FLORIDA CITY, FLA. (WSVN) - - A United States Postal Service carrier was caught on camera throwing packages over a homeowner’s fence in Florida City.
Surveillance video captured the woman tossing the boxes over the fence of Andres Gonzalez’s home, Tuesday afternoon.
“The mail lady throws away the package as if she was playing baseball,” said Gonzalez.
The homeowner told 7News one of the items was destroyed as a result of the carrier’s actions. He said a diaper dispenser inside one of the thrown parcels cracked.
“When we checked the package, that stuff was broken,” he said.
Gonzalez said he and his wife have been buying baby products online for weeks because they are expecting their second child.
“We got a baby on the way, so we bought a few stuff on Amazon,” said Gonzalez.
What the couple was not expecting was a professional to sling their shipment straight over the railing.
A USPS representative stopped by Gonzalez’s home on Thursday to apologize for the carrier’s actions.
“We are from USPS. I have the manager here. We wanted to apologize about the incident that occurred yesterday,” the representative said in Spanish.
The postmaster also released a statement that read, “Our employees take great pride in their work, delivering for the American public. This is clearly unacceptable behavior that does not reflect the efforts of the thousands of professional, dedicated carriers in our workforce.”
Gonzalez admitted the gate was locked when the package was supposed to be delivered, but that shouldn’t have mattered. In the past, he said, drivers would either leave a note saying they’ll be back when someone is home or carefully drop the package over the fence and onto the lawn.
The homeowner said he does not want the carrier to be reprimanded or fired and that he just wants his packages delivered with more care in the future.
“What I would really like is that they tell her to not do it again because I don’t want anybody to lose their job, because everybody has a family,” Gonzalez said.
The Gonzalezes said that Amazon is issuing a full refund and replacing the damaged diaper dispenser.
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