nice mailman???
By ANTIQUELADY
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
United States
April 17, 2009 2:33pm CST
i have always had the nicest mailman, does a good job, friendly, etc. i always give my neighbor the local paper that comes twice a week. this morning i walked down to put a letter in the box for the mailman to pick up. he's always real good to do that to even if u don't have any mail. i took the newspaper & put it in my neighbor's mailbox. she was already gone to work. since i have trouble walking sometime i thought it would be easier on me to do that. i have done it before but guess not before the mail had run. he took the paper out of the box & threw it on the ground. i thought that was real tacky of him. what do y'all think? is there some rule he can't put mail in the box if there is already something in it? maybe he got up on the wrong side of the bed this mourning. whatcha' think?
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15 responses
@TnWoman (1895)
• United States
17 Apr 09
hello antiquelady
shame on your mailman for doing that! and i have had days where that i haven't felt good as well and didn't check my mail for a day or two and seems to me like they have always put something in the mailbox when that i would already have mail in it. and what that the mailman did by throwing the newspaper on the ground like that, isn't that called littering? lol right? maybe you had a substitute mailman today. lol
take care and have a beautiful afternoon.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
17 Apr 09
thanks for your response. it was my usual carrier & he usually is real nice. must have been having a bad day but if he was i think it was still uncalled for him to act that way. i have also failed to get my mail before & he has kept adding to it. u are right!!!! he was littering. lol.
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
17 Apr 09
It depends on how much mail there is. The mail box is for mail not for the newspaper. I would have just put it on her steps or wait until she came home and then brought the newspaper over to her. But here the mailman will just slip the letters in because there is usually a newspaper or two in the mailbox. And if your neighbor already had a part underneath for newspapers, you could have put it there.
I guess things are a bit different in the States. They must have rules that mailboxes are for mail only.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
17 Apr 09
first of all let me say that we have some smart people in the states. we do know what a mailbox is for, we know that if there is a place to put newspapers under the box that u put them there. the reason i put the paper in the mailbox was because i was trying to save myself some steps, i don't walk real well due to some medical conditions. things are alot different here i'm sure. sure am glad i'm here, god bless the u.s.a.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
17 Apr 09
thank you ma'am. i sure want to be legal. lol. i thought it was rude to. thanks for your response.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
17 Apr 09
I think that it was unkind but if this behaviour is different from how he usually acts then probably something had upset him.
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@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
17 Apr 09
Although it was not supposed to be put in the mailbox, I do think he could have found a better way to dispose of the paper.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
17 Apr 09
i guess so. i was quite surprised at him doing that. we all have our bad days but i try not to be tacky w/other folks[ unless they are tacky w/me,lol]. thanks for your response.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
23 Apr 09
hi suzzy, thanks for your response. i have found out from responses that i should have not put the paper in her box. it's againist the law to do that. glad they didn't catch me. lol
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
25 Apr 09
i like to learn new things to. they said it was a felony to do that. omg, that's all i need. my sons would be so proud of me i'm sure. lol.
@anniefannie (1737)
• United States
18 Apr 09
No I don't think it a rule to put mail in on top of other mail put the paper is something else.You are not surpose to put anthing in mail box unless it comes thhrew the mail.That is what I have been told.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Apr 09
guess i learned that today. i still think he was tacky.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Apr 09
was just trying to be a nice neighbor & trying to save me some steps. he must have been having a bad hair day or some kind of bad day. thanks for responding. have a happy sat.
@albert2412 (1782)
• United States
19 Apr 09
Yes, there is a US Postal Service rule against putting anything in the mailbox that does not have postage on it. I worked for the Postal Service for over 30 years and very often we would call people up who had put their fliers into people's mail boxes. Please do not blame your carrier for this matter. It might have been your mail carrier's supervisor who pulled the newspaper out of your neighbor's mail box. Very often they follow their carriers around and check up on them.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
19 Apr 09
thanks for responding & giving me an insight on the job. all jobs have rules. i didn't mean to be breaking a rule bit thought it was tacky for him to throw the paper on the ground like that. i still do. lol.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
19 Apr 09
guess we all do that sometimes. accordingly to all my response u aren't suppose to put anything like that in thwe box, i'll just wait till he runs next time & then put it in there. lol. thanks for responding. have a happy sunday.
@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Well, since you said that he is friendly I would say that he got up on the wrong side of the bed. Maybe he was having a off day. I think it was tacky what he did with the paper. I don't think there is anything that says that he can't put the mail in the box if there is already something in there. Just chuck it up to him being in a bad mood.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Apr 09
thanks for your response. i thought he was tacky to but guess we all have out tacky days. lol.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
5 Mar 11
i WOULD HAVE IF I HADN'T BEEN IN THE WRONG. I thought it was tacky to. Thanks for responding.
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
23 Apr 09
Hahaa - it sounds as if the mailman wasn't feeling his best! Maybe his wife burnt his bacon or something. You're lucky your mailman picks up letters, too - they don't do that in Australia, we have to take them to the post office or mailbox ourselves.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
23 Apr 09
thanks for responding. from the reponses i got u are not suppose to put anything in your box but mail oh well, i learned something anyway.yes, it is nice they will pick u your mail. it is not nice to throw things on the ground. lol. have a good one.
@Humbug25 (12540)
•
21 Apr 09
Hi ANTIQUELADY
I think he was a bit out of order but then how would he have go the mail in the letterbox otherwise? I guess he could have put it back after he had posted the mail! At least in the States your mailman takes your mail from your mailbox and mails it for you in the UK we have to take it to the mailboxes ourselves!!
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
21 Apr 09
we have big ol' boxes there was plenty of room for both but i have been told it's againist the law to put anything but mail in the box. yes, they do pick up our mail which is a good thing. thanks for your response.
@harmonee (1228)
• United States
18 Apr 09
I'm not sure if there is a rule or law or something, but it seems to me that a mailbox like that is your property. I would understand if it was full and he couldn't make his delivery fit, but he could have been much more courteous about his problem. A note would have worked well. I kind of miss the fact that mailmen don't have to go to the individual houses or boxes all the time anymore. Our neighborhood has the bix metal shared boxes that 20 houses use. I can't say I've ever even seen our mailman.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
19 Apr 09
thanks for your response, haromonee. from what everybody says u are not suppose to put anything but mail in your box. i had put her paper in there before guess it was after he ran. i see mine most everyday go by. he has always been so nice i was disappointed in him acting that way. have a happy night.
@aisaellis22 (6445)
• United States
18 Apr 09
Hello antiquelady! Personally, we don't have a mailbox at home.
I watched the movie "Air Bud" and that I noticed that the newspaper man just throw all the newspaper on the ground so I guess that's what the mailman did especially maybe there are no enough space for the mails.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
18 Apr 09
yes, they do throw the papers out like that. i read my local paper then i give it to my neighbor to read. it was just easier for me to put it in her box. my bad,i guess.
