Time locks .... can I kill the mail?

[human1]

So there is no written law ? I will make 3 attemps over three days ... bring the mail back ... kill the lot off ???? As we are suppose to be delivering by 2 pm and this block is my very last call. There is no way I can get there before 1.45 and by this time, time locks are ON.

[estelle]

I'd have thought an official line of action would need to be introduced across the board for this problem then? Surely with later start times for everyone, this problem will become more common.

In an area which delivers the majority of mail to addresses with time locks/service buttons, I know for a fact that customers are less like to buzz you in, you'll have more 'no access' items than deliverable and it'll just be a disaster all round. Think tenement flat areas in Glasgow & Edinburgh for example - a lot have proper security access these days, and many trade buttons stop working around 10/11 am if you're lucky. It's even worse when you lose an hour in winter...

[Hitcher]

So there is no written law ? I will make 3 attemps over three days ... bring the mail back ... kill the lot off ???? As we are suppose to be delivering by 2 pm and this block is my very last call. There is no way I can get there before 1.45 and by this time, time locks are ON.

That's not your call to make. Pass the buck up the chain of command.

[analogsynthman]

I had this problem for over a year. a key is required to get in or it's stand there and press each flat number and wait till it rings off or someone opens the door. When i finally got a key it was lost by the floater. So back to square one again. I have to endorse the mail i can't deliver and take it back.
Sometimes it takes a week to get rid of it, then the whole cycle starts again. I'l be jacking this s**t in soon, i've just had enough of constantly dealing with tossers.