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My mailman keeps moving my trash can

26,675 2,340 August 13, 2012 at 08:21 AM in Help
I live at the dead end of a narrow lane. The garbage truck has to back down to get to me b/c there's no room for them to turn around.

I leave my trash out on Mondays. The can sits about six feet in front of my mailbox. There aren't a lot of other places to put it where I can still get into/out of my driveway + the garbagemen can still see the can. Any further up the lane and it blocks my neighbor's driveway. The other side of the lane is overgrown & the two times I've tried leaving it there, they either didn't see it or ignored it (either way it wasn't emptied).

My mailman is very lazy & doesn't like to get out of his truck. On multiple occasions he's rammed my trash can, knocking it over, dragging it around my driveway, etc. I know it's him but had no concrete proof until today.

I pointed my home security cameras out the window and watched as he rammed the trash can, shoving it back several feet. I'd left him a note in my mailbox asking him to stop doing this and informing him that I'd set up my cameras to record such incidents.

He jumped around angrily for a while, then moved his truck and put my trash can back close to where it had been. Then he took pictures of it from four angles and wrote me what I assume is a very nasty note.

This guy has on past occasions left me other notes. Once when I parked too close to my own mailbox in my own driveway he wrote me a long-winded screed about how federal law mandates I leave so much space in front of the box, etc. I can't wait to see what this note says.

Anyway I didn't get good clips of him doing all of this b/c I'm new to recording stuff on these cameras. I have him taking his pictures and I have his mail truck in front of my mailbox with the trash can not there. Next week for sure I'll have figured out the procedure and get the entire thing but... I'm wondering if there are other ways to approach this.

The asshole in me says to get rid of the mailbox altogether & put a mail slot in my front door. That way he'd have to get out of his truck every damned day instead of just on Mondays. I can't really move the mailbox right now but I'll have a fence built eventually and may move it then.

More info about this guy: one Saturday when I was working in my garden & had a pile of yard waste set out for a scheduled pickup, he came by to deliver my mail and I guess the bags were in his way (honestly - I could've driven around them to line up with the mailbox but I guess he couldn't/didn't want to). So he got out and kicked the bags of several times. He didn't know I was in the garden. I wish I'd confronted him then but all I could do was stare at him throwing this tantrum like a little kid. He also drives like a maniac, coming down the lane at like 40mph and taking a really wide turn to come up to my mailbox. He backs up so fast he throws gravel everywhere most of the time, in addition to the other asshole stuff he does like moving my trash can around (one time he hauled it all the way into the middle of my front yard).

I'd like to complain to his supervisors too but I'm not sure it would do any good? I hardly get any important mail but I'd hate to jeopardize anything. Plus some shippers only send USPS... part of me says "get a PO box and be done with it" but part of me also wants to WIN this war.

What to do?

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08-13-2012 at 06:06 PM.
08-13-2012 at 06:06 PM.
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I'll let them exact revenge for that one. TS has had enough horror for one week anyway.

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Not about the penile fracture thing.
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08-13-2012 at 06:39 PM.
08-13-2012 at 06:39 PM.
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Thanks I'm having fun already.

As for the rest, I Dontknow either. Apparently right now I'm supposed to learn to be alone. Truth be told, since my sophomore year of college I've never lived on my own until now. I have a sneaking suspicion that when I finally get my house in order, someone will appear. Or not. I'm trying to trust that God has a plan for me and I just hope that it includes someone to share my life with.
Wouldn't wait for God to drop a woman on your lap, remember, God is an iron.

Please do keep us updated on your battle with the postman. This has the potential to turn into an epic thread. bounce
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08-13-2012 at 06:46 PM.
08-13-2012 at 06:46 PM.
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Wouldn't wait for God to drop a woman on your lap, remember, God is an iron.

Please do keep us updated on your battle with the postman. This has the potential to turn into an epic thread. bounce
Iagree I'm definitely in the "God can move mountains but you pack a shovel" camp. Just saying that I'm not particularly upset to be single/alone right now is all.

Now I feel I've set everyone up for a big letdown. Plus it's going to be a week before I put the trash out again...
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08-13-2012 at 06:47 PM.
08-13-2012 at 06:47 PM.
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Iagree I'm definitely in the "God can move mountains but you pack a shovel" camp. Just saying that I'm not particularly upset to be single/alone right now is all.

Now I feel I've set everyone up for a big letdown. Plus it's going to be a week before I put the trash out again...
I thought we were over talking about your honeymoon.


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08-13-2012 at 06:47 PM.
08-13-2012 at 06:47 PM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
I live at the dead end of a narrow lane. The garbage truck has to back down to get to me b/c there's no room for them to turn around.

I leave my trash out on Mondays. The can sits about six feet in front of my mailbox. There aren't a lot of other places to put it where I can still get into/out of my driveway + the garbagemen can still see the can. Any further up the lane and it blocks my neighbor's driveway. The other side of the lane is overgrown & the two times I've tried leaving it there, they either didn't see it or ignored it (either way it wasn't emptied).

