Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds
In Michigan, not so much.
Snow stops 'em from delivering mail quite nicely.
On Friday, as I blogged before, we had a wicked storm with blowing winds and dumping over a foot of snow. No mail delivered to my street that day and I have no complaints, I wasn't about to go out in that either.
Saturday our street wasn't plowed...but the day was clear - no mail.
Monday our street wasn't plowed...but the day was clear - no mail.
We went to the Post Office and picked up some mail and were told that until the Oakland County Road Commission plows the mail does not get through.
Ok our street does have the hill from hell, and as they don't plow it, it gets a nice sheet of ice and you need to take a running start from the end of the street to get to the top and onto the main road unless you have 4 wheel drive, but what about the mail must go through?
Can the mail person get out of the vehicle at the top of the road and deliver it on foot?
Nope, as the post office related its a vehicle route they by rule will not get out to do deliveries and until the RCOC plows its no mail.
Sure enough there was no mail. There was also no plowing.
Finally nature intervened with this lovely snow melt and mild temperatures, melting the road ice sheet and lo, there was mail delivery again, and it was good.
But a cherished myth of Post Office dependability and reliability is sadly dashed however. Snow does stop the mail.
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