topic Re: Mail Delivery and Trash Pickup in Community Chat

Mail Delivery and Trash Pickup

ScrapHappy — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:32:40 GMT

We have only been receiving our mail about once or twice a week now. And now our trash pickup is delayed. We were instructed by our HOA to still take our garbage out as we always do and that Waste Managment will come when they come. Recyclables has stopped until further notice. We're to put it with our regular garage. It's because of Covid and not enough staff. Anyone else having issues?

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patbz — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:42:35 GMT

No mail issues but trash/ recycling are horrible. Frequently need to leave it out until the next day or even the day after.

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BlueFinch — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:45:15 GMT

No, it hasn't happened in my area yet, but I would'nt be surprised if it did.

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PinkyPetunia — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:48:31 GMT

Saturdays I haven't been getting mail for a while. Friday was no mail as we had a snowstorm. I get much less mail anyway as most of my bills and statements are paperless.

No problems with trash and recycling pickups so far.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:48:57 GMT

Other forces at play.

USPS sent a letter last week. Likely fall on deaf ears.

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KailaS — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:51:00 GMT

In my immediate neighborhood--I live in a rental community--we are having trash pick-up and mail delivery most days. The mail issue turns up when my carrier has reached his allowable hours. There is no one to replace him. Within a ten mile radius, post offices have been closed down since right after Christmas, banks--when open--have only drive through lines, and recycling has stopped. Starting today, some bus routes are running on limited hours. Our urgent care locations are open only on week days. Add a snow storm on top of this, and life feels isolated. We had no snow removal where I live because staff members are not available.

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Sooner — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:55:07 GMT

Lots of things in this world are beyond our control and I don't see it getting anything but worse in the future. Covid, then some people don't like their jobs and quit and apparently can live without working. I don't understand the world today.

Mail and trash are inconveniences when they are off schedule. Food, water and power are problems. I don't know what is going to happen.

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Duckncover — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 01:56:06 GMT

We had mail delivery problems for years..then a few months ago it started being delivered like it should be....suddenly, we haven't had mail in three days...and we did have mail scanned....so here we go again. The city has an app that tells you if and when your trash and recycling will be delayed....the worst was recycling was a day late in pickup, but no problem, bulk trash is another issue...they were three months behind after a big storm and have never really caught up.

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Snowpuppy — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 02:02:37 GMT

@Sooner some folks making tough decisions.

I may be joining them.

It's not about wanting to work.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 02:03:53 GMT

Haven’t had problems with either thank goodness. Mail around four pm as usual and trash twice a week around three thirty. Can’t remember the recycle day as husband does that. With the trash they even come down the driveway to the bin the cans are kept in.

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kitcat51 — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 02:09:28 GMT

Mail delivery is great but trash is another story....days late & the cost has gone from $53.00 quarterly in 2021 to $70.00 with a warning the cost may increase again this year.

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ECBG — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 02:11:27 GMT

@kitcat51 wrote:
Mail delivery is great but trash is another story....days late & the cost has gone from $53.00 quarterly in 2021 to $70.00 with a warning the cost may increase again this year.

@kitcat51

If you're in the city, call your city council. If in the county, a county commissioner.

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bikerbabe — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 02:20:09 GMT

A lot of people are out sick right now. Local police, fire, EMTs have 1/3 of workforce out sick. When I went to the bank this week there was only one teller and a line wrapped around the building. We are wasaaaaay short at work. RNs out either with Covid, flu or an ugly bronchitis - or all of the above.

Mail delivery the no change.

Trash typically one extra day since last summer.

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hopi — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 02:29:21 GMT

Mail the same...

Trash the same....

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rms1954 — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:23:51 GMT

Same where I live. I even at times get mail delivered on Sunday. We recently were informed that we'd have a new company picking up our trash and recycles, but they are the same time schedule as our previous.

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Kachina624 — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:31:34 GMT

We've had no problem with our Waste Management service. About 2 years ago, they decided they'd just pick up recycling once every two weeks, which isn't nearly often enough to get rid of all the cardboard.

Mail is delivered daily now about 5pm after coming before noon for years.

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rockygems123 — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:32:38 GMT

@Snowpuppy wrote:
@Sooner some folks making tough decisions.

I may be joining them.

It's not about wanting to work.

@Snowpuppy

That's a cryptic post as in your other reply in this post, what exactly are you saying?

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chrystaltree — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:33:34 GMT

No mail and no trash pickup delays here. Even in the worst days of Covid, there were no delays in those things.

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bmorechick — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:37:09 GMT

We have been very fortunate with the USPS fiasco and never had mail issues at all. We

also never have had fed ex or UPS problems either. Comes right to the door when promised. Now trash pick, we stopped. It went up to 80$ a quarter. Ridiculous and sometimes it wouldn't get picked up...but that was rare. So we got a 40$ a year dump pass and we load out recycle, trash, any metal, mattresses, box springs in other words anything in the pick up and take it to the dumpster at the local dump. Love it. Cut the cord with trash folks and cut the cord with cable years ago. We have saved a good amount of cashflow!

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sunshine45 — Sun, 09 Jan 2022 03:39:54 GMT

single house, not in a gated community.

we have had no issues with trash and recycling. trash one day, recycling one day. the ONLY time we have issues is when it snows or if there is ice. so far, no problems since winter began.

USPS is another story. we have had issues for at least two years now. we did not get mail yesterday other than one package. today we got a large stack of mail delivered plus packages. we never know what to expect. the most disappointing delivery service available. all others do a good job.....UPS, fedex, amazon, DHL.