Grumpy!

[LarryAndro]

By a roundabout way, I found out my mailman's nickname is Grumpy. Taking my life in my hands, I asked him why and he said, "Because I'm grumpy!" After today's story, maybe he's right...

He goes to the Veterans Administration for a hearing test. His complaint was ringing in the ears. Tinnitus. He sleeps with TV running. Grumpy tells the lab technician he won't be able to hear the tones, so won't know when to push the button. The tech ignores him and disappears, leaving him in a small room to listen for the tones. A few minutes later, the tech returns and told Grumpy he never pushed the button and again tells him he will have to push the button when he hears a tone. The tech disappears, and Grumpy pushes the button and doesn't let up! The tech came back and told him that wouldn't work either.

I think my mailman is grumpy!

 

[superbleu]

I like the way your mailman rolls!!!!!

 

[smalltank]

Hey I think my maiil carriers name is Mrs. "pick n choose".....when my mail shows up or never gets picked up til next day...

I'll never understand why this happens

 

[LarryAndro]

In fairness, my mailman is very accommodating. He calls me on my cell phone when about to arrive, and I meet him with my box of packages. If I am not around, he checks my porch to see if I've left out the box. He's a grumpy mailman, but he is a good 'un...

 

[Legion]

You're lucky you got Grumpy. I got Dopey. He delivers packages randomly and lets the recipients deliver them to the correct address.

 

[itsmedave]

I have the greatest mail carrier ever. She delivers and picks up without a hitch and when she has a lot of packages for me, she honks the horn and I go out and get them. I met her at the box the other morning with a dozen donuts. She was thrilled.

 

[cb91710]

Sounds like the hearing test tech is Dopey.

If he didn't hear the tones, he couldn't push the button. What's so hard to understand? They don't always run those tests at a "decent" volume and ramp down.
I can hear most things just fine, but with the ringing, some frequencies or volumes are outright painful.

But my high frequency hearing is down 50db.

 

[pipskicks]

In fairness, my mailman is very accommodating. He calls me on my cell phone when about to arrive, and I meet him with my box of packages. If I am not around, he checks my porch to see if I've left out the box. He's a grumpy mailman, but he is a good 'un...

Wow and mine has no problem making me wait in line for an hour to pick it up from the PO when the damn package would fit in my mailbox.

 

[mdove47]

In defense of the mailman, if you do not have any mail the mail carrier does not have to stop at your house, if he does not stop he will not see if you have anything to post. Sometimes a carrier will leave a parcel in the mail box and it will get stolen out of the box, it does happen. Many carriers are veterans and many of them, especially combat veterans, do have hearing problems....you ever been around a weapon firing or loud vehicle....shot hearing and tinnitus for many of us. It is not like the days of old, carriers now have a pretty strict schedule, They carry a laser reader to scan packages upon delivery, and there are barcodes along the routes that have to be scanned within a certain time frame, not scanned trouble ensues. I was a clerk for the USPS and had to log accountables (certified and registered mail) in and out. Working at the USPS is one of the most stressful jobs there is....ever heard of going postal, there is good reason for it.

 

[LarryAndro]

... Many carriers are veterans and many of them, especially combat veterans, do have hearing problems....you ever been around a weapon firing or loud vehicle....shot hearing and tinnitus for many of us...

You are correct in the case of Grumpy. Vietnam veteran, purple heart recipient (shot when on a rope being lowered into jungle to rescue another soldier), spent a lot of time fixing helicopters (noise!), and time on a gun ship (which I assume didn't use silencers)...