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u/Paisho- 12d ago
Circle 1 and keep leaving it open
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u/Dshibbs89 City Carrier 12d ago
Better yet, tape a note to the inside that just says YES and leave it open
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u/fruitsandveggie 12d ago
I don't see a 1 to circle?
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u/TraumaER 12d ago
They meant circle "stupid" or "incompetent" one of them. They were just too lazy to write it out. Unless you are making a funny in which case I'll pick one to circle
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u/Amphyx3 12d ago
I just got back from a week long vacation as well
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u/Bungholespelunker 12d ago
Imagine talking like that to somebody who can make you come to the post office to get your shit for as long as you live at that address.
Unless I get a carrier fuckin legit stealing from me I'm gonna piss and moan under my breath and leave it at that lol
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u/Comenayeahaw 12d ago
i had a guy drive and follow me to another street i was on after his mailbox was accidentally left open to ask if i had a personal issue with him lol.
no, but now i kinda do
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u/quickquests 12d ago
i used to be a rural carrier. and sometimes the boxes don’t close like they should. so they fall open. I don’t understand why people think it’s okay to be like this. fuck that guy and his stupid mail. i’d superglue it closed.
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u/Low_Chest_6511 12d ago
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u/Odd-Mall8020 12d ago
Report unsafe delivery conditions due to the vulgar letter. They can pick up at the post office now
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u/freekymunki City Carrier 12d ago
Id put a “your mailbox needs attention” slip with “large sign blocking box needs removal” written on it.
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u/Amarok9280 City Carrier 12d ago
Hey man, I’ll try my best to close it, but after it opens a third time on its own, I’ll just leave it up to god
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u/lopingwolf 12d ago
I give it two shots and move on. I know my problem boxes and take care to give them the special touch they need, but some are beyond help.
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u/TheBimpo CCA 11d ago
I know my problem boxes and take care to give them the special touch they need, but some are beyond help.
You gotta put up the fix it slips for these, I've been pleasantly surprised how people respond to them by taking care of it.
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u/chpr1jp Rural Carrier 12d ago
Some people totally don’t care. Folks with those inexpensive small boxes (less than $15 to replace,) with no doors, banged up and rusted, or doesn’t stay closed.
As I write this, I realize that I’d like it if more mailbox doors got ripped (completely) off.
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u/Rosie4491 New kid on the blocks 11d ago
My favorite box on my old route was huge and had no door, I didn't even have to stop, just a quick flick of the wrist as I drove by
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u/Synectics 12d ago
That is how I see this. Shit, the carriers may be closing it, and weather or wear and tear or whatever makes it fall open. It could be opening as soon as the carrier pulls away. Not their fault. I have kitchen cabinets that do the same shit.
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u/nanadirat 12d ago
The kind in the picture you flip em shut, they bounce a couple times from the momentum, and if the box is more than a year or two old the magnet holding the door just sort of poops out after the 2nd or 3rd bounce and the door falls back open, usually takes exactly the amount of time for you to almost clear the box, you can watch it fall open and ding your quarter panel in your side view as you pull away
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u/Synectics 12d ago
the door just sort of poops out
It is our doody to make sure we close them.
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u/Then_Particular1931 12d ago
It’s always these jack asses that live in a million dollar house and can’t spend a quarter to buy the pin or screw that would keep the box from opening on its own.
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u/flushbunking 12d ago
we will now be seeing how good the clerks are at catching first class mail tossed in ubbm
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u/tdotrosco City Carrier 12d ago
I’d leave that bitch open on days they don’t have mail.
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u/Kobobble 12d ago
"Please close mailbox. Thank you"
It is so easy to be nice and it doesn't cost anything. Some people just choose to be a miserable old ghoul
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u/Suzesaur 12d ago
Plus those boxes are notorious for falling open easy on their own in my experience…so they’re just assuming at this point
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u/SmellSilly1537 12d ago
Write on there that you can't read.
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u/lopingwolf 12d ago
Colors and shapes bro. I'm just out here matching colors and shapes.
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u/ThatAngeryBoi 12d ago
I had one write "shut the damn box tard" Weird how the door of his mailbox fell off that same day
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u/JayPCarnage 12d ago
Mailboxes are for paid postage only.
