Mail truck broke down?

[Chris142]

Wife called me yesterday about 2p to tell me to get the mail from our mailbox ( box is a mile from the house) because at that time the little square box they deliver mail with was blocking our mailbox.

About 5:30p I got there and it was still there . Flashers on and nobody around.

This morning @7:10a I passed by and it's still there. There is mail in it. They always pile it up by the windshield . The battery is weak now as the flashers are barely flashing.

Seems odd to leave it out on a road with mail in it all night long. Even more so since the local tow companies would jump on that tow and charge $1000± per hour plus storage or more to deal with it.

 

[Pablo]

The desert.

 

[Chris142]

The desert.

Exactly! Some tweaker may drag it home to cut it up for scrap

 

[Kira]

Did you alert anyone?

 

[slo town]

Did you alert anyone?

Good question.

Scott

 

[slacktide_bitog]

call your local post office (the one for your zip code) or 1-800-USPS-OIG

 

[Owen Lucas]

Jump it and finish delivering the mail.

 

[Hall]

Did you alert anyone?

He posted about it on BITOG

 

[bdcardinal]

Jump it and finish delivering the mail.

That would be a fun GTA V mission.

 

[Tdbo]

My first question would be is it a true postal vehicle, or a personal vehicle owned by an independent contractor?
My next question would be where is the postman?
Is it a breakdown? A medical emergency? A case of foul play?
If I saw that (especially the next morning,) I'd dial 911.

 

[02SE]

It's California, and the USPS. Incompetence all the way around.

 

[WeyounDS9]

I know this is a bit off topic but...:
There was a cool book that featured a a guy in a broken down mailtruck trudging down the road to deliver the mail.
Not knowing a Major Asteriod had hit the earth and knocked out the grid ( which was the cause of the earthquake that kocked his truck into the ditch.
It wac alled Lucifers Hammer
(nothing to do with deviltry just the name people gave post apoc to
the asteroid)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucifer's_Hammer

 

[grasscutter]

The mail truck broke down in front of your mailbox? And then about a month ago a UPS truck broke down on your property?

Your address is the Bermuda Triangle for mail delivery.

 

[Pablo]

The mail truck broke down in front of your mailbox? And then about a month ago a UPS truck broke down on your property?

Your address is the Bermuda Triangle for mail delivery.

The desert

 

[D60]

The mail truck broke down in front of your mailbox? And then about a month ago a UPS truck broke down on your property?

Your address is the Bermuda Triangle for mail delivery.

Dude did you forget when some tweaker ran all the neighborhood boxes down and then they wouldn't deliver his mail because the box was too low?

I kept telling Chris to put on his big boy panties and borrow/beg a welder and go fix it, but he apparently didn't like my suggestion. Better to complain on BITOG it seems

 

[Chris142]

My first question would be is it a true postal vehicle, or a personal vehicle owned by an independent contractor?
My next question would be where is the postman?
Is it a breakdown? A medical emergency? A case of foul play?
If I saw that (especially the next morning,) I'd dial 911.

Its the square box he drives. Reported it this morning. One of these.

 

[Chris142]

Dude did you forget when some tweaker ran all the neighborhood boxes down and then they wouldn't deliver his mail because the box was too low?

I kept telling Chris to put on his big boy panties and borrow/beg a welder and go fix it, but he apparently didn't like my suggestion. Better to complain on BITOG it seems

I don't know the first thing about metal fabrication and my welding isnt much better. I tried to straighten the rack using the hydraulics on the rear of my tractor and it could not lift it back into place.

I then tried my hi- lift jack I carry around in my jeep and it just sheared its overload pin off.

I talked to the mail man and he pointed out the destroyed mailboxes that were not being used. So I put my box where one of those was.

 

[Kira]

It wac alled Lucifers Hammer

I recommend this book highly.
The characters deal with Earth being hit by an asteroid.
It could be the most down-to-Earth example of science fiction ever written.

Senator: What are the chances of it hitting Earth now?
Astronomer: 100 to 1.
Senator: Last week you said 1,000 to 1?
Astronomer: I know!

 

[The_Jeff]

I wonder if your mailman just "had it" with all the holiday stress and endless overtime and when his sucky little 1985 Chevy S10 in costume died he just walked into town, bought a beer, and watched the bar TV. With Normie.

 

[Pablo]

I believe that is how they caught the TIA idiots. Blowing shirt up in the...................wait for it:

DESERT!