Privilege or service?

HSKRNOKC

HSKRNOKC

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Is getting U S mail delivered to your home a privilege or a service. After we get a few responses, I will tell you why I ask this question.

 
Definitely a service. And M-247gunner is correct - what you pay for with stamps is to have mail sent, not received. On that note, did you know that the US Postal Service is NOT required to pick up "to be sent" mail from your mailbox? They can legally leave it, and the obligation would be on you to go and deliver it to their postal centers.

 
well if the dropped thier price for letters dropped off at one of the centers i am sure that more people would be willing to drop their mail there

 
OK Long story short.

My wife has a little terrier. We usually put her on her chain in our front yard.

I didnt get any mail for 6 days so I filed a complaint.

The local post office said that there was a mean dog chained in front of our house and that if we didnt sign a warning that the would take away the PRIVILEGE of getting mail delivered permanently.

This burned my rear for a couple reasons.

The dog weighs 3 lbs and wouldnt hurt a fly. Secondly they keep referring to mail delivery as a privilege when they get paid to delivery the mail. Which in my eyes is a SERVICE.

I could understand if I had a doberman out there but come on .

 
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It is a service, regardless of whatever lazy a$$ mailman wants to say otherwise. I dont know if I would live somewhere again with a curbside box. The last place I had that, we didnt get mail delivered(but we did get a warning in the box, figure that one out) about cars parked too close to it(cant control other people's cars) or that the snow wasnt cleared to his satisfaction(you try clearing aware the ice/sludge mess the plows leave)

 
HSKRNOKC said:
OK Long story short.

My wife has a little terrier. We usually put her on her chain in our front yard.

I didnt get any mail for 6 days so I filed a complaint.

The local post office said that there was a mean dog chained in front of our house and that if we didnt sign a warning that the would take away the PRIVILEGE of getting mail delivered permanently.

This burned my rear for a couple reasons.

The dog weighs 3 lbs and wouldnt hurt a fly. Secondly they keep referring to mail delivery as a privilege when they get paid to delivery the mail. Which in my eyes is a SERVICE.

I could understand if I had a doberman out there but come on .
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Sounds like you got a p*ssy of a mailman doin' your route.

 
AR Husker Fan said:
Definitely a service. And M-247gunner is correct - what you pay for with stamps is to have mail sent, not received. On that note, did you know that the US Postal Service is NOT required to pick up "to be sent" mail from your mailbox? They can legally leave it, and the obligation would be on you to go and deliver it to their postal centers.
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HSKRNOKC said:
OK Long story short.

My wife has a little terrier. We usually put her on her chain in our front yard.

I didnt get any mail for 6 days so I filed a complaint.

The local post office said that there was a mean dog chained in front of our house and that if we didnt sign a warning that the would take away the PRIVILEGE of getting mail delivered permanently.

This burned my rear for a couple reasons.

The dog weighs 3 lbs and wouldnt hurt a fly. Secondly they keep referring to mail delivery as a privilege when they get paid to delivery the mail. Which in my eyes is a SERVICE.

I could understand if I had a doberman out there but come on .
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Well AR, does he have a case for a Lawsuit?

 
Unfortunately, no. The postal service can cut off service for a variety of reasons - including alleged inaccessibility to the mailbox and allegedly "dangerous" animals. There's some federal laws or regulations (can't remember which) that give them that right.

 
AR Husker Fan said:
Unfortunately, no. The postal service can cut off service for a variety of reasons - including alleged inaccessibility to the mailbox and allegedly "dangerous" animals. There's some federal laws or regulations (can't remember which) that give them that right.
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i am sure they are trying hard to find a way to charge for email

 
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