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They get it all the way to the porch? I've had USPS people leave packages in the driveway because walking the 25' feet from the vehicle to the porch is too muc
by topspin 8y ago
They get it all the way to the porch? I've had USPS people leave packages in the driveway because walking the 25' feet from the vehicle to the porch is too much to expect.
- stouset 8y agoI honestly don't blame the drivers. It's not just your house. Consider the number of packages they have to deliver and the cumulative amount of time this adds to their route. I've seen estimates that a typical residential driver delivers something like 150-200 packages per day. Even an extra 30 seconds per package adds up to over an hour of additional time to complete their route. The incentive structure simply isn't set up to reward a delivery driver taking that extra effort. In fact, it explicitly punishes it.
- PSZD 8y ago150-200 packages is a really light route, 150-200 stops and 300-400 packages is more accurate. This time of year, 250+ stops for a residential route isn't particularly unusual. Biggest reason to leave a package at the driveway is a fence/gate. A fence keeps stuff in or out, either way, not respecting that is how you end up with stories like this: https://www.khq.com/news/responders-ram-driveway-gate-to-save-ups-driver-from-dogs/article_52539485-f8ae-5357-a0c2-8c2455e65ac1.html https://www.khq.com/news/responders-ram-driveway-gate-to-sav...
- wcoenen 8y agoThat link is the first time ever I've gotten a HTTP 451 response. Interesting.
- sjg007 8y agoYeah this is really annoying.