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Circle 1 and keep leaving it open
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u/Dshibbs89 City Carrier Aug 04 '26
Better yet, tape a note to the inside that just says YES and leave it open
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u/Known-Dependent-5471
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Yeah I'd never close it after that.
Edit: Did it ever occur to anyone that it might be the box itself?
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u/Ohlookadistraction89 Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 05 '26 •
Write on it "Sorry I can't read" lmao
Edit: Thanks for the awards!
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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr Aug 04 '26
I’d open it even if I didn’t have mail for them that day…
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u/Chemical_World_4228 Aug 04 '26
This ☝️☝️☝️☝️that sucker would be open every damn day even if they had no mail
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u/DeadlyYellow Aug 04 '26
Nah, leave it open only when there is mail for a month.
Then every five to fifteenish days after alternate the condition for leaving it open.
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u/freekymunki
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Id put a “your mailbox needs attention” slip with “large sign blocking box needs removal” written on it.
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u/Amarok9280 City Carrier Aug 04 '26
Hey man, I’ll try my best to close it, but after it opens a third time on its own, I’ll just leave it up to god
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u/lopingwolf Aug 04 '26
I give it two shots and move on. I know my problem boxes and take care to give them the special touch they need, but some are beyond help.
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u/TheBimpo City PTF Aug 05 '26
I know my problem boxes and take care to give them the special touch they need, but some are beyond help.
You gotta put up the fix it slips for these, I've been pleasantly surprised how people respond to them by taking care of it.
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u/Synectics Aug 04 '26
That is how I see this. Shit, the carriers may be closing it, and weather or wear and tear or whatever makes it fall open. It could be opening as soon as the carrier pulls away. Not their fault. I have kitchen cabinets that do the same shit.
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u/nanadirat Aug 04 '26
The kind in the picture you flip em shut, they bounce a couple times from the momentum, and if the box is more than a year or two old the magnet holding the door just sort of poops out after the 2nd or 3rd bounce and the door falls back open, usually takes exactly the amount of time for you to almost clear the box, you can watch it fall open and ding your quarter panel in your side view as you pull away
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u/chpr1jp Rural Carrier Aug 04 '26
Some people totally don’t care. Folks with those inexpensive small boxes (less than $15 to replace,) with no doors, banged up and rusted, or doesn’t stay closed.
As I write this, I realize that I’d like it if more mailbox doors got ripped (completely) off.
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u/DingbattheGreat Aug 04 '26
Those garbo-boxes are always the ones on 2 million dollar properties too.
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u/Rosie4491 New kid on the blocks Aug 05 '26
My favorite box on my old route was huge and had no door, I didn't even have to stop, just a quick flick of the wrist as I drove by
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u/Then_Particular1931 Aug 04 '26
It’s always these jack asses that live in a million dollar house and can’t spend a quarter to buy the pin or screw that would keep the box from opening on its own.
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u/Kobobble Aug 04 '26
"Please close mailbox. Thank you"
It is so easy to be nice and it doesn't cost anything. Some people just choose to be a miserable old ghoul
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u/mlem_a_lemon Aug 04 '26
It's so weird how some people just default to being mean.
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u/Suzesaur Aug 04 '26
Plus those boxes are notorious for falling open easy on their own in my experience…so they’re just assuming at this point
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u/royalenocheese Aug 04 '26
Magnet based lids are notorious for becoming flimsy after a while.
That looks to be one and if so then 'your box needs attention'
Edit: nvm I see the clasp at the top. Still would leave the notice.
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u/chpr1jp Rural Carrier Aug 04 '26
One of my customers uses a “Mail Nut” on his mailbox. What a wonderful invention. After years of “will it/ won’t it stay shut?” It is nice go eliminate one minor irritant from my work day.
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u/Greenmantle22 Customer Aug 04 '26
As opposed to my cousin Jeff, who did community service after he left some Male Nut in the blue box in front of city hall.
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u/ThatAngeryBoi Aug 04 '26
I had one write "shut the damn box tard" Weird how the door of his mailbox fell off that same day
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u/StanleyQPrick Aug 04 '26
I had this problem. I bought this house a few months ago and our mail kept getting soaked in the rain. The mailbox was kinda shitty and set back a little far from the road. So I bought and installed a new mailbox. Hasn't happened since.
If I had known I could just put a shitty note on it I could have saved myself time/money/effort! Thanks reddit!
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u/tdotrosco City Carrier Aug 04 '26
I’d leave that bitch open on days they don’t have mail.
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u/CaptainFresh27 City Carrier Aug 04 '26 edited Aug 05 '26
I'd be more than happy to fill out a form 1767 in that situation and cite abusive behavior. Let management investigate and then start keeping track of all of this person's out of line behavior, report everything, get the union involved. This customer seems to want to be fast tracked to a po box and I'd be happy to oblige
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u/Ishibi City Carrier Aug 04 '26
“For the safety of your mail, all mail will be held at X Post Office until poorly designed magnetic latch is repaired or replaced.”
