Clear the damn box...

[Aethian]

Are there a lot of people who leave their mail in their mailboxes? I just got new neighbors a few months ago. They get quite a bit of mail - and fun mail too: packages and obvious personal letters, not just junk mail and bills. But they don't empty their box for days sometimes! They work offset hours, but are both home everyday. Just seems odd to me to not check the mailbox every day, but maybe there are more like them and it's not so strange?

Ah yes the "green mailboxes" LoL.

Yes we have people where we know will only pick up the mail once a week to once every two weeks. It pisses some of us off when the people get enough mail to need to pick it up every couple days. It just doesn't seem to sink in when we finally pull the box and they have to come down to the PO to get their mail.

[bhskittykatt]

Yes we have people where we know will only pick up the mail once a week to once every two weeks. It pisses some of us off when the people get enough mail to need to pick it up every couple days. It just doesn't seem to sink in when we finally pull the box and they have to come down to the PO to get their mail.

I try to pick up the mail before it gets too bad, but I don't always succeed (I'll admit, I'm using a very loose definition of "try"). Sometimes I can tell the exact layer of mail where the postal worker just gave up and started stuffing it in there by the handfuls. I don't get mad at the crumpled mail though 'cause I know it's my own damn fault (or Hubby's...he's just as blameable, I think).

So yeah, I just suck at picking up the mail.

[crazylegs]

BTW not all of your posties walk. You most likely just have never seen their trucks because like my brothers and sisters...my cousins across the pond are practically invisible.

Mostly rural routes have vehicles, or the parcel arm of Royal Mail. Although as the UK doesn't have post boxes like the US the postie still has to get out to deliver the mail rather than as the US where they can stay in the van.

[Aethian]

Mostly rural routes have vehicles, or the parcel arm of Royal Mail. Although as the UK doesn't have post boxes like the US the postie still has to get out to deliver the mail rather than as the US where they can stay in the van.

We have lots of walking routes left in the US. It is most cost efficient to stay in the LLV tho. The vans you can't do mounted delivery in too easily.

[wolfie]

Mostly rural routes have vehicles, or the parcel arm of Royal Mail. Although as the UK doesn't have post boxes like the US the postie still has to get out to deliver the mail rather than as the US where they can stay in the van.

I noticed that the U.S. delivery vehicle was right-hand drive (so postie could just reach out the window to put letters in a rural mailbox). Since the British posties have to get out of the van anyway, I guess that means you don't need special left-hand drive vehicles.

[crazylegs]

Since the British posties have to get out of the van anyway, I guess that means you don't need special left-hand drive vehicles.

Yeah, Royal Mail use Car Derived Vans and Panel Vans, nothing as specialised as USPS.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

We have lots of walking routes left in the US. It is most cost efficient to stay in the LLV tho. The vans you can't do mounted delivery in too easily.

The way my neighborhood is our carrier has to walk it (on our block of the street alone we have 7 houses - 4 on my side and 3 on the opposite side.) I'm on a corner at a side road, the block ends at a major road and add to that that we don't have mailboxes that are positioned at the end of the walkway at the curb (ours was for a long time but we had to move it b/c of reckless drivers and pedestrian traffic causing damage) it's easier for the carrier to park the truck at the end of the block and walk to each house.

[Aethian]

it's easier for the carrier to park the truck at the end of the block and walk to each house.

For some things it is easier. But for others it's a lot more expensive in part of time it takes and risk of injury.

[tSubh Dearg]

In the rural parts of Ireland, the post is delivered by van but they still hop out to take it to the door. As these postal workers are one of the only points of contact for some farmers who live alone, they are being trained to recognise signs of depression or suicidal tendencies. Which I think is one of the few good things we with regard to mental health here.

In the cities & towns the post is delivered by bicycle. When I was young we used to meet the postman further down the road and ask if he had any mail for us because getting letters was so exciting!

[CrappyToHelp]

As these postal workers are one of the only points of contact for some farmers who live alone, they are being trained to recognise signs of depression or suicidal tendencies. Which I think is one of the few good things we with regard to mental health here.

That's actually really cool. Kudos to Ireland for that. (Also, how do you pronounce your user name?)

[dalesys]

.... (Also, how do you pronounce your user name?) (tSubh Dearg)

Considering that Saint Paddy was walloped upside the head considerable before developing the spelling of the Erse...

... pick any letters not in the name and use them.

[CrappyToHelp]

Considering that Saint Paddy was walloped upside the head considerable before developing the spelling of the Erse...

... pick any letters not in the name and use them.

So do you reckon Malcolm would be a reasonable guess?

[dalesys]

So do you reckon Malcolm would be a reasonable guess?

It *is* in the middle...

[tSubh Dearg]

That's actually really cool. Kudos to Ireland for that. (Also, how do you pronounce your user name?)

Suhv jahreg, it means red jam

[Jetfire]

I've never really watched our delivery (or rather my parent's delivery). It's done by car, and he doesn't get out, but I'm pretty sure it's still a normal North American vehicle (not right hand drive). So I guess he must just lean over at every box and load it up somehow.

With Canada Post getting out of Door to Door delivery, I suspect my parents will be getting a superbox eventually. Dad's been looking forward to it for years now, though he isn't sure where a box would be set up (lots of options, including 1 good one that just opened up due to a corner lot being developed)

My own condo has a SuperBox that is on the way from the road to my unit. Still I only usually check once a week or so; I don't get much mail otherwise, and most of it is just junk mail.