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February 4, 2019
Mailman Leaving Mailboxes Open
So, I've noticed lately that a lot of our neighborhood mailboxes have been left open in the middle of the day, for whatever reason. Not real excited to see this, as we have had reports of mail theft in this area. But also, it's been unseasonally cold this winter (Global Warming hitting us HARD this winter). So, it's also possible that the mailboxes are old, and just won't stay shut. (i.e., the mailman closes them, but they pop open after he leaves). But, what I suspected was that the mailman was driving off and leaving them open (presumably because they're old, and it's cold, and they're hard to close). So, after seeing 3 out of 4 mailboxes open in the middle of the day last week, I decided to break down and set up my gamecam where I could monitor the mailboxes somewhat discreetly.
I called every phone number I had for my neighbors, only to find out that they're in Florida. (They never answered any of their phones though. No big surprise there.)
But eventually, I went over and set up my gamecam and, lo and behold, sure enough...I have video that shows the mailboxes are all closed before the mailman gets to them, then he drives away, and leaves them open.
Here, Robert the mailman leaves 3 out of 4 mailboxes open on Friday Feb 1, 2019. At 11:33 a.m., all 4 mailboxes are closed, initially. Then the mailman pulls up at 11:34 a.m., and drives away, leaving 3 out of 4 mailboxes open. Argh!
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Here, he does a similar thing the day before on Thursday Jan 31, 2019 at 12:13 p.m.
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So, this is frustrating, to realize that he is doing this. It's not something I'd hoped to find (though I had suspected it for some time). But, to be fair, I'm sure that he gets tired of trying to close old broken mailboxes that won't stay closed. So....yeah...so that's where we are.
The most simple solution, I think, is to get some new mailboxes. I noticed that Steven (Wild Manor) has some new mailboxes. They look pretty fancy. They're locking, and look a lot better than our old ratty mailboxes. So, I decided to go on Amazon and see what they were offering.
I think that this Mail Box is what I'm leaning towards at this point.
Posted by Rob Kiser on February 4, 2019 at 8:36 PM
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