Are postman meant to walk over gardens?

[meercat]

Have you tried putting a note on your door as a reminder?

[mazza111]

Thanks for the confirmation on the jacket. Never seen my manager wearing one, that's why I asked. Managers cutting corners, how rare

If you got his name and sorting office I would definitely make an official complaint through either twitter or to the area manager. Agree on the fence thing. Having the same problem with my front lawn. Path runs at a angle so it's easier to step on grass than step back to open the gate properly. I've even seen myself doing it Think we're gonna need to put a wee fence up too.

[Caniel]

I would dig a bigish hole about 2 feet deep along the path they use as a short cut fill it with muddy water and dog mess and cover it so it can't be seen. Then I would place a sign saying "warning concealed hole" at the front of the property where the postman should see it if he was walking up your path like he ought to be. Then sit back with a cup of tea and laugh when the cocky postie tries to take a short cut, never know you might catch that manager.

[meercat]

I would dig a bigish hole about 2 feet deep along the path they use as a short cut fill it with muddy water and dog mess and cover it so it can't be seen. Then I would place a sign saying "warning concealed hole" at the front of the property where the postman should see it if he was walking up your path like he ought to be. Then sit back with a cup of tea and laugh when the cocky postie tries to take a short cut, never know you might catch that manager.

And when he breaks his leg you can sell the house to pay your legal bills and huge fine and the problem will be over because the council flat you get from the housing wont have a garden.

[Caniel]

I would dig a bigish hole about 2 feet deep along the path they use as a short cut fill it with muddy water and dog mess and cover it so it can't be seen. Then I would place a sign saying "warning concealed hole" at the front of the property where the postman should see it if he was walking up your path like he ought to be. Then sit back with a cup of tea and laugh when the cocky postie tries to take a short cut, never know you might catch that manager.

And when he breaks his leg you can sell the house to pay your legal bills and huge fine and the problem will be over because the council flat you get from the housing wont have a garden.

Hence why I said place a sign at the entrance to the property warning about the concealed hole .

[BELIAL]

Why not put a couple of stepping stones in the grass ? neat grass,no mud ;shortcut ;everyone is happy and stress free. Just a suggestion that would completely eradicate the need for you to ever worry about this again , life could resume untainted by this obvious blight.

[slave]

I would dig a bigish hole about 2 feet deep along the path they use as a short cut fill it with muddy water and dog mess and cover it so it can't be seen. Then I would place a sign saying "warning concealed hole" at the front of the property where the postman should see it if he was walking up your path like he ought to be. Then sit back with a cup of tea and laugh when the cocky postie tries to take a short cut, never know you might catch that manager.

And when he breaks his leg you can sell the house to pay your legal bills and huge fine and the problem will be over because the council flat you get from the housing wont have a garden.

Hence why I said place a sign at the entrance to the property warning about the concealed hole .

But why is there a concealed hole, why is it not fenced off - so many questions you could be asked. And placing a sign on the path where he/she or anyone else "might" see it would in all likelihood stand for nothing in legal terms. We could of course go down the road of a child entering your property for whatever reason and falling in said unprotected hole, your sign would count for even less, but let us not go there.

[Caniel]

I would dig a bigish hole about 2 feet deep along the path they use as a short cut fill it with muddy water and dog mess and cover it so it can't be seen. Then I would place a sign saying "warning concealed hole" at the front of the property where the postman should see it if he was walking up your path like he ought to be. Then sit back with a cup of tea and laugh when the cocky postie tries to take a short cut, never know you might catch that manager.

And when he breaks his leg you can sell the house to pay your legal bills and huge fine and the problem will be over because the council flat you get from the housing wont have a garden.

Hence why I said place a sign at the entrance to the property warning about the concealed hole .

But why is there a concealed hole, why is it not fenced off - so many questions you could be asked. And placing a sign on the path where he/she or anyone else "might" see it would in all likelihood stand for nothing in legal terms. We could of course go down the road of a child entering your property for whatever reason and falling in said unprotected hole, your sign would count for even less, but let us not go there.

Common sense should always prevail in a court. A warning sign at the end of the day carries a lot of clout in legal terms someone that doesn't bother to read it is what stands for nothing in legal terms. Case in point being the crude signs put up on private property by clamping firms, lots of people don't read them but don't have a leg to stand on when they get clamped for their trouble.

[stokes11eg]

I'd just put up a sign asking people to use the path and stay of the grass! Could be if your steps and path are conclealed by your sloping lawn, some people might not even realise there is a path!

[mazza111]

Same problem with next door's neighbours' kids. Got a nice little keep off sign out the £1 shop

[Militantdave]

i remember recently a postie won alot of compo /reinstaement for tripping over a small wall as he took a short cut over it.the tribuneral thought it reasonable that the postie would take short cuts .

personally i take every short cut going unless asked not to by the home owner.some residence even tell you its ok.

if some of you could produce the rule you keep quoting as gospel that says no taking short cuts then i will stop tomorrow.

but i find it very very very hard to believe that the postie walking on it once a day would turn it into a mud strewn path..alot more people must be using it to get like that.

not one single propery ive done it on for years has anything more than then the grass bent for a few minutes if its long.

i have however seen alot of tracks through lawns and got blamed by the owners once which turned out to be there cat pacing back and forth.

perhaps this gentalman should stop complaining and put down a couple of stepping stones.

on a related subject ,i had a complaint this week by a resident .he complained that i put letter through his letter box

[davthepunk]

A couple of days ago, I saw a postie trying to take a shortcut over a neighbour's fence and getting his groinal area caught on the pointy top wooden bits (I think the ground on one side of the fence is lower than the other), then sort of leaping/rolling over it the rest of the way and ending up lying face down in the soil.

Probably a lesson learned.

Just thought that I'd take the opportunity to share that while I'm here again.

[BELIAL]

Don't panic ,since most of them are minus balls and backbone no injury will have occured

[Postman Plodd]

this happens to me regularly seeing as im never on a walk long enough to remember the traps and pitfalls until im lying in a heap clutching the old love spuds.