Funny, living in a rural area I have the opposite problem.
I have a driveway that is an 1/8 of a mile long that is threatened by several beaver colonies trying to flood it out. Delivery drivers are terrified of my driveway because it has a reputation of eating their trucks. One time we replaced the water line that crosses out driveway and that evening a FedEx truck drove across it and, thanks to subsidence, the wheel sunk a foot into the ground.
The driver was terrified of calling for help formally (which would have consequences) so we called the highway superintendent and she sent her husband over to our place with a floor jack and we got him out.
UPS drivers frequently put packages in plastic bags, then drive to the top of the hill hoping they can make a cell phone call about what they've done.
I'd prefer to get small things delivered by USPS because USPS can put them in my mailbox and I can get them without any problem.
When I lived at home with my parents we had a similar problem. Our driveway is also 1/8 of a mile or so and half of it lined with bradford pear trees. They form a very pretty but low canopy over the road. If the UPS or Fedex driver were to go through it would scratch the roof of the truck. Which they also get blamed for. So they end up leaving stuff right where the pear trees start. It also causes problems when there is a different driver and they tend to leave the package in other less than predictable places on our property.
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Funny, living in a rural area I have the opposite problem.
I have a driveway that is an 1/8 of a mile long that is threatened by several beaver colonies trying to flood it out. Delivery drivers are terrified of my driveway because it has a reputation of eating their trucks. One time we replaced the water line that crosses out driveway and that evening a FedEx truck drove across it and, thanks to subsidence, the wheel sunk a foot into the ground.
The driver was terrified of calling for help formally (which would have consequences) so we called the highway superintendent and she sent her husband over to our place with a floor jack and we got him out.
UPS drivers frequently put packages in plastic bags, then drive to the top of the hill hoping they can make a cell phone call about what they've done.
I'd prefer to get small things delivered by USPS because USPS can put them in my mailbox and I can get them without any problem.
When I lived at home with my parents we had a similar problem. Our driveway is also 1/8 of a mile or so and half of it lined with bradford pear trees. They form a very pretty but low canopy over the road. If the UPS or Fedex driver were to go through it would scratch the roof of the truck. Which they also get blamed for. So they end up leaving stuff right where the pear trees start. It also causes problems when there is a different driver and they tend to leave the package in other less than predictable places on our property.
How do you fit a 45lbs crib in a box that is 4'x4'x5' in your mail box?
That's gotta be a huge mailbox sir!
OR the post office could end its monopoly of your mailbox...
I get more little things than big things.
Certainly if other delivery services could use the box it would help.