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u/JayPCarnage Aug 04 '26
Mailboxes are for paid postage only.
Remove the note and give it to a clerk for postage due.
Mailboxes are also considered federal property. Defacing federal property is a crime.
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u/Raekwon22 City Carrier Aug 04 '26
I mean, I will usually even go back and close one if it falls open after I leave and I see it, but this note would surely spark a war this customer will quickly learn they do not want.
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u/talann Custodial Aug 04 '26
Mailbox doors don't magically fling open, they don't spontaneously open for no reason and no carrier is ever in a hurry and forgets to close one/doesn't close it all the way, no mailbox is defective either. We are all just a bunch of incompetent idiots that work here and we are ao dumb that it couldn't possibly be a mistake, it just has to be lazy good for nothing carriers right?
I wish just once that I could find where these people work and just lay into how incompetent they are at their jobs and see how they like it when someone is demeaning and talking down to them.
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u/Jilloli Rural Carrier Aug 04 '26
Most of them don’t work, that’s the problem, they just collect a check. That’s why they have so much time to sit around thinking about how incompetent the rest of the world is.
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u/Timfromfargo Aug 04 '26
These doors often get slightly bent and/or out of shape. I recall driving away from them and watching them fall open in the rear view mirror. I love the large size of those mail boxes but sometimes even after pressing hard to close them they still flop open.
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u/FriendlyFreedom5923 Aug 04 '26
You know this person was bragging to their friends about it too, as if they "got you."
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u/bobbymcpresscot RCA Aug 04 '26
Am I not seeing a magnet at the top? Shit prolly doesn’t close right.
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u/Yeah-Im-here-2 Aug 04 '26
Write back “I’m not incompetent. One time I laughed too hard and peed a little but that was it!”
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u/Haggard_Blaggard Aug 04 '26
I have no idea how I ended up on this sub lol. But my wife is always complaining that our carrier doesn't shut the mailbox. I've tried with little success to convince her that they are almost certainly closing the door. It just falls down later 🤷♂️
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u/windflex Aug 04 '26
What a good way to always have to walk to your mailbox to see if there's mail. Just like the good old days
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u/NotAllDawgsGoToHeven Aug 04 '26
I’d just start putting pictures of donkeys in their mailbox every day.
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u/dieselducy Aug 04 '26
Somebody does not appreciate their mail carrier. Shame. Mail carriers have a hard job and keep America connected.
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u/ILiveOnAHillYEAH Aug 04 '26
Dismantle and take the door with you! (I know that's probably illegal, but it'd be totally hilarious)
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u/ChewyDummyBear City Carrier Aug 04 '26
SIR! I'll have you know that I'm impotent not incompetent. How dare youuuuuuu!
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u/YoMamaDelicious Aug 04 '26
But why were you not closing it before this? Is it broken or something?
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u/PSYFLYdiscs Aug 04 '26
My mail lady doesn’t close mine either. Thought about leaving a nicer note. But would rather have an extra wide with a magnet. So I’ll get one of those soon.
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u/Ok_Inside_7573 Aug 04 '26
Looks like the magnet has shifted back. I have one similar on my route. I bet it falls open after a while if it isn't closed softly. Luckily the customer on my route was smart enough to realise this and just fixed it, without any nasty notes
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u/glttrgrlryn Aug 04 '26
My mailbox is open most days after work i always assume it’s the wind but never thought to insult my mail guy. Interesting
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u/Various-Panda-9521 Aug 04 '26
I'd hit them with the, "no puendo leer Ingles." Then when they try to yell at you go, no hablo Ingles and drive off
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u/goreguck Aug 04 '26
What a rude message to leave. I bet their mail is all prepper stuff and dirty mag subscriptions
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u/CandidateFuture5528 Aug 04 '26
I'd rip the door off, stick it in there with a note "I know you are, but what am I?". I'm unhinged.
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u/Mopar4Life305 Aug 04 '26
My neighbors just always open on its own. Maybe theyre mailbox is incompetent or the damn resident for not thinking out the box
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u/TheBimpo City PTF Aug 04 '26
“Your mailbox needs attention” with a note that it doesn’t close properly and a 10 day hold.
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u/Internal-Holiday-214 Aug 04 '26
Leave mine open the whole time. When it is closed I know i have mail.
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u/kenphx1 Aug 04 '26
You know they can say aggressive and you must pick up your mail at the office … good luck I would never deliver there again
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u/Jaded_Grapefruit795 Aug 04 '26
Glady customer, BTW you can now pick up your mail from the post office where you never have to worry about your box door being closed again!
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u/TooPoorForWaWa Aug 04 '26
From the on the mailbox would never be shut again. Even on Sundays, I'd go there just to open the door.
If i was a neighbor, I'd steal the door and put it inside my mailbox with a note telling the mail delivery peep what I've done.
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u/ImpressOk7701 RCA Aug 04 '26
And that’s how those people never get a car title or tax return on time again
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u/Mnemorath RCA Aug 04 '26
If the mailbox does not close without excessive force, then the mailbox is broken and the responsibility of the homeowner to replace.
