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USPS, Mail trucks, and Lance

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  1. This morning I met the mail carrier, or the fill-in carrier and asked if she had a registered letter that was to be re-delivered today. I had spoken to a customer service person yesterday who said that the letter would be re-delivered today.

    She said no and I asked where it was she said that the regular carrier does not allow her to carry these letters. She asked me what I wanted her to do at which time I said, “ call the regular carrier and get my letter”. This was a registered letter from Germany. I was concerned with receiving it as it ironically had an autographed picture of Lance Armstrong (which I probably will never see now).

    At that time I went down to the post office and stood in line with the information that I had. I realized that I was wasting my time, so I got into my car and went back to my house. On the way there I saw the mail truck. I stopped my car and asked the fill-in carrier if she had called the other carrier. She said ‘no’ she called her supervisor because I was harassing her about the letter.

    Then she started the truck up and I said I need a phone number to call from her, and she put the truck in gear she inched forward (I was standing directly in front of the truck) I said, “what are you going to do run me over?” She then pushed the accelerator and hit my standing body with the mail truck. As I came around the side of the truck she rolled her window up. I asked for the phone number again, at which time she sped away.

  2. I'd be lying if I said USPS employees were nice. They seem to be jerks everywhere...

    Even when you say 'hi', 'please', 'thank-you', etc, I feel like they are going to torch my mail and burn down my mail box. They will start the 'revolution'... lol

  3. Holy [censored]! File a complaint.

  4. cydewaze said:

    Holy [censored]! File a complaint.

    Ummm... YEAH! And consider yourself lucky that she didn't "go postal on yo' ass"! Yikes!

  5. The whole thing makes me sick. Especially when you consider how Lance's excellence was never reflected in the mediocrity of his sponsor...and to think I almost bought a jersey....BLECH![/QUOTE]

    jeez I almost bought a uspostal color trek on ebay!

  6. Maybe it's because they're government workers..

  7. 😠

    Stiff Upper Lip said:

    jeez I almost bought a uspostal color trek on ebay!

    Owensboro! Hey I used to live in Madisonville. We went to Owensboro for the best BarBQ Buffet in the Universe! The Moonlight. I love that place....

    Now I live outside NYC...imagine that. I'm still a country boy at heart.

    I ride a red Cannondale. A USPS Trek is still an awesome bike, no doubt.

    But my opinion is that only one guy can really wear that yellow Jersey. I would feel ridiculous in one. That is one shirt that you have to earn.....not buy. As far as USPS gear goes, I just can't get too excited about wearing something that represents such a crappy organization. What's next...the IRS sponsors NASCAR and we all wear IRS hats???? I mean please. Government agencies, corporations, I love em' and loathe em if you know what I mean.[/QUOTE]
    yea those guys who are decked out in full uspostal gear are shmucks! i mean the socks gloves and every thing. "they think there cool" these are the guys that are to serious to wave back at you.

  8. Yea, thats interesting. I'm sure mail delivers see plenty of [censored] on their day, she probably just thought you were there to harass her. I did have fun once with a mail truck. Climbing this hill on my route, I happened to be wearing the USPS jersy, and this mail truck came along, he cheered me onup the hill as he passed. He then stoped at a mailbox to deliver mail, i passed him, and then he passed me... and so on. Each time he passed me he had a huge smile on his face and was telling me to keep it up.

  9. ryan_velo said:

    The whole thing makes me sick. Especially when you consider how Lance's excellence was never reflected in the mediocrity of his sponsor...and to think I almost bought a jersey....BLECH!

    jeez I almost bought a uspostal color trek on ebay![/QUOTE]

    Hey, Owensboro - Versailles speaking, near Lexington. Actually, my local carrier is a great guy. We share an interest in astronomy and have swapped eyepieces from time to time.

    Funny, though - he has no interest in cycling. Keeps grumbling about Lance riding his pay raise...

  10. Stiff Upper Lip said:


    But my opinion is that only one guy can really wear that yellow Jersey. I would feel ridiculous in one. That is one shirt that you have to earn.....not buy.

    and i hope you also don't wear any football, basketball, baseball, etc jerseys.. this is the dumbest thing i ever read on forums.. it's a freaking shirt for god sake! they sell them so that people will BUY them!

  11. caligurl said:

    and i hope you also don't wear any football, basketball, baseball, etc jerseys.. this is the dumbest thing i ever read on forums.. it's a freaking shirt for god sake! they sell them so that people will BUY them!

    Not again! Please refer to the numerous other threads on the forum debating whether or not it's "okay" to wear team kit. We're way beyond beating a dead horse here. We're down to beating skeletal remains at this point.

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