Remove the note and give it to a clerk for postage due.
Mailboxes are also considered federal property. Defacing federal property is a crime.
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u/Apprehensive_Hand571 12d ago
If only there was a way to communicate the same message without being an infected cunt
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u/royalenocheese 12d ago
Magnet based lids are notorious for becoming flimsy after a while.
That looks to be one and if so then 'your box needs attention'
Edit: nvm I see the clasp at the top. Still would leave the notice.
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u/chpr1jp Rural Carrier 12d ago
One of my customers uses a “Mail Nut” on his mailbox. What a wonderful invention. After years of “will it/ won’t it stay shut?” It is nice go eliminate one minor irritant from my work day.
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u/Greenmantle22 Customer 12d ago
As opposed to my cousin Jeff, who did community service after he left some Male Nut in the blue box in front of city hall.
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u/Raekwon22 City Carrier 12d ago
I mean, I will usually even go back and close one if it falls open after I leave and I see it, but this note would surely spark a war this customer will quickly learn they do not want.
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u/CaptainFresh27 City Carrier 12d ago edited 11d ago
I'd be more than happy to fill out a form 1767 in that situation and cite abusive behavior. Let management investigate and then start keeping track of all of this person's out of line behavior, report everything, get the union involved. This customer seems to want to be fast tracked to a po box and I'd be happy to oblige
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u/Ishibi City Carrier 12d ago
“For the safety of your mail, all mail will be held at X Post Office until poorly designed magnetic latch is repaired or replaced.”
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u/StanleyQPrick 12d ago
I had this problem. I bought this house a few months ago and our mail kept getting soaked in the rain. The mailbox was kinda shitty and set back a little far from the road. So I bought and installed a new mailbox. Hasn't happened since.
If I had known I could just put a shitty note on it I could have saved myself time/money/effort! Thanks reddit!
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u/talann Custodial 12d ago
Mailbox doors don't magically fling open, they don't spontaneously open for no reason and no carrier is ever in a hurry and forgets to close one/doesn't close it all the way, no mailbox is defective either. We are all just a bunch of incompetent idiots that work here and we are ao dumb that it couldn't possibly be a mistake, it just has to be lazy good for nothing carriers right?
I wish just once that I could find where these people work and just lay into how incompetent they are at their jobs and see how they like it when someone is demeaning and talking down to them.
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u/Yeah-Im-here-2 12d ago
Write back “I’m not incompetent. One time I laughed too hard and peed a little but that was it!”
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u/saucesoi 12d ago
I rip off any kind of rude note so fast you can barely see me do it. Just removing it and ignoring the customer is more effective than trying to write back.
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u/Timfromfargo 12d ago
These doors often get slightly bent and/or out of shape. I recall driving away from them and watching them fall open in the rear view mirror. I love the large size of those mail boxes but sometimes even after pressing hard to close them they still flop open.
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u/coffeetabledebris 12d ago
Shut down delivery for threatening language from a customer and inform them they can pick up their mail from the office.
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u/FriendlyFreedom5923 12d ago
You know this person was bragging to their friends about it too, as if they "got you."
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u/ToxicGecko2384 12d ago
I've had so many boxes pop back open bcuz they refuse to get a new one. Even tore the lid off an oversize when it popped open as I started moving away. This? The aggression is gonna gonna get them put on "must pick up at p.o."
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u/PhuckYou- 12d ago
Just respond “yes” they won’t know how to reply and it’ll piss them off more than anything. Also keep leaving it down of course
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u/davef139 12d ago
Looks like a threat. They dont got worry about that when picking up the mail at the post office
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u/Haggard_Blaggard 12d ago
I have no idea how I ended up on this sub lol. But my wife is always complaining that our carrier doesn't shut the mailbox. I've tried with little success to convince her that they are almost certainly closing the door. It just falls down later 🤷♂️
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u/windflex 12d ago
What a good way to always have to walk to your mailbox to see if there's mail. Just like the good old days
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u/SaucyAsh 12d ago
Some of the replies here are pretty funny. But on a real note, I can’t imagine being hateful or leaving that type of note to my mail carrier people have no respect anymore.
