SatNavSaysStraightOn
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
I think a lot of it depends on where you live and how well you know your postie as well. I lave only lived rurally for the last 20 years; some areas more rural & remote than others (only house down a 1 mile dirt track, or 'if you haven't run out of tarmac, you haven't gone far enough' and nearest neighbour is 4 miles away type places). I know my postie on a first name basis and if he sees me when I am out cycling he will always calls out and say hello. He has my permission to sign for my parcels and leaves them around the back with my bikes - security is not a concern here, you have to have found the place first, then have found my bikes. He will always then put a note through the door to say I have a parcel and will if it is raining ensure that the parcel is covered over or left with my landlady if she is in. (I have given the same permission to various other couriers as I have come across them.) The system works well because they know it is saving them hassle of coming back and with some of the houses I have lived in, the last thing they need is to have to come out specifically to deliver your parcel when it is a 10 mile detour for 1 parcel and chances are you won't be in 2nd time around either.
On one occasion recently I had a whole series of maps delivered to me from an ebayer who wrapped each and every map prior to sale, so sent them all individually. Each one had an excess charge and my postie dealt with all of it for me (I know he was not meant to, but I was housebound at the time due to my asthma). After giving him the cash, he sorted the lot for me and delivered everything including the receipt & change the following day (I subsequently claimed it all back from the ebay seller who claimed it back from their post office etc) but the point is, not all posties are the same - some are really helpful and friendly.
On one occasion recently I had a whole series of maps delivered to me from an ebayer who wrapped each and every map prior to sale, so sent them all individually. Each one had an excess charge and my postie dealt with all of it for me (I know he was not meant to, but I was housebound at the time due to my asthma). After giving him the cash, he sorted the lot for me and delivered everything including the receipt & change the following day (I subsequently claimed it all back from the ebay seller who claimed it back from their post office etc) but the point is, not all posties are the same - some are really helpful and friendly.