speaking of militant civic services...

[duhneese]

corey remined me of something else.

do you know that our mailman at home won't deliver the mail if there's a car parked in front of the mailbox?

here's a pic for reference. ignore the yellow arrow (it's from a previous post).

they actually put warning notices on cars that are parked in front of the mailboxes on the curb. i still cannot believe this, but it's true.  there is no sign on the street saying you can't park there and the curbs aren't painted as you can see above.   yet those lazy-ass mailmen/women who drive up in their litle mail trucks can't be bothered to step out of their vehicle to put the mail in the mailbox.

and yes, it's a postal service regulation.  the postal service said it is the mail box owner's responsibility to make sure the box is not blocked.  wow, you mean joe blow is having a party two doors down, so his friend parks in front of our mailbox and we don't get the mail that day? 

that is fucked up.