# Package delivery by the USPS **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/package-delivery-by-the-usps/693089 "2014-07-14T18:01:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/package-delivery-by-the-usps/693089/21 "2014-07-15T08:06:03Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > Well, I’d talk to that postmaster, or his boss, because I don’t believe there has been any ‘policy change’. I don’t believe it’s a policy change either. It sounds more like a policy enforcement to me. Maybe it’s just that I’ve never lived in an place where people keep their doors unlocked, but I’d personally be surprised if this was actually something the USPS allowed in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/package-delivery-by-the-usps/693089/22 "2014-07-15T19:46:31Z")
I ask my mail carrier to leave my packages in the garage and haven’t had a problem. As a matter of fact, he just did it yesterday. I don’t think such a policy as described in the OP exists. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/package-delivery-by-the-usps/693089/23 "2014-07-15T20:40:04Z")
> [@contradancer](#): > > I was going to have some canned chow mein for dinner but now I have to wait until it’s dark to go out and get it in the package they delivered today. Darn. was looking forward to that. If you’d prefer to wait until it’s dark to go outside and fall over, that’s up to you. In the meantime, take a box cutter and go outside and cut yourself out a can of Chow Mein. You can lift that up the steps right? Or just keep complainin’ and starvin’. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/package-delivery-by-the-usps/693089/24 "2014-07-15T20:53:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > _He rings your doorbell!?_ :eek: Twice. Always. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/package-delivery-by-the-usps/693089/25 "2014-07-16T21:52:27Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I ask my mail carrier to leave my packages in the garage and haven’t had a problem. As a matter of fact, he just did it yesterday. I don’t think such a policy as described in the OP exists. Does it require that they open the closed garage door and put the package inside? Maybe with Stand Your Ground and the like, they don’t want their mail carriers opening people’s doors to put packages inside the house. Minimize the risk of mistaken identity…? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/package-delivery-by-the-usps/693089.md?page=1)