I-TEAM: Mail carrier caught on video repeatedly driving on homeowner’s yard

Homeowner finally gets reimbursed after I-TEAM steps in.

[@johnmarshall4442]

Maybe that postal carrier needs a walking route for a while , so he can think about it for a while !

[@dericksmith2137]

We have a ‘best comment’ winner! 🥳 I agree with you sir.

[@jpmccray6754]

How about no longer employed???!!!!!

[@oceanbreeze6589]

@@jpmccray6754 Thank you for your comment!!!! This has clearly been done on purpose. Make it so that pos hater person has no access to the USPS truck. period!!!!!

[@tcollier5460]

Part of his route might be walking, do you think that's the only house he delivers to? My route has 650 deliveries, half walking and driving! The supervisors constantly push us to work faster! That guy knows he's got a scan point in his mailbox! We have to be there at the same time everyday

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

Probably fat and lazy, walking 7 miles a day would probably cure a lot of those ills.

[@thomasharris5151]

He should’ve gotten at least $500 for having to sod the area the 12 times it happened. That’s material time and labor

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

That's not his property I'm glad he's keeping it up, but that goes beyond upkeep.

[@foltzenlogel]

How hard would it have been to use a driveway to turn around? Shameful.

[@derekd1510]

It's completely inconsiderate and disrespectful. This person does not deserve a job with the USPS.

[@tcollier5460]

Where did you see a driveway, besides we get in trouble for backing up! This guy knows, he's got a scan point in his mailbox! We have to scan these points the same time everyday,whether it's sunny or 2 feet of snow on the ground

[@foltzenlogel]

@@tcollier5460 - The driveway is straight across from where he drove over the guys grass. I see mail delivery vehicles back up all the time. Also in my 46 trips around the sun I have NEVER seen a mail delivery driver scan a mailbox.

[@zachf748]

This is why the media is so important. I’ve seen *_soo_* many cases of people getting screwed only to finally get results after turning to these news / investigative news teams for help.

[@CODYORMOE]

Local media is important. National news agencies have gone to complete sh*t however.

[@lindak7499]

If you have to tell an employee to not drive on the grass when delivering mail, your employee has more serious issues than that. His decision making skills should be looked at and I think he needs more visual watching to see what else he has been doing.

[@dericksmith2137]

You’d think that the post office would also be concerned about the driver causing damage to the truck ?

[@johnmarshall4442]

It's right hand drive with no door . He's able to watch his tire go right into the grass and watch it tear up his yard . He's doing it intentionally !

[@dericksmith2137]

Damned racist driver! He’s jealous that the black gent has a nice home, while the driver is back living in his moms basement. Since the divorce the ex took his trailer home. 😜

[@patrictu6059]

I’d be mad too, most people pride themselves on their yards and houses. He could have turned around in another drive way he was doing to much!

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

*Too

[@Thomas-gq2tv]

😅

[@geraldgreauxjr.7106]

A 2x4 with nails would fix that problem. Once he got several flats in the same area the supervisor would get involved real quick. Stay off people's property, jealousy is ugly! Stop being a hater!😅🤣😅

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

That is not a part of the property owner's yard.

[@sydneyevans2637]

@@TruckTaxiMoveIt It is probably an easement that the city considers the homeowner's responsibility.

[@AB-wk6sm]

Wow $100 check…. That’s so not cool. Tell him to put spike strips along the edge of his grass… I bet mailman would stop catching a flat or two.

[@Heyymynameisjbells]

That’s actually a really good idea

[@s.avelar.7979]

🤣😂👍

[@Shaqlife]

$100 is crap the sod replacement was $300

[@mrgonzalez4583]

Damn I hope the mail man didn’t get fired for that grass

[@guerrillaentrepreneur5999]

@@mrgonzalez4583 Didn't? He/she most certainly should lose their job after a year of driving on the man's lawn (labor, expenses) your comment is that of an bleeding heart enabler.

