Rain, sleet snow but not mosquitoes
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:05 pm
You can't make this stuff up! This is an actual email I got from my property manager today (I'm the president of the condo association). I even borrowed his subject line, it was funny! I've removed names to protect the idiots in the story!
"I had the most interesting call today from the (name removed) Post Office. A (name removed) safety officer called me, he received a report that the mail room has an excessive amount of mosquitoes. Having asked all of his delivery people they also agreed that there seemed to be alot. Maybe it's all of the rain we have been getting, a bumper mosquito crop. He actually told me that they could suspend delivery to the property if it was deemed a hazardous condition to the delivery people, you know the potential for West Nile Virus and all that. I did indicate that it would be very negative press for a mailman not delivering mail because he was being bitten by mosquitoes. You know some people are skins are sensitive to bug sprays. At this point I was beyond speechless, I could tell he was very annoyed himself having to even make this call but with work place safety conditions and unions he had to address the matter with me. The way he left it was he would investigate the matter himself and report back on what he found."
For the record, our mailroom is open air (but covered with a roof). It is not currently surrounded by a moat or even any vegetation. I doubt it is any more hazardous than any other person's mailbox area. Your job is outside. It's summer. It's New England. There are mosquitos, and bees too! If there isn't a nest (which as of 3:30 today there was not), I'm not sure what else I can do for them!!
"I had the most interesting call today from the (name removed) Post Office. A (name removed) safety officer called me, he received a report that the mail room has an excessive amount of mosquitoes. Having asked all of his delivery people they also agreed that there seemed to be alot. Maybe it's all of the rain we have been getting, a bumper mosquito crop. He actually told me that they could suspend delivery to the property if it was deemed a hazardous condition to the delivery people, you know the potential for West Nile Virus and all that. I did indicate that it would be very negative press for a mailman not delivering mail because he was being bitten by mosquitoes. You know some people are skins are sensitive to bug sprays. At this point I was beyond speechless, I could tell he was very annoyed himself having to even make this call but with work place safety conditions and unions he had to address the matter with me. The way he left it was he would investigate the matter himself and report back on what he found."
For the record, our mailroom is open air (but covered with a roof). It is not currently surrounded by a moat or even any vegetation. I doubt it is any more hazardous than any other person's mailbox area. Your job is outside. It's summer. It's New England. There are mosquitos, and bees too! If there isn't a nest (which as of 3:30 today there was not), I'm not sure what else I can do for them!!
