To tell post lady to stop walking across my lawn and flower bed.

[Canthisonebeused]

It is really bugging me and I think a grown woman should not need to be told this isn't how she should be accessing my door. I just seen her literally tiptoeing across my flower bed.

I'm the first house in the culdi sac and she walks past my path parks her cart a few meters along next to my front lawn and delivers to all the houses. She then does me last cutting across and back again and then takes her cart walking past my path again.

Surely if she does me first and walks up the path and along the pavement or does me last walking along the pavement and up my path she will lose all of about 20 seconds.

I don't really want to confront her and also don't want to leave a passive aggressive note to her. I suppose I could get a keep off the grass sign.

That would irritate me, too, but like you, I wouldn't want to create an