[@Cekayla1]

So hard to actually get anyone on the phone at the usps

[@hoondaily270]

Seems like emailing them is the move

[@alleykatt6110]

He could just as easily turn around in someone’s driveway….. doing it on purpose! Delivering mail doesn’t include destroying someone’s property!

[@latoyahodges4962]

Mail carriers are not allowed to back up the truck.

[@alleykatt6110]

@@latoyahodges4962 That still doesn’t give them the right to destroy someone else’s property…… the could just as easily make a U-turn in someone’s driveway…..

[@derekd1510]

@@latoyahodges4962 What? Where did you hear that? Why wouldn't they? That's ridiculous.

[@claudettes9697]

This homeowner is so cool. Very composed. We’re all heated for him!

[@OrbitalTrails-x5s]

First world problems

[@claudettes9697]

@@OrbitalTrails-x5s Knock it off.

[@chrisbruggers8076]

A few strategically placed nails in the grass should solve the problem... seriously though, why does this mail carrier choose that exact spot to do his three point turn every time. Its just weird. And no self awareness at all.

[@elsajones2539]

Poor training. No pride in work.

[@myracarbajal4978]

😂 I agree.

[@nickv1008]

Federal law says you cant boobie trap mail carriers. Federal prison for homeowner. Yea, good advice.

[@chrisbruggers8076]

@@nickv1008 It's a joke dumb dumb... pretty sure it's illegal to booby trap people in general

[@catusjack2230]

Ice cube Friday : Stanley … “can you keep of the grass ?? “🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@dionnect007]

Yeah, this is so petty, don't get me wrong, I'm not defending the postal employee for driving on his property, because he definitely shouldn't be driving on anyone's property. But C'mon, that lil turf disturbance😒, I'm embarrassed for him for coming on television with something so minut. Like dude, you a grown man, with way too much free time on your hands 😒🤦🏽‍♀️. LOL

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

@Cactus: *Off

[@Armistead_MacSkye]

@@dionnect007 *Minute

[@dionnect007]

@@Armistead_MacSkye forgot the "e" thanks for the correction

[@tiffanyingram3444]

Lol

[@monicamackeyt7231]

My neighbors do this and thing, like they act like I’m in the wrong when I confront them.. learn to drive on the asphalt called a road and not in someone’s yard😡

[@Shaqlife]

Exactly

[@S5_Sportback]

I put lots of effort in my grass, I'd be pissed. Keeping a nice lawn is is not an easy task.

[@TheSkete]

But that's not his yard.

[@drjekelmrhyde]

Technically that's a town/city issue, since that's a public easement. The town/city should reimburse him and go after the USPS.

[@dericksmith2137]

Yep. The man should call someone from the city and complain, every time! Then when the city fixes it, it won’t just be $100 that the post office is responsible for. In fact the city should pay the man $100 to use his video to go after the PO.

[@imshaunnurse]

Your lawn is not public. Maybe in your state

[@drjekelmrhyde]

@@imshaunnurse You can tell where the utility poles are placed. That's public easement.

[@battles423]

@@imshaunnurse so are you saying the public sidewalk is on his property. What about the utility poles on the property line. Is that on his property. So the city can’t cut trees on his property if they feel it could fall on utilities lines. Yeah right. Know the laws before you speak out.

[@TheSkete]

@@imshaunnurse - I'm in the same state, FLORIDA. That's easement bud...

[@jennyyy78]

Obviously the mailman is targeting his house , no one else seems to have that problem !

[@contactpq]

I don't think the mail carrier is targeting his hom maliciously...it appears to be the turnaround point on the route and rather than do the 3-point turnaround or pull into driveway to turnaround, the mail carrier takes the lazy way out by making a wide swing into his yard

[@OrbitalTrails-x5s]

The KKK?

