Originally Posted by hallstevenson
My favorite story - well, not a story, an actual occurrence - is when we had two packages coming from Amazon. We have a street-side mailbox and these wouldn't fit, meaning the mail lady has to bring them to our porch. I guess she didn't feel like getting out of her vehicle that day because she marked our mailbox as being blocked. Proper term she used was "Receptacle blocked". Did I see that on the online tracking ? Nope ! It was on a postcard that she put in our mailbox, along with some letters, flyers, etc.
I had pretty much the same thing happen with the USPS. Occasionally a neighbor will park in front of our mailbox, and the mail lady will leave nasty notes in the box about needing 50 feet each side of the mailbox for access. (50 feet?) She can't be bothered to stop next to the parked vehicle, and walk literally 5 - 6 feet to put the mail in the box. Our street is an older residential area about 2 blocks long, so there isn't a lot of traffic. When I called the Post Master to complain (she wasn't in conveniently) the lady on the phone told me it is a matter of safety for the carrier.
In my case she did instantly mark online "receptacle block." I had a small package coming that would easily fit in the box, so not only did she not deliver the package, but none of our other mail.
Funny thing is - she does the route 2 or 3 days a week, we have an older man that does it the rest of the time. Never have any trouble with the older man.