5/9/2018 LEXINGTON, N.C. — A mail delivery nightmare has a few homeowners on Becks Church Road like Kristen Gallagher upset.
The United States Postal Service carrier is passing by her house.
Gallagher and her husband moved into their house in early November. She says the mailbox was already at the top of their circular driveway.
“It’s been there seven years according to the neighbors and previous owners,” she said.
Gallagher says the mail was being delivered to her mailbox near her home until it stopped on Feb. 27. That’s when she got a warning to move her mailbox across the street.
She feels the move is not necessary since it’s not a requirement, only a request according to the Post Operations Manual.
Source: Lexington homeowners upset over mailbox placement demands | myfox8.com
It is nice to see that the Post Office accomodated the previous resident who had documented challenges. The new residents should just suck it up and relocate the mail box in keeping with the whole neighborhood. What is the delivery person to do if a visitor is parked in the driveway at the front walk, blocking both the driveway and mailbox? One the other hand, I like the new homeowner’s thinking. Maybe I’ll buy a used car with a Handicapped Parking plate to use the handicapped parking spots.
Mail service is a courtesy. The United States Postal Service does not receive a dime of tax payers money, so this is a courtesy to customers. Therefore, customers should do their part to make it efficient for mail carriers especially since they deliver to hundreds of mailboxes per day through rain, snow, sleet and hail.
It is not a courtesy. USPS is legally obligated by law to serve everyone.
you must be in management.
The reason the mailbox was moved to the driveway is because the previous owner had a hardship. However, once that owner moves the box is required to be moved to the curbside. Mail carriers deliver to several hundred mailboxes a day. In order for it to be efficient and safe, it is necessary for mailboxes to be on the street. Since the person with the hardship no longer lives there the mailbox should be moved back to the street.
It is nice to see some people have real problems in this world.
In a day and age when we should be providing the absolute best service we can, postal mgmt. has chosen to provide the opposite, still believing that people need us somehow.
Idiots.
Sounds like the former home owner had a hardship delivery. I do not know what the
current policy is. The old policy only applied to customers who had Doctor slips
informing the USPS that the customer had health problems making them unable to
pickup mail in the normal line of delivery.
More to come. The Postal service hates Postal residents as much as they hate their employees. Next the Postal Service will discipline the residents. Down the road the homeowners will be required to scan their mail. And as for window service, it will become slower. Robots are going to replace the human clerks. They will be programed to run slow.
Dear Lexington Postal Customers;
We have received your concerns. Tough. We don’t care. Your service complaints are not part of our bonus configuration.
Signed,
Postal Mgmt.
Nope….. according to regulations. When a new resident moves in, and the mailbox was out of line according to the carriers delivery route. The new residents can be made to move the mailbox.