[@chrisg1364]

I think everyone else realizes they dont own that part of the grass lol

[@tcollier5460]

@@OrbitalTrails-x5s Had to go there, always an idiot that makes it about race

[@d.h.4778]

@@tcollier5460 while it seems to be a diverse area, you don’t know if his area is inclusive, you don’t know how many POC are in the area, you don’t even know what color the mailman is, so who’s to say it’s not about race? Micro aggressions like the one you just do blatantly had happen all the time, which you, again, just proved.

[@patmcbride9853]

"Decorative" boulders would work. And $300? I'm going to start a "Sod repair service".

[@Shaqlife]

A pallet is around $300

[@dericksmith2137]

It’s actually quite lucrative. Takes a bit of knowledge but nothing that can’t be learned. Years back when I owned a yard maintenance/landscaping company, one of the best money makers was going to homes that just got new driveways. Most concrete companies don’t repair the area beside the new drive. Eventually it led me to sell off the landscaping and take a job working for a concrete crew. 5 years later I opened my own concrete construction company. 20 yrs later I retired at 50 (after selling off the concrete company). Living the dream!

[@latoyahodges4962]

He's lying. That lil spot didn't cost him $300. Smh

[@Shaqlife]

@@latoyahodges4962 lol I thought that too bc isn’t really a big area, then again the post office only gave him $100, so sounds about right

[@dericksmith2137]

@@latoyahodges4962 - it would depend how it was done. For a company to send a crew, a truck, and material, it’s not worthwhile to the company unless the charge a minimum fee. Use concrete as an Ex: a driveway 1200sq ft is around $10,000. A shed pad 8’X8’ = 64 sq ft is between $1500-$2000. But the small slab around a clothesline 6’X4’ =24 sq ft isn’t worth a company looking at for less than $1000. (That’s all labor and materials include in each.) But as a ‘side job’, I could give those small jobs to one of my guys. Then they could do the job for far less, not having the same expenses or overhead that a company has.

[@terriseaton3049]

Ridiculous! What is wrong with this carrier? Other than the obvious one, DeJoy.

[@codyflowers8758]

This would piss me off too! I don’t drive on my lawn, so you can’t either. I would call a attorney and sue them. Them having to show up in court will get things fixed

[@Skank_and_Gutterboy]

You must be independently wealthy. For most people, spending thousands of dollars to recoup a few hundred is something most can't or won't do.

[@arleneaugustahair8393]

Ours doesn’t even deliver our mail.

[@dericksmith2137]

Here either. They’ve gone with those community boxes. Every so many blocks there’s a big box with keyed post boxes for the area residents.

[@flygirlfly]

LARGE Decorative boulders would be a good DETERRENT .

[@mechveteran01]

"The driver has been notified to stop driving on the grass" *Are you freaking KIDDING me!!?* I can't stand the USPS anymore and that has been the case for several years

[@willbass2869]

In last few years I've had half a dozen. Before that i had same ones for years at a time. Nowdays some are lazy mofos. Missing mail (with checks inside) and one just threw mail the porch once rather than into my box.

[@lonesoldierinsincity7]

At least the mailman, is delivering your mail. 💯

[@collinsfriend1]

Why in the H doesn't the mail carrier use the ample driveways?

[@OrbitalTrails-x5s]

Praying for you and your family, my God give you the strength to endure this horrific tragedy.

[@dionnect007]

🤣

[@matthewreid5605]

They petty for making sure he owned the home and got the 2 estimates 😂 lol that 300 was counting the labor

[@richardh418]

The postal service don't give a damn.

[@careywalton1]

The city has a right away along the edge of the street, but it is the person's responsibility to maintain the grass. So those saying it isn't is property are wrong, it is and has to be maintained by the property owner, the city only has the right away to do work or have access. If there was a sidewalk, same thing the grass between the sidewalk and street is still the owner's property and has to be maintained by the property owner.

[@dericksmith2137]

But with DAMAGE it isn’t the homeowners responsibility. Think of when a tree on the blvd blows down after a storm, the city crews do the cleanup. You are correct that the homeowner is expected to MAINTAIN but that’s all. If the homeowner was smart he’d have complained to the city, each time! Then offering up the video as evidence the city would do the repairs and seek reimbursement from the post office (at a lot more than $100).

