypass.
But when Marino told the carrier he no longer wanted him crossing his lawn, the carrier phoned police and said Marino physically threatened him.
"He said, 'I'm phoning the police,' and I said 'Phone who you want, I don't care'," Marino said. "He said I threatened him with a baseball bat. I don't even own a baseball bat. I never said that."
Winnipeg police confirmed they were looking into an incident but declined to go into detail. A Canada Post spokesman in Ottawa said carriers' safety is always the foremost concern.
Marino was told he would have to apologize to Canada Post.
They might not want to hold their breath waiting for that.
"I've been receiving my mail normally for 32 years, why should I apologize for anything?" he said. "They should apologize to me that they made me move my mailbox because they put a new mailman there."
Neither, sloth, lethargy, nor indifference will keep them from completing some of their appointed rounds.
Well, obviously the mailman is a jerk.
But, even though he’s right, the homeowner is only making it hard on himself arguing with this jerk. What’s the point? As the old saying goes, you can’t fight city hall.
Leastwise, not unless you want to spend your whole life doing it.
I live at the top of a blind hill, and people drive down my road at 50-60 mph — well above the posted 45 mph. My mail box is across the road from my house. Since my knee surgery, I cannot cross the road before a speeding car comes over the top of the hill. There is no time for the driver to stop.
Half my road gets their mail on my side of the road and half gets their mail across the road like I do. I’ve begged the PO to allow me to move my box to my own side of the road, but they won’t allow it. It would interrupt their planned route. I said that they could turn around in my circular drive (same idea as the cul de sac next door where they deliver on both sides of the road) but they refuse.
For now, my husband gets the mail. What happens when his knees go?
I suppose that I’ll have to rent a box in town.
they don't care - they don't have to .. and therein lies the crux
I thought it said “Potsie” and was wondering what “Happy Days” had to do with it.
That reminds me of a ‘70s era Saturday Night Live! skit.
The tagline was “We don’t care. We don’t have to. We’re the phone company.”
Geee!
Give the post to Yukon King (Sgt. Frank Preston’s lead sled dog).
A crappy 2 inches on a step would never stop King!
Oops, sorry. I meant to say the SNL skit was lampooning AT&T.
I had it in the first couple of reply tries that failed. FR seems to be experiencing technical difficulties.
Can't lift anything over 35 pounds. Can't work more than 2.7 hours without a coffee break. Promote only on seniority and not on performance which means a sad-sack loser will advance over a young buck who actually cares about his job. And on and on.
It's Soviet era socialism at its finest.
The post office is required to deliver to the door for handicapped people.
Step 1: Obtain a written statement from your doctor that lists both your medical condition(s) and the reason(s) why you require hardship delivery.
Step 2: Submit both your doctor’s written statement and a letter from you that also clearly cites why you need this type of delivery. The letters should be submitted together to your local post office.
Step 3: A decision will be made by your local post office if you are eligible for hardship delivery. Decisions are made on a “case-by-case” basis, according to the USPS.
To contact your local post office, call 800/275-8777, or visit www.usps.com and search using your zip code.
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