surviv'n_it
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I was just hoping to get some quick thoughts on what you think about this situation. Sorry, its kind of long but I didnt want to leave out any details.
On my route there is a dead end private road. It is about a half mile long with 4 houses on it. The second house in is a very nice guy who runs a business out of his home and gets quite a few packages a week. I am having issues with the husband and wife at the first house on this road. When I took this route 3 years ago I was stopped by the husband who said he thought I was going too fast. He said he had children playing outside and he didnt feel it was safe. I was driving about 20 MPH and I suppose I really didnt think it was too fast but apologized anyway and asked him what speed was preferable to him and he said no faster than 15mph. I agreed and since then I never went over 15mph. They rarely get any packages but the man at the second house in does every day.
Throughout the last 3 years, even though I am going 15, I would continually get dirty looks from his wife each day with her motioning me to slow down. I further lowered my speed to 10, in fact I would just leave the truck in 1st gear which tops out at 12mph if floored. Still, I would get angry looks as I passed by their house if they were out and I just learned to ignore it.
Anyways today I go down the private road and deliver to the second house in. I left the truck in first gear and was right around 10-11 mph. On the way back out the woman was standing along side the road and shaking her head. I just ignored her and went on with my route. After completing the rest of my deliveries in this subdivision, I had to pass the entrance to this private road in which this woman and her husband were standing by the side of the road. She stands out in the middle of the road waving for me to stop.
She yells, "You need to slow down. You are going way too fast. I have a 3 year old who likes to play by the road and your going to hit him."
I responded, "I was only going about 10 mph. I am not going to go any slower than that. You should be watching your 3 year old and not let him play by the road. I understand how your concerned for your child as I am too but this is getting ridiculous"
Her husband jumped in "This is a private road, our kids can play anywhere they want. I own this land and noone drives faster along this road than you do."
I respond back, "You told me that you wanted a 15mph speed limit on this road in which I am not even going that fast. So tell me, what speed along here will make you happy?"
He says, "You are not to come down this road again. I am calling UPS and telling them you are not allowed down this stretch."
I said," Well that will include you as well then. What about your deliveries?"
She jumps in, "You will have to put them in my mailbox."
I replied, "No, we cannot do that. I suppose you will have to come and pick up your packages from our center."
She says," UPS will have to put a box out here then for our packages."
I replied, "No, its your responsibility to provide a safe secure delivery location at your residence."
He then just got mad and told me to beat it but he was filing a complaint with the sheriff. I left the area, pulled over and called his neighbor who recieves all the packages in which I explained the entire situation. The neighbor is a great guy who said he would back me up 100% and he knows I never go over 15mph. He said all the residents on this road do 30 or more up and down and he thought I was the slowest person there. He said they do not own the land the private road is on but he does and not to worry about anything. I then called the Sheriff department information line and explained the situation and that these people claimed they were filing a complaint. The person I talked to kind of chuckled and said not to worry about anything, there was nothing I did wrong, unless I was doing donuts or driving on their lawn, there was nothing they could do. However, they said I could file a complaint on them and the woman would be issued a ticket for interfering with a motor vehicle for when she walked out and stopped me. I was tempted but I think UPS would seriously frown on that along with it only adding fuel to the fire.
I then here from the office where they called in a complaint stating that I am seriously speeding down their road, in fact they called me just a "blurr" as I was going so fast. They claim that when they approached me about it I totally lost control and started screaming and yelling at them.
My supervisor already left for the day and no one was around so this will be dealt with Monday and I hate having this hanging over my head. So I was just wondering if you have ever had any similar experiences and what happened?
On my route there is a dead end private road. It is about a half mile long with 4 houses on it. The second house in is a very nice guy who runs a business out of his home and gets quite a few packages a week. I am having issues with the husband and wife at the first house on this road. When I took this route 3 years ago I was stopped by the husband who said he thought I was going too fast. He said he had children playing outside and he didnt feel it was safe. I was driving about 20 MPH and I suppose I really didnt think it was too fast but apologized anyway and asked him what speed was preferable to him and he said no faster than 15mph. I agreed and since then I never went over 15mph. They rarely get any packages but the man at the second house in does every day.
Throughout the last 3 years, even though I am going 15, I would continually get dirty looks from his wife each day with her motioning me to slow down. I further lowered my speed to 10, in fact I would just leave the truck in 1st gear which tops out at 12mph if floored. Still, I would get angry looks as I passed by their house if they were out and I just learned to ignore it.
Anyways today I go down the private road and deliver to the second house in. I left the truck in first gear and was right around 10-11 mph. On the way back out the woman was standing along side the road and shaking her head. I just ignored her and went on with my route. After completing the rest of my deliveries in this subdivision, I had to pass the entrance to this private road in which this woman and her husband were standing by the side of the road. She stands out in the middle of the road waving for me to stop.
She yells, "You need to slow down. You are going way too fast. I have a 3 year old who likes to play by the road and your going to hit him."
I responded, "I was only going about 10 mph. I am not going to go any slower than that. You should be watching your 3 year old and not let him play by the road. I understand how your concerned for your child as I am too but this is getting ridiculous"
Her husband jumped in "This is a private road, our kids can play anywhere they want. I own this land and noone drives faster along this road than you do."
I respond back, "You told me that you wanted a 15mph speed limit on this road in which I am not even going that fast. So tell me, what speed along here will make you happy?"
He says, "You are not to come down this road again. I am calling UPS and telling them you are not allowed down this stretch."
I said," Well that will include you as well then. What about your deliveries?"
She jumps in, "You will have to put them in my mailbox."
I replied, "No, we cannot do that. I suppose you will have to come and pick up your packages from our center."
She says," UPS will have to put a box out here then for our packages."
I replied, "No, its your responsibility to provide a safe secure delivery location at your residence."
He then just got mad and told me to beat it but he was filing a complaint with the sheriff. I left the area, pulled over and called his neighbor who recieves all the packages in which I explained the entire situation. The neighbor is a great guy who said he would back me up 100% and he knows I never go over 15mph. He said all the residents on this road do 30 or more up and down and he thought I was the slowest person there. He said they do not own the land the private road is on but he does and not to worry about anything. I then called the Sheriff department information line and explained the situation and that these people claimed they were filing a complaint. The person I talked to kind of chuckled and said not to worry about anything, there was nothing I did wrong, unless I was doing donuts or driving on their lawn, there was nothing they could do. However, they said I could file a complaint on them and the woman would be issued a ticket for interfering with a motor vehicle for when she walked out and stopped me. I was tempted but I think UPS would seriously frown on that along with it only adding fuel to the fire.
I then here from the office where they called in a complaint stating that I am seriously speeding down their road, in fact they called me just a "blurr" as I was going so fast. They claim that when they approached me about it I totally lost control and started screaming and yelling at them.
My supervisor already left for the day and no one was around so this will be dealt with Monday and I hate having this hanging over my head. So I was just wondering if you have ever had any similar experiences and what happened?