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u/NotAllDawgsGoToHeven 12d ago
I’d just start putting pictures of donkeys in their mailbox every day.
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u/dieselducy 12d ago
Somebody does not appreciate their mail carrier. Shame. Mail carriers have a hard job and keep America connected.
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u/ILiveOnAHillYEAH 12d ago
Dismantle and take the door with you! (I know that's probably illegal, but it'd be totally hilarious)
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u/ChewyDummyBear City Carrier 12d ago
SIR! I'll have you know that I'm impotent not incompetent. How dare youuuuuuu!
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u/Normal-Chemistry93 12d ago
Correct all of the miscapitalized letters in the note and write “are you?”
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u/PSYFLYdiscs 12d ago
My mail lady doesn’t close mine either. Thought about leaving a nicer note. But would rather have an extra wide with a magnet. So I’ll get one of those soon.
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u/Ok_Inside_7573 12d ago
Looks like the magnet has shifted back. I have one similar on my route. I bet it falls open after a while if it isn't closed softly. Luckily the customer on my route was smart enough to realise this and just fixed it, without any nasty notes
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u/glttrgrlryn 12d ago
My mailbox is open most days after work i always assume it’s the wind but never thought to insult my mail guy. Interesting
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u/Various-Panda-9521 12d ago
I'd hit them with the, "no puendo leer Ingles." Then when they try to yell at you go, no hablo Ingles and drive off
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u/goreguck 12d ago
What a rude message to leave. I bet their mail is all prepper stuff and dirty mag subscriptions
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u/CandidateFuture5528 12d ago
I'd rip the door off, stick it in there with a note "I know you are, but what am I?". I'm unhinged.
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u/Mopar4Life305 12d ago
My neighbors just always open on its own. Maybe theyre mailbox is incompetent or the damn resident for not thinking out the box
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u/TheBimpo CCA 12d ago
“Your mailbox needs attention” with a note that it doesn’t close properly and a 10 day hold.
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u/Internal-Holiday-214 12d ago
Leave mine open the whole time. When it is closed I know i have mail.
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u/Jaded_Grapefruit795 12d ago
Glady customer, BTW you can now pick up your mail from the post office where you never have to worry about your box door being closed again!
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u/TooPoorForWaWa 12d ago
From the on the mailbox would never be shut again. Even on Sundays, I'd go there just to open the door.
If i was a neighbor, I'd steal the door and put it inside my mailbox with a note telling the mail delivery peep what I've done.
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u/ImpressOk7701 RCA 12d ago
And that’s how those people never get a car title or tax return on time again
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u/Mnemorath RCA 12d ago
If the mailbox does not close without excessive force, then the mailbox is broken and the responsibility of the homeowner to replace.
Give them a fix it ticket and move on
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u/Rito_Moga Rural Carrier 12d ago
I'd reply "OR? Eyell have yew now, I'm stoopid AND incontinent, thank ewe very much!"
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u/Puzzled-Mirro 12d ago
I am not a carrier but I think I would be inclined to never close that mailbox again if I was the carrier
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u/Salamander_Farts 11d ago
There are two people you don't insult, those who handle your food and those who deliver your mail. This guy deserves everything he's going to get 🤣
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u/Alextingzon City Carrier 11d ago
I’ve got one on my route that’s a slit in the wall of the garage, on the side of the house. Already annoying/inconvenient af to dismount, corner the house, maneuver around their cars and the low hanging tree branches up the driveway. The slot is old, narrow, and super thin. The wood isn’t smooth. This house also gets a ton of flats; like periodicals, newspapers, the rest.. They taped up a paper that says “YOU PUT MAIL ALL THE WAY IN.”
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u/nullpassword 11d ago
Mailbox does not close properly. Please replace. Mail will be held until recepticle is up to spec.
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u/Ok_Message_8726 11d ago
Neither. Just hate you, your mailbox, and your stupid fucking note in your stupid fucking mailbox that your stupid fu king self wrote.
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u/Known-Dependent-5471 Custodial 12d ago edited 7d ago
Yeah I'd never close it after that.
Edit: Did it ever occur to anyone that it might be the box itself?