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Postal Worker Refusing To Deliver Packages To Florida Nudists
By Ben Hooper
Feb. 27 (UPI) -
- Residents of a Florida resort said they are having problems with a substitute mail carrier who refuses to deliver their packages -- because they're nudists.
Hudson residents living at the Eden RV Resort and City Retreat, a clothing-optional compound that includes an RV park as well as small family homes, said their normal U.S. Postal Service mail carrier has no problem deliv- ering packages inside the gates, but recently they have been hav- ing trouble with a substitute.
Residents said a post office man- ager told them the mail carrier isn't required to enter the commu-
nity if nudity offends her.
"It offends me that she does not do her job because if she can't do her job, then she should- n't be having this job," 10-year resort resident Eileen Hudak told WFLA-TV.
Residents said mail delivered to boxes outside the gate is arriving normally, but the carrier has not been bringing packages.
"She marks it undeliverable, whether it fits in the box or it doesn't, so we don't get the mail that day. And sometimes the mail is important. Like with our neighbor, med- ication some- times. You can't wait until Monday or Tuesday to go get it," Hudak said.
The residents said their normal mail carrier deliv- ers packages to their doors, but they would be
satisfied if the substitute would simply drop them off at the main office.
U.S. Postal Service spokes- woman Enola Rice said the car- rier isn't breaking any rules.
Enola Rice, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service, said the carrier is doing nothing wrong. Rice sent this statement:
"In accordance with postal regu-
lations, all mail is left in the appro- priate boxes," Rice said. "Packages are left in the large parcel lockers, which, like the mailboxes, are located just out- side the entrance to the community. Notices are left for mail requiring signature and items that do not fit in the lockers."
She said the car- rier is not required to enter the community.
"Carriers are not
required to deliv- er beyond the centralized deliv- ery units," Rice said. "We can assure all cus- tomers that mail and packages are being deliv- ered according to national central- ized delivery requirements. The Postal Service appreci- ates its cus- tomers and strives to provide the best possible service at all times."
Mail carriers have refused to deliver to loca- tions in the past for other unusual reasons, includ- ing territorial turkeys in
Ohio, fear of bed- bugs at a Detroit apartment build- ing and multiple homes
in Lubbock, Texas, where postal workers determined pets to be too aggres- sive.
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