[@amh75ify]

In most jurisdictions, the grass between the street and sidewalk belongs to the city.

[@1onelyone]

Put up a small fence along the border,, that'll stop it... If they try turning around again they will knock down the fence and that is destruction of property they can go to jail for that

[@dericksmith2137]

It’s a code violation to erect anything on the public easement. Most homes do not ‘own’ to the curb. Despite being expected to maintain it, you don’t own it. (If you don’t maintain it the city will randomly come and then bill you for the work. Usually attaching it to the land taxes.)

[@d8bn]

How would that driver like it if someone did that to his yard, or caused $300 in damage on his vehicle with no accountability? I hope that homeowner installs a VERY sturdy fence right on that border, so the next time the driver decides to drive carelessly, the damage will be done to the truck (running into a concrete fence) and will come out of his paycheck.

[@markreid7144]

Put spikes in the grass it will flatten the tires 🤪thank me later

[@nickv1008]

FEDERAL PRISON.

[@blackskyguy3421]

Why on God's green earth is he wearing a mask outside in the FRESH AIR ???

[@ScrapDog]

I would spike the grass

[@wandachristian1884]

USPS should pay for each time the homeowner had to have his lawn fixed. There is no reason the driver can’t drive in and back out of a driveway close by, or just go around the block. What happened to common curiosity, respect, professionalism, etc. Ot seems like since the pandemic people decided they don’t need all that anymore. 😩

[@CODYORMOE]

That has to be frustrating. Man just wants his place to look nice.

[@philpugliese7049]

Postmaster is the problem, customer service is first and foremost, no carrier would get away with this with a good Postmaster.

[@April2022]

He doesn't know how to do the job of turning around? He's doing it on purpose too. Yeah he's just needed for him to stay off his grass and he still doing so much it damage it quite often.

[@BluesInMySoul]

This is despicable.

[@elle5031]

I would expect this behavior from an immature teenager...not an employee on the clock...and most especially not a mail carier.

[@jamm9621]

We never drive on the grass, this carrier does this on purpose

[@udonnomi6958]

Pound a peice of rebar into the ground and leave 3/4 inch sticking straight out of the grass. It won't take him too long to stay on the asphalt.

[@Ronyashmet520]

I don't condone or condemn your comment, but it's funny.🤣🤣

[@hijoaputa1128]

😆 🤣 😂 that's not even his grass

[@earvetta]

That's a poor Postmaster for not taking care of this by making the driver responsible

[@dericksmith2137]

Post office not only needs to compensate the man, but review the drivers performance. I’d be real curious as to how much damage the driver is putting on the mail truck?

[@latoyahodges4962]

Those mail trucks are already raggedy. Lol! They get rain on the inside when it rains. Some trucks don't have heat and most definitely not any AC.

[@nunofyobusiness6860]

That is easy to solve, take a section of 2 X 4 with 4" nails driven through it and bury it under the dirt where the truck turns around.

[@hiimtoilet.iflushthings.2182]

Neither rain, sleet, snow, people's lawns, shall prevent the mail man from delivering the mail.

[@beefordchannel]

Lol 😆

[@kurtdowney1489]

Lazy guy could pull into driveway to his left and make the turn. LETS GO BRANDON!

[@Gofackyamotha]

THATS NOT EVEN HIS PROPERTY IDIOT

[@dezbigguns1072]

Damn bro. 10 pieces of sod. I think you full of it

[@richardresendez2325]

the station manager needs to write up that carrier Take him off that route. If there was a curb he will not driving his LLV over that curbside

[@ageeo.7734]

😂 !!! 🎥 guy is the real MVP. Made the reporter day when he looked into the 📫. His eyes was full of j🤩y.

[@robbiematney6661]

Some 2x4s with nails will get some attention to the problem

[@fatonyalmitchell3281]

That's what im thinking 🤔

[@OrbitalTrails-x5s]

When some kid falls on them, then what?

