So we have a lazy and rude mailman.
Yeah, shocker.
In any case, I order a small item off Amazon. Small enough to fit in the mailbox. It was to be delivered last Friday. Not 5 days ago, 12 days ago.
The delivery driver claimed that the mailbox was blocked and couldn't deliver.
Ok, we probably had a visitor in the middle of the day that parked near the mailbox. (We don't park there and no one actually "blocks" the mailbox.) According to the local post office, if they have to back up after delivering the mail, then the mailbox is "blocked." (I keep forgetting to ask what keeps them from stepping their lazy.... selves out of the truck to take two steps to deliver it, but I digress.)
Ok, so lazy mailman refuses to deliver when it's a slight inconvenience. Whatever, we can wait till the next day.
OH, now the lazy mailman claims that since our mailbox is "blocked" "ALL the time" the Post Office will not redeliver items that are blocked from delivery. I have to go pick them up.
NOW you have my attention. I try calling the Post Office and of course get put on hold for 45 minutes and then get disconnected once they "answer."
I call Amazon, who gets me talking with a USPS employee in 5 minutes. They apologize and state they will look into the matter and that the local office will contact me. They, of course, don't. So I put in yet another complaint.
FINALLY the manager contacts me and says the delivery driver claims our mailbox is blocked 3-4 times a week. (That's not possible, but I roll with it.) I state that my family is clearly not the culprits here (he concedes that) and that everyone who is parked there is parked completely legally. How can they deny mail delivery for someone who has no power over people legally parking.
He hems and haws and agrees his deliverer will redeliver. (This was on Saturday.)
No package Monday. Maybe it didn't get into the delivery bag. No package yesterday. Ok, now I'm calling. Manager gets on the phone and says the driver says that the mailbox was blocked again. Now I'm seeing red.
We've been locked down for a week. NO ONE is visiting us or anyone else on this block. NO ONE is parking at our house. The ONLY possible cause of "blocking" were the Trash Cans on Monday that I make a point of positioning 6 or more feet away from the mailbox. I'm not sure how that can be "blocking" the delivery.
Because I'm not one to express anger through shouting, I simply call the driver a liar. The manager agreed that the driver will have to call him every time he claims the mailbox is blocked so he can confirm it is blocked. (And I still haven't remembered to ask what, exactly, keeps them from taking 2 steps out of their truck).
So MAYBE we'll get the package tomorrow. But we appear to be stuck with a terrible mailman for some time.