I think everyone is just happier in Sunny-Florida, Mary Kay
They really don't make it easy for the mail carriers here, especially during a bad winter like this one.
There is over a foot of snow on the ground and when they plow the streets it just piles up. There are no sidewalks and those little mail trucks the carriers drive makes it nearly impossible for them to reach the mailboxes. They don't like to pull up long driveways either to deliver packages that won't fit into the mailboxes either.
They always seem so short-staffed at the post office. They act rushed and cranky, and seem so disorganized most of the time. It's the bane of my town and seems to be a frequent topic of conversation.
One of the best recently was - the mail carriers started hanging packages in plastic grocery bags from the little red flags on the mail boxes!! I was driving home one day and turned onto my street. I noticed something out of the corner of my eye and really didn't pay attention - until I saw it again... I slowed down and saw a grocery bag hanging off a mail box.
As days and weeks went on I had a couple of deliveries hanging off my mailbox - in grocery bags. People started complaining that they weren't getting deliveries because kids were driving around just swiping the grocery bags from mail boxes!
I suppose the post office received enough complaints and the carriers stopped doing it.... on a regular basis. They still do it though!
A lot of people have P.O. boxes because mail delivery is often unreliable. It seems to happen in spurts. It's just fine for a long time... then gets really bad for a long time...
Oh the joys of a semi-rural small town. If this is what people have to complain most about around here....