[@angelabarnes7588]

Plant some spikes. Count how many times & how many tires it takes.

[@Missangie827]

Why didn't Mr Karen ask the mail carrier to not drive on his grass?

[@Gofackyamotha]

THATS NOT EVEN YOUR PROPERTY!!!! WTF

[@sylviamontalvo6511]

The Post Office will not pay for the damages. The same is going here where I live in Texas, we have the same problems.

[@dericksmith2137]

Go after the city to repair the damage. Once the city does the repairs, the city will go after the post office. (Especially if there’s video evidence) The homeowner isn’t responsible for repairs, only maintenance.

[@sylviamontalvo6511]

@@dericksmith2137 Going after the city, it won't work.

[@ronaldcoates7228]

He should've put some roofing nails in the grass , that would've stopped it you think 💭! 💯🤔🙀

[@kmbrly101]

$100? Really? He said it cost him about $300 after the last time and it had happened multiple times this past year!! They could have at least paid him a bit more than that!! Jeez! Well, at least he got it resolved!! Yeah!!

[@chrisreed26]

I had this problem in Tampa area...They kept running onto my grass and OVER my irrigation heads!! They aren't cheap to replace! So I installed PVC pipe around the heads as well as added a rebar spike inside the area between the sprinkler head and the protective surround..I waited..about a week later I did notice a few houses down the mail lady had a flat and was out of her mail truck looking at her tire! She had no way of knowing which home caused it or if it was even from a home..I imagine her had to hear the rapid release of air when she ran over the large diameter spike!!! This man needs to bury spikes in his grass..it is legally his yard! Or bury something that would cause the mail truck to be disabled..if questioned he can say well why would a mail truck be in my yard????

[@Rock_K9]

Dude has pride of home ownership, and along comes a scumbag postal worker. Yeah, that’d piss me off too. Good for him getting the local news involved. Shame it took that.

[@terrivangundy]

Pubic officials disrespecting the people 😪 Very sad they have lost their way, we will help them get back to Serving The People 🇱🇷❤🇱🇷😁

[@gymeni]

I had to replace my mailbox because the carrier kept knocking the *metal* door off, for one. If it weren’t for a neighbor, who watched the carrier do what he did the final time it happened, I wouldn’t have known it was him. My neighborhood had has problem carriers for years to no avail.

[@lemonte9807]

come on.. $300. 🤣

[@dopeymark]

Oh trust me I could have solved that problem in 15 minutes time. Once that mail truck got a few accidental flat tires I'm sure they would have stopped driving on my lawn.

[@JorgeGonzalez-ut3pm]

This is really not a big deal. Man you guys on i - team just want to put anything on the news. When you don't have anything to do hu.

[@dreamysunset4720]

I really don’t see the big deal

[@phyllistinetinker9076]

Sue the person that continues to do this

[@TruckTaxiMoveIt]

That is not his yard that is the right-of-way in front of his property. His property line likely starts on the other side of the sidewalk. I noticed many residents in Jacksonville get territorial about what happens in front of their house all the way up to and including the street parking in front of their house.

[@tcollier5460]

He had a scan point in his mailbox, the carrier was turning around to deliver the opposite side of the street! It wasn't done maliciously, a mail carrier is a thankless job! He can always pay for a PO Box

[@battles423]

That part of the grass doesn’t belong to people. The sidewalk to the road is owned by the city or county. Look at the telephone poles. They put the poles on the property line. 22 feet from center of the road usually on each side.

[@alexstone1808]

Spike strips are cheaper and more Fun to watch. Just call it a sharp speed bump. "LOL".

[@lynnleigha580]

No, I've had jewelry stolen by a mailman and they've done nothing about it, I live in Alton Illinois

[@victorvelarde84]

People are dying Kim

[@porkchopnu4096]

That’s not cool that worker need to be reprimanded in some way

[@Shaqlife]

Install a concrete barrier with just a bit of height then the grass that separates the pavement and the grass. I see it all the time. He should do this. It would blow the mail trucks tires and or damage them. I’ll be damn if I would keep buying pallets of sod. Mail carriers driving mail trucks need to have respect period I see them turn on my street and literally drive in peoples yards shameful!!!!

