Vent: My mailman retired and nobody told me the new protocol

I live on Maple Street in Akron and for 6 years Fred always just left packages on my porch. Turns out the new guy has a strict policy of leaving slips for anything over mailbox size. I found out after 3 days of wondering why my new work gloves never arrived and had to drive to the post office myself. Did anyone else have a system change like this without any warning?

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the_drew8d agoTop Commenter

Oh come on, are we really acting like three days of waiting for work gloves is some kind of tragedy? Fred left packages on your porch for 6 years, that was a luxury not a right. The new guy is just following the rules. I mean, you could have called the post office on day two instead of assuming magic mail fairies would sort it out. People act like finding a slip in their mailbox is the end of the world when really it just means walking to the counter.

the_susan8d ago

A buddy of mine went through the same thing in Columbus. His regular mailman quit and the new one left a slip every single day for a week before he finally figured out he had to pick everything up at the counter.