My mailman is very lazy & doesn't like to get out of his truck. On multiple occasions he's rammed my trash can, knocking it over, dragging it around my driveway, etc. I know it's him but had no concrete proof until today.

I pointed my home security cameras out the window and watched as he rammed the trash can, shoving it back several feet. I'd left him a note in my mailbox asking him to stop doing this and informing him that I'd set up my cameras to record such incidents.

He jumped around angrily for a while, then moved his truck and put my trash can back close to where it had been. Then he took pictures of it from four angles and wrote me what I assume is a very nasty note.

This guy has on past occasions left me other notes. Once when I parked too close to my own mailbox in my own driveway he wrote me a long-winded screed about how federal law mandates I leave so much space in front of the box, etc. I can't wait to see what this note says.

Anyway I didn't get good clips of him doing all of this b/c I'm new to recording stuff on these cameras. I have him taking his pictures and I have his mail truck in front of my mailbox with the trash can not there. Next week for sure I'll have figured out the procedure and get the entire thing but... I'm wondering if there are other ways to approach this.

The asshole in me says to get rid of the mailbox altogether & put a mail slot in my front door. That way he'd have to get out of his truck every damned day instead of just on Mondays. I can't really move the mailbox right now but I'll have a fence built eventually and may move it then.

More info about this guy: one Saturday when I was working in my garden & had a pile of yard waste set out for a scheduled pickup, he came by to deliver my mail and I guess the bags were in his way (honestly - I could've driven around them to line up with the mailbox but I guess he couldn't/didn't want to). So he got out and kicked the bags of several times. He didn't know I was in the garden. I wish I'd confronted him then but all I could do was stare at him throwing this tantrum like a little kid. He also drives like a maniac, coming down the lane at like 40mph and taking a really wide turn to come up to my mailbox. He backs up so fast he throws gravel everywhere most of the time, in addition to the other asshole stuff he does like moving my trash can around (one time he hauled it all the way into the middle of my front yard).

I'd like to complain to his supervisors too but I'm not sure it would do any good? I hardly get any important mail but I'd hate to jeopardize anything. Plus some shippers only send USPS... part of me says "get a PO box and be done with it" but part of me also wants to WIN this war.

What to do?
at least your mailman moves them, mine just puts notes in my mailbox saying she can't deliver mail because they are in the way ot even if a car is parked in front o f the box, go figure.
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08-13-2012 at 07:18 PM.
08-13-2012 at 07:18 PM.
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I thought we were over talking about your honeymoon.
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Remind me to tell you sometime about the hot-air balloon ride we took during the honeymoon... during which I was still drunk from the evening before... or about emptying my flask of bourbon while we were out on a glacier, so I could fill it back up with glacier water... yeah.

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teenbean
08-13-2012 at 07:45 PM.
08-13-2012 at 07:45 PM.
You could make a portable mailbox and then just move it to a different spot every trash day.
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tennisplayer888
08-13-2012 at 09:52 PM.
08-13-2012 at 09:52 PM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
I'm glad he brought that up, actually. Got me out of the stale "call his supervisor" state of mind & back into more... creative solutions.

I have a plan.

In any case, here's the note he left me:

No offense, he sounds Mexican?

On second though, maybe not.
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marg_fan
08-14-2012 at 02:35 AM.
08-14-2012 at 02:35 AM.
Quote from smidge1 :
at least your mailman moves them, mine just puts notes in my mailbox saying she can't deliver mail because they are in the way ot even if a car is parked in front o f the box, go figure.
They can deliver the note but not the mail? Confused
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Iaaaiws
08-14-2012 at 05:09 AM.
08-14-2012 at 05:09 AM.
The outcome of this could have important consequences for everyone. I think many people have forgotten where the term "going postal" came from in the first place. When this mailman eventually snaps as a result of whatever vq has planned for him and kills multiple people it will renew the significance of the phrase once again.
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08-14-2012 at 06:21 AM.
08-14-2012 at 06:21 AM.
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They can deliver the note but not the mail? Confused
sometimes yes sometimes no depending on her mood, and oh yeah don't put the trash in front either the smell bothers her that is another nono.
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08-14-2012 at 07:48 AM.
08-14-2012 at 07:48 AM.
I agree you may come off as a sucker if you kill him with kindness. Then again, he may continue to ram the can, in which case, your video monitoring should catch him in the act. Scratchchin
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08-14-2012 at 09:04 AM.
08-14-2012 at 09:04 AM.
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The outcome of this could have important consequences for everyone. I think many people have forgotten where the term "going postal" came from in the first place. When this mailman eventually snaps as a result of whatever vq has planned for him and kills multiple people it will renew the significance of the phrase once again.
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08-14-2012 at 09:51 AM.
08-14-2012 at 09:51 AM.
Quote from veritableqndry :
Iagree I'm definitely in the "God can move mountains but you pack a shovel" camp.
No fair! VQ gets to go to camp and I don't. Mad
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