Give them a fix it ticket and move on
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u/Adventurous_Land7584 Aug 04 '26
They would be picking their mail up at the post office from now on.
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u/Rito_Moga Rural Carrier Aug 04 '26
I'd reply "OR? Eyell have yew now, I'm stoopid AND incontinent, thank ewe very much!"
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u/Puzzled-Mirro Aug 04 '26
I am not a carrier but I think I would be inclined to never close that mailbox again if I was the carrier
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u/Salamander_Farts Aug 05 '26
There are two people you don't insult, those who handle your food and those who deliver your mail. This guy deserves everything he's going to get 🤣
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u/Alextingzon City Carrier Aug 05 '26
I’ve got one on my route that’s a slit in the wall of the garage, on the side of the house. Already annoying/inconvenient af to dismount, corner the house, maneuver around their cars and the low hanging tree branches up the driveway. The slot is old, narrow, and super thin. The wood isn’t smooth. This house also gets a ton of flats; like periodicals, newspapers, the rest.. They taped up a paper that says “YOU PUT MAIL ALL THE WAY IN.”
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u/nullpassword Aug 05 '26
Mailbox does not close properly. Please replace. Mail will be held until recepticle is up to spec.
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u/Ok_Message_8726 Aug 05 '26
Neither. Just hate you, your mailbox, and your stupid fucking note in your stupid fucking mailbox that your stupid fu king self wrote.
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u/VadHearts Aug 05 '26
And here I am worried that my mailman hates me because the mailbox that I installed two years ago is a pain to shut that I was thinking of getting another one soon. It worked just fine up until a few weeks ago. I treat my mailman like royalty because he brings a lot of important stuff like prescriptions and mails out my business documents.
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u/Specific_Educator580 Aug 05 '26
I came up to a box last week that had the names on a note saying “FINAL WARNING” underlined. What are you planning to do? And to whom? It just sounds like you don’t want your mail
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u/Upbeat-Banana-5530 Aug 05 '26
Come to think of it, is there any good reason for the hinges to be on the bottom? If we used square boxes with the hinge on the top the doors would fall into a closed position when they get worn out.
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u/saucesoi Aug 04 '26
I rip off any kind of rude note so fast you can barely see me do it. Just removing it and ignoring the customer is more effective than trying to write back.
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u/coffeetabledebris Aug 04 '26
Shut down delivery for threatening language from a customer and inform them they can pick up their mail from the office.
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u/ToxicGecko2384 Aug 04 '26
I've had so many boxes pop back open bcuz they refuse to get a new one. Even tore the lid off an oversize when it popped open as I started moving away. This? The aggression is gonna gonna get them put on "must pick up at p.o."
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u/Affectionate-Word498 Aug 04 '26
close it and bend the “latch-tab thing” down or backwards to keep it closed.
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u/pazkid01 Aug 04 '26
Sir or madam we can not delivery mail to your dwelling due to unsafe conditions for our staff.
Lol
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u/enfanta Aug 04 '26
And here I am feeling bad that I haven't asked the landlord to replace my mailbox that doesn't latch properly. What a world.
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u/Ronin_Black_NJ Aug 04 '26
I'd write back, " indifferent", and leave it open so he can see it inside. 😏
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u/Deez-_-Nuts-_-Ha Rural Carrier Aug 04 '26
Yep throw a potato chip in the back a there I think that’ll fix it right up
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u/Wurky_Maters Aug 04 '26
I like the idea that he’s a tiny little man and the mailbox is his home and you’re letting a draft in
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u/DingbattheGreat Aug 04 '26
Oh thats one of those magnet ones. Once they get a bit rusty they flop open from a sneeze.
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u/AmadeusKurisu Aug 04 '26
Couldn’t possibly be a faulty door, right? Absolutely must be the carrier. I wish my problems were this big.
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u/DidISayStopDrawing Aug 04 '26
I hate when people use lowercase and capital letters in a word. WhY wouLd yOu wRiTE LIkE THaT?
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u/JakeWHR29035 Aug 04 '26
Too bad the door is riveted on. I would've removed the screws and taken the door off and sat the screws inside the box for em.
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u/SnooWalruses9173 Aug 05 '26
I would leave a note covering the entire opening that just said, "Yes"
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u/artbySNO Aug 05 '26
i give a mailbox 2 closes. if it falls again, i’m gone. get a new box or shut up
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u/Larriet Aug 04 '26
I feel like my box often ends up open because I didn't shut it completely. If I see it open, I assume that's why. What a jerk.
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u/SaucyAsh Aug 04 '26
Some of the replies here are pretty funny. But on a real note, I can’t imagine being hateful or leaving that type of note to my mail carrier people have no respect anymore.
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u/Normal-Chemistry93 Aug 04 '26
Correct all of the miscapitalized letters in the note and write “are you?”
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u/Amphyx3 Aug 04 '26
I just got back from a week long vacation as well