Introduction - About Me

Welcome to my Blog! I am a native San Franciscan with over seventy years of ranting rage. I would write little notes of things I see, read or heard that vent my frustration. One of the youngsters suggested for me to start a Blog. I told him I could hardly remember doing the waltz how would I keep up with these new dance movements. He told me that blogging is the new Internet age of people expressing their thoughts to the whole world. Since my fellow old cronies sometimes hates my bitching and complaining, instead of pretending to be listening to me or nodding to sleep, some would just walk away while I am talking. This blogging is a lot better, since if you don’t like what I am saying all you have to do is press “delete,” and you would not have to see me sticking my nose at you!

I love writing and again the youngster suggested I get an apple. I asked him how would eating apple help my writing! The younger generation phrase “out of touch” sometimes does ring true. Then came the digital camera, sure beats the old Kodak roll film---wait until all 36 pictures are taken, to the corner drugstore to get it develop, wait a week and when you get back the pictures…almost half is blacken, because you forgot to take the camera lens cover off! Now I have instant pictures.

These are all my personal opinions and observations. Plus this is quite cheaper than seeing my monthly therapist since I recalled one visit as I was leaving she told the receptionist: “What a raving fool!”

The Wizard

© 2010 Raving Corner

Can I park here?

May 13, 2010 I observed this postal truck parked in the pedestrian crosswalk at the corner of  Lombard & Mason Street at 12:15 PM. Let’s do some logical deductions; there are occasion when a postal vehicle is parked this way---to pick up outgoing mails from blue collection boxes or to drop off sacks of mails to be placed in the corner green relay boxes for walking route letter carriers. Not this time since there weren't any blue collection box or green relay box at this corner.

Maybe the driver is delivering a parcel nearby? Nope, since I stood there taking several pictures and finally left at 12:35 PM I didn’t noticed no uniformed postal workers around the area.

The parked postal vehicle was not a temporary situation, since the “emergency” yellow flashing lights was not on.

There were plenty of metered parking spaces along the adjacent block of Columbus Avenue the driver could have parked.

So what did the Wizard surmised happened…I checked the parked postal vehicles at the local post office nearby and the truck belonged to another postal delivery zone, therefore the driver is technically off-route. He-as I ascertains by inspecting the vehicle front cab area from the outside, must have either lives or have friends around the area and decided to visit them during lunchtime.

Are postal employees allowed to do that? No! Then why did this occur? Number one---too many postal employees in the City of San Francisco and supervision cannot be everywhere. Number two---driver has a belief of entitlement!

Are postal vehicles exempt from the State of California Vehicle Codes? Nope! Majority of the postal drivers assume they are exempted, but the truth of the matter they are not. There are certain parking situations where police or parking control officers have given postal vehicles leeway, but this truck was parked at the crosswalk for at least an hour!

If you---General Public citizenry did the same actuality what would happen? A ticket costing $90 and a possibility of having your vehicle towed away!

Did you noticed in the above picture that on the corner curb had a wheelchair ramp cut-off, which the tail end of the truck is blocking. If you asked the driver of this truck his reply would be…it wasn’t painted blue!

The main question I would ask the public…how would you feel if you had to step out into on-coming vehicle traffic to cross this corner?

The answer---hope you have a good health plan or your family can sue the Postal Service on your behalf!


© 2010 Raving Corner