[@ayamasakya4196]

If he damaged the USPS trucks then he would get an unfriendly visit from the the postal inspector. They can charge him with damaging federal government property.

[@wiz_yt]

That mail man must've been like F this grass I ain't walking

[@nautycaalex3180]

That $100 check was an insult, should’ve kept that smh. He literally said one job costed $300

[@mindyourbusiness302]

Okay Karen 👌

[@bruceblannin6641]

This makes the news 😂

[@coltonphillips1]

Couldn’t hear him with the mask on OUTSIDE

[@alansmith4734]

Report them to the Postmaster General - Louis DeJoy. Oops! They are trying to fire Louis DeJoy, as well!

[@recratdemopublican2024]

He should of issued a warrant for their arrest for criminal damage to private property and took them to small claims court

[@patrickfurlong9169]

Criminal damage to property. The driver should have been arrested. Call the police on his @$$.

[@hankrhill324]

Surprised they actually paid out for that lawn repair. We’re talking about the same idiots who put the wrong mail in my mailbox almost daily. I wrote in huge letters my name and still get random peoples mail.

[@wmrayburn7620]

This is actually great first amendment journalism

[@homerdadon6363]

I drive for a living and you NEVER drive on anyones grass... EVER

[@newlife9830]

Does the mailman really need to drive all in the grass. He's not driving a 18 wheeler😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@robertshepherd8543]

I suspect it was not malicious. Big truck with not much turn-around room. The big thing is, DONT DO IT. Who wants their lawn are f*****d up. Even if the monetary cost is minimal, Find a better way to make your turn-around.

[@bluetheta]

And this is why postal rates are going up. It is time to do away with the postal monopoly and open it up to competition.

[@flaming3652]

If regular maintenance is done, you can make that u -turn clean without going in anyone's grass or having to back up which is illegal anyway for a postal truck. Best case scenario the postal worker should just stop being lazy go to the intersection then make the u-turn.

[@sashagarcia6205]

so disrespectful i'm so glad he got paid lmao only 100$ after putting him through the ringer what a joke

[@RottenInDenmarkOrginal]

Technically, that is an easement which he has no control over. Look it up!

[@barkingshark6413]

That’s bull crap... glad you’re getting it rectified. $300 for a few bags of topsoil and a few yards of sod seems excessive. Hope you got it though. Pays for the aggravation.

[@firstlast5681]

All they have to do is show up , when they work for the post office they can't be fired otherwise, I don't know a person who hasn't had problems with the carriers❗

[@aginggracefully1511]

I wonder how that mail carrier would feel if someone did that to his grass, over and over again?

[@nickv1008]

THAT IS RIGHT OF WAY, .......IT DOES NOT BELONG TO THE HOMEOWNER. POSTAL CARRIER CAN DRIVE ON IT. IF YOU BLOCK HIS ACCESS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, POSTAL CARRIER CAN SEND YOUR MAIL BACK.

[@ronnieking3848]

Dear crazy person stuck on CAPS...clearly the area he is destroying has nothing to do with delivering the mail. It's nowhere near the 📬 of the homeowner or the next mailbox.

[@lynnleigha580]

That's crazy, I'd be so mad. I would say find someone decent sized boulders and place them on the edge but he shouldn't have to do that

[@fauxque5057]

That dude doesn't own that part of his yard. It's an easement. We don't own the sidewalk either. Our property stops on the house side of the sidewalk. You're required to maintain it, and the city will sue you for not maintaining it, but you don't own it. Crazy as it seems

[@latoyahodges4962]

It's not his yard. It's the easement and it belongs to the public. Your yard doesn't go all the way to the street

[@coolchrisj]

Man destroying his weeds left an right