Are postal carriers allowed to walk across my lawn and through my flower beds when delivering my mail?

We have a paved walkway from the street to my front door, yet he ignores the paved walkway and instead walks across our lawn and through a flower bed every single day! We have asked him politely to please respect our property and the great deal of effort we expend in order to keep our landscaping healthy and pretty. He gives us a nasty attitude and says things like "Carriers have been walking through peoples lawns for as long as there has been mail delivery". And the next day he's walking across the lawns and beds again. He will not stop. Am I being somehow unreasonable? Do I not have a right to insist he use the paved walkways that everyone else who ever visits our home uses? What would you do? I can't help but be appalled by his blatant disrespect.

Are postal carriers allowed to walk across my lawn and through my flower beds when delivering my mail?
Call the post office and report him.


Actually if you go to usps.com and tell them in email it will be reported. I had a mailman delivering at 6-7pm at night and our box is on the street. I got a nice letter back saying they can't deliver after 5pm and it stopped!!
Reply:I don't know the real answer to your question, but I agree I think it is rude. You should call your local postal station and ask about it. See if they can help out in any way. You are right he can ruin you yard and even cause a path to start there just from the wear of him walking through it everyday.
Reply:How about putting down some dog doo in the beds and see how he likes that.
Reply:that is not good, its vandilism to ur property, and i think that u should contact werever the guy/girl is working and have a talk with the manager
Reply:Tip: Set your sprinkler up where the guy's path is. If you know the time he usually shows up, plant yourelf out of sight, if possible, and crank it up full blast when he trots across your daisies.





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Reply:I would ask him one more time and tell him that you are not trying to start trouble but you put a lot of effort into making your flowers look nice. Or may you can put stepping stones as a path to your mail box perhaps if you make it clear that you had put them there for his purposes only maybe then he will respect. If all else fails by all means report him to the supervisor. There is no reason why he needs to be disrespectful.
Reply:Call the post office and talk to his supervisor. Don't fear him tampering with your mail I'm sure he is totally aware of the consequences.
Reply:If you have a proper walkway, yes he should use it. If he is not doing as you request then talk to the postal carrier company. This is showing disrespect for your property and that is not acceptable.
Reply:Lighten up a bit. Those plants won't be permanently damaged. But yes, you are right, he is being sort of a jerk about it.
Reply:I think the walking across the grass is okay but the flower bed is a bit much. Postal workers have to walk a lot when people have their mailboxes by their front door. I am sure they prefer it when the mailbox in near the street or the neighborhood has clusters of mailboxes. Grass is meant to be walked on, you should move your mailbox and then he won't walk there. The guys who check the meters also walk through the grass.
Reply:If you dont want to hassle with his boss at the post office.





a couple of ideas. Put in a small white picket fence or a nice


waist high hedge (or even a Thick row of rose bushes ) along your property line between you and your neighbors. you might also put up a Pretty box next to the sidewalk.
Reply:Call his supervisor at the post office. Put up a fence. Move your mailbox.
Reply:It is clearly stated in the Canada Post Code of Conduct that your mail provider should be using the provided walkways and not to intrude on your personal property except to access your mailbox (which is why when you don't shovel your driveways and walkways they can deny delivering your mail). I would call the post office and tell them.
Reply:child please let him have it get a back bone that's unprofessional make a formal complaint if it dissent stop think about some poor old lady whose life my revolve around her yard work. OK be for real put him on your cam er phone for collateral and be honest with him about you actions if his does it after that then show his boss cause he could be doing more than that to people your yard is a extent ion of your home