Damn Anti-Social Mailman

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JoeKing

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So the old mailman that used to cover our route retired a few months ago. Really good guy, very friendly, even had a pretty good idea what packages were valuable and what was safe to leave on the doorstep. Always gave him a christmas bonus :thumbsup:

But this new guy that replaced him has to be the most anti-social mailman ever.

Just now I went to pickup the mail at the communal mailbox (hate these things have to walk a block just to get the mail). So I reach the box and am grabbing the mail when the mailman pulls up in his car to deliever. I start taking my time, going as slow as possible so that I can pickup todays batch as well and maybe save myself a walk in the hot CA sun.
I'm doing this for a good 2 mins when I begin to wonder when the hell is he going to get out of his car and begin delievering. I look up and he's just sitting there waiting and watching me. WTF?! I wave at him, he nods his head and looks away. WTF WTF?! :| As soon as I walkaway he gets out and begins delievery SOBBBQ :|

I also get a quite a few packages delieverd to me via usps. The thing is, ever since this new guy started working I've had to pickup every single package myself from the post office. I loathe the yellow "Sorry we missed you" notes. I'm usually around the house when this happens! I'll leave my garage door open with my car in it to show that someone is home, I'll even have the TV going in the living room. And even though I'm usually in the back room working, I can hear the doorbell and when someone knocks. But not with this fvcktard.

Once I was actually sitting in the living room watching some TV when I thought I heard THE most subtle of knocks on the door. It was so light I wasn't not sure if someone actually knocked so I wait for the second knock, nothing. I get up and check anyway and as I open the door I see the mail car pulling out with yup you guessed it another "Sorry we missed you" note on the door :| $hitfvck!

I've already talked about this to one of the girls at the post office, but nothing has changed. They pretty much know me there by now because I've got to pick up my packages so often.
 
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Mr N8

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I thinks its a violation of the Postal Worker code to be anti-social. My mailman is a cool guy. He always says hi, and asks how my wife and I are doing. Once, I caught him leafing through a Victoria's Secret catalog, and he just laughed. Told me it was the best part of his day, so far.
 
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PanzerIV

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Hell, my mailman saw me checking out my air conditioning unit a few weeks ago and came over to see if he could help me fix a problem with it. I thought that was pretty cool.
 
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tami

Lifer
Nov 14, 2004
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definitely sounds like a violation of some sort, and it also sounds like he has some personality disorder. call the post office and speak to a manager. you can even call early in the morning (before 9am) and ask to speak to the mailman himself. it will probably make him wet his pants, but do it. tell him off over the phone (you don't have to identify yourself, i'm pretty sure -- in fact, you can say that you're sending mail TO a particular address instead of saying you actually reside there -- just to get him on the phone).

i've previously done this as part of a former job and it's VERY easy. i've never been turned away from a mailman as long as i call when they're at the office (which is usually around 8:30am-8:40am)
 
brigden

brigden

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Dec 22, 2002
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You sound more anti-social than your mailman. Just talk to the guy from chrissakes.
 
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JoeKing

Lifer
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Originally posted by: brigden
You sound more anti-social than your mailman. Just talk to the guy from chrissakes.
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that's the thing, I've never had a chance to talk to the guy!

I was hoping to have a chat at the mailbox today, but he never got out of the car.
 
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My old mailman was very similar. He had this technique where he would fill out the 'Sorry We missed you' slip ahead of time. He would come up to my door, knock lightly, shove the slip through the mail slot and then sprint away from my front door so that he would be nowhere in sight by the time I answered the door. I hated him with a passion.
 
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sapiens74

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Get a 200 pound Rottweiler named Lucipher and let him loose in the front yard

Then he would really look forward to coming to your house
 
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PhlashFoto

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Jun 21, 2003
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Joe, give him a copy of Theme Hospital. :p HA


BTW, now you have me hooked on the game again, can't stop playing it. :D
 
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TheShiz

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Oct 9, 1999
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leave a note on your door that says it is ok to leave packages. also, don't blame him for waiting for you to leave the communal mailbox, how is he suppose to know who you are.
 
Nebor

Nebor

Lifer
Jun 24, 2003
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Put an envelope in your mail box that says "ANTHRAX" in big bold letters. Address it to the President of the United States. Actually, put it in someone elses mailbox, that way you can come back and post about the hilarity that ensues.
 
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imported_LoKe

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I remember last time I went to the mailbox and the guy was just getting out of his truck. I asked if I could just grab the mail rather that having him put it in, lock it, then getting it myself.

Sufficent to say, he said no. I had proper ID and everything, was sitting there holding my key. -,-
 
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imported_Lucifer

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Originally posted by: sapiens74
Get a 200 pound Rottweiler named Lucipher and let him loose in the front yard

Then he would really look forward to coming to your house
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You know, that can be arranged. ;)
 
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nutxo

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May 20, 2001
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Maybe hes painfully shy?

My mailman is a pain in the ass. He always wants to talk. I set my sprinklers up to get him wet and keep setting my dogs loose on him.

Persistent bastard keeps coming back.
 
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Dessert Tears

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When I was in school, a mailman would consistently use my fraternity's facilities. The problem was that he did not deliver our mail. We would typically get a daily delivery via walking route, and a mail basket if it was a heavy day, neither of which he was responsible for. He would drive up in his green minivan, walk in our front door, and go down the hall to the bathroom. He wasn't like clockwork, but he was pretty regular at mid-afternoon during the summers.

One summer, he used the facilities, went into our kitchen for a glass of water, sat on one of our commons couches, removed his shoes, and took a nap! When he woke up, he was politely told that this was inappropriate behavior, which kept him away for a week or two. I'm not sure if it was the same summer, but once a mailman we had never seen before came in and beelined it for the bathroom - he had told a friend! One week he must have been having digestive problems; that wasn't so good.

We got his plate number and joked about having a van's worth of frat boys eat Taco Bell or habanero chili and carpet-bomb his personal toilet into oblivion. He did have a hand in sorting our mail, so we decided against it.
 
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JoeKing

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Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: LoKe
I remember last time I went to the mailbox and the guy was just getting out of his truck. I asked if I could just grab the mail rather that having him put it in, lock it, then getting it myself.

Sufficent to say, he said no. I had proper ID and everything, was sitting there holding my key. -,-
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The old mailman was the same and I realized it was policy, so while he was putting the mail into the boxes I would just have my box open on the other end and he would pass me my mail through the box :D

I mean I was going through my bloody box for pete's sake! This new mailman sucks ass.
 
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JoeKing

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: ELopes580
Joe, give him a copy of Theme Hospital. :p HA


BTW, now you have me hooked on the game again, can't stop playing it. :D
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glad you're enjoying, it's definatly one of my all time favorite games.
 
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