Originally Posted By: ViragoBry
When I was a kid, I remember our postal carrier parking her Jeep at the corner of our street and walking the mail to each house. When she ran out, she'd go refill and keep walking.
G*d forbid one of these fat @ss current-day carriers step outside their truck for any reason. My mail carrier weighs at least 400lbs and I cringe when he actually has to get out and bring something to the front door. He looks like a 5-foot tall Weeble. But to avoid that, he's been known to cram boxes in my mailbox so tighly that I have to use forceps to extract them. I've grown very tired of the inefficiencies, slow and discourteous service and the 'couldn't care less' attitude of every postal employee I encounter. The ones behind the counter at the post office are THE WORST. I've stopped using them altogether and rather take a beating than set foot in a post office. I pay my bills online and ship everything possible via Fedex. Most of the time, the only thing in my mailbox is grocery store ads and other junk. The less they deliver to me, and the less business I give them, the happier I am.
At least back in San Diego, our carriers were not allowed to leave the trucks unattended during their shifts for the risk of mail theft....so it was driving up to each house instead of parking and walking.
