momofkhm Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I just had a visit from the police. My car is not parked in close enough to my house. The mailman would have had to get out of his truck to deliver the neighbor's mail. Since it was the neighbor's mail and not mine, they called the POLICE. The policeman was very nice about it. Almost apologetic. "Could I pull my car in a little more?" I don't think so. I'd hit my daughter's car. And he ended with I'm not parked illegally. Of course after he left, I thought I should have asked him about all my neighbors who are parked illegally. The ones who pull nose into the cul-de-sac, not park with the car longwise. (DH looked it up. That's how the law reads.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Seriously? Who called, the neighbors or the mailman? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKim Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Good grief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I know that in some areas, you aren't permitted to block the access to a mailbox or else the mail carrier can opt not to deliver your mail, but it sounds like this is nothing more than a case of a nasty neighbor who doesn't want people parking in front of his house. What a nuisance -- both for you and for the police officer who had to waste his time responding to such a ridiculous complaint! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Oh, for crying out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplejackmama Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 People are so weird. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Do you live in my old neighborhood? People there were crazy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 So the policeman made a personal visit to tell you...nothing? Everything you're doing is fine, as far as the police are concerned? Yikes. The real message here is that you either have a mailman problem or a neighbor problem, sorry about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 What a pain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Ugh. So you were visited, but told you weren't parked illegally? Do you have any interest in a relationship with this neighbor? We had a mean neighbor till yesterday (yes! She moved out yesterday and we are dancing with joy!) ... In 15 years, I tried various coping techniques, and at one point I'd have said, "go over with a plate of cookies, an apology for making her worried about getting her mail, and ask to work together on the solution." I don't know if I'd say that about your neighbor, but it would've worked on our mean neighbor. It didn't make things perfect, but kept them bearable, and she knew she could call us with concerns instead of jumping to the police. Your call though, your neighbor might not be as harmlessly mean as ours was. (Was!!! Woo hoo!) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 We have had several instances of our mail delivery being delayed and even received notices because our neighbors parked in front of the mailboxes. The notice stated that if a certain amount of clearance wasn't provided, the boxes would be considered inaccessible. If it was just one day, they usually mark the envelope "blocked mailbox" and try again another day. When it became an ongoing issue, the postal service sent the notice. Fortunately, the neighbors were blocking their own mailbox so they got the notice too and quick parking in the way (usually). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 It was the mailman. We are on excellent terms with the neighbor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 What a pain. Once upon a time, I would have tried to make nice with the neighbor also--cookies, the whole bit. But in my old age, I find that most people who want to be that way are just going to be that way. I can pat myself on the back all I want for mollifying her this time, chant "blessed are the peacemakers" and all that jazz. But next time, it will be something else, and then something else, and it will never end. She will always be a thorn in your side. Plant a privacy hedge. Can you tell I have had it up to HERE with her ill today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 I know that in some areas, you aren't permitted to block the access to a mailbox or else the mail carrier can opt not to deliver your mail, but it sounds like this is nothing more than a case of a nasty neighbor who doesn't want people parking in front of his house. What a nuisance -- both for you and for the police officer who had to waste his time responding to such a ridiculous complaint! We apologized to the local postmaster when our mailperson skipped us because a friend's car was blocking the box. See, she left us a note in the box, but not the mail. The postmaster got upset-he said if the box was blocked, the mail person should dismount (yes, that's the word he used) from her truck and put the mail in the box. I know we tried hard to never block the box, they are supposed to deliver the mail. If it's an ongoing issue, I can see someone saying something for sure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 It was the mailman. We are on excellent terms with the neighbor. I would speak with the postmaster. The mailman was way out of line. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemota Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Perhaps you missed the new-for-2015 Post Office motto: Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds unless there be a car parked in front of the mail box. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne in CA Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 I had some of those neighbors before I moved to the middle of a national park. When I get annoyed that my cell phone doesn't work, or that I have to drive an hour for a package of peanut M&M's I remember the neighbor who called the police EVERY single time ds practiced the drums. And I remember that trees are better than people sometimes. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 My mail gal was telling me she is supposed to call police to issue ticket when the box is blocked. She can't issue tickets, only police. I got an earful about the drama lol. And our mailboxes are in groups of four....so the streets have less box areas to avoid anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reflections Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Wow. No nice gift or plate of cookies at Christmas for that mail carrier! Good grief! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine72 Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 While I would never call the police I find it rude to block access to someone else's mailbox. At our last house our neighbor's nanny would park in front our our mailbox so the mailman would just skip us on those days. She was not parked illegally but it was very inconvenient for us. Thankfully the kids only lived there every other week so no nanny on the off weeks and then we moved. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 In our neighborhood the mail boxes are mostly next to the driveways, so you'd pretty much have to block a driveway to block a mailbox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 What I find odd is the rule about 'blocking' the mail box. 'Blocking' as in parking beside? I can't imagine how that would be an issue. I did, however, grow up on a street where the parking looked like this, so the idea of leaving space next to a mail box seems bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 Weird. I live in a place where the mail carriers deliver on foot and most of the mailboxes are attached to the house or are mail slots. But my parents live in a place where the mail carrier comes by vehicle and if the mailbox is blocked, he brings the mail to the door. It's been that way for years. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 What I find odd is the rule about 'blocking' the mail box. 'Blocking' as in parking beside? I can't imagine how that would be an issue. I did, however, grow up on a street where the parking looked like this, so the idea of leaving space next to a mail box seems bizarre. In some places, the mail carrier delivers on foot, so the parking thing wouldn't be an issue, but in many areas, mail carriers pull up to the mailboxes in their vehicles to deliver the mail, so it is a nuisance for them if a parked car is blocking their way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted May 2, 2015 Share Posted May 2, 2015 In some places, the mail carrier delivers on foot, so the parking thing wouldn't be an issue, but in many areas, mail carriers pull up to the mailboxes in their vehicles to deliver the mail, so it is a nuisance for them if a parked car is blocking their way. I suppose I just think of that as 'something that mail deliverers cope with'. But clearly expectations are different. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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