[MIgramma]

In this part of Michigan, it's just the opposite.
The dumb UPs driver just enters the property and gives your parcel a toss!
It gets real interesting in winter.
We're talking country living here!
I've found stuff in the back of my truck which I may not have even driven for a few days, outside my basement door, beside the garage...not even consistant! It's like playing hide and seek if I'm expecting anything.
Fortunately , I was home when my computer came. He was going to leave it at the bottom of the steps in the snow and I told him NOT if he expected me to sign for it.
I far prefer the regular post office delivery.
Even though our mailbox is 1/4 mile long, the letter-carrier always brings anything too big for the box back to the house and honks to let me know it's there.

[Redbob]

"Even though our mailbox is 1/4 mile long..."

Wow!
We don't even have any that big here in Texas!

[brianl703]

Priority mail is actually pretty fast, and if I need to ship something, the post office lobby is open 24x7, so I can print up a $3.85 stamp using the vending machine, stick it on a flate-rate priority mail envelope, and drop it in the mail slot.

[MississippiMan]

Although I'm very happy with my current UPS man, I've had some real doozies in the past. Thought I was gonna come to blows with one about a year ago. He was standing in the truck literally throwing my boxes (computer monitors) out onto the concrete parking lot. I asked him to take it easy and he looked at me like I was crazy. He utterly REFUSED to apologize. I called the hub and told them if they were smart they'd see that he never set foot on my property again. As soon as I started describing the behavior, they knew who I was calling about. They've been putting up with such for years and don't fire him.

By contrast, I've never ever had a problem with FedEx.

MM