Rain, Sleet, Snow or Hail...but don't MAKE me get out of my truck!

Ok, so I promised a good rant. The other day I received a letter from my mail carrier letting me know that I was blocking my mailbox when they drove by and that would result in no mail next time. I was going to blow it off, but then I couldn't sleep so I decided to write a letter. This one was actually tame compared to the one that I wanted to leave in our mailbox for the carrier personally. I've probably ensured no more mail deliveries, but I feel good about it. Here's the letter...

I received a letter a couple of days ago about blocking my mailbox with a promise to stop delivery if it happened again.

I live in an area that is still being developed. Builders are currently building a new house next to us, and there are numerous contractors that come and go all day. I would love to know just how your company would like me to police the comming and goings of those people. I cannot set on my sidewalk all day and make people move, not to mention that I am not at home when the mail is being delivered on most days. Plus, these people love to pretend they don't speak English when you ask them to do something. I would also like to add, since the letter so beautiful explained that I was breaking the law, that the police are not interested in ticketing cars that have not been left unattened for days. So I cannot even call the police on the construction workers if I wanted to.

It surprises me that the mail carrier didn't notice all of the construction and the obvious work trucks and come to the conclusion that it is not the homeowners fault that their mailbox isn't easy to get to occasionaly. Maybe, just maybe...they could extend some common courtesy or more important customer service, and stop the truck for two seconds while they make the 3ft. hike to our mailbox to deliver the mail. As they are driving the rest of their route, they can thank their lucky stars that they don't have to walk their routes as many postal workers in the metroplex and the rest of the nation do.

Considering the amount of mis-delivered mail over the past two years, you should be happy that we are simply walking the mail to each other instead of complaining and requesting mail carrier changes. I think that your mail carriers can make exceptions in their deliveries in areas that are still being built.

I didn't recieve any mail yesterday and I sincerely hope that it is because there wasn't any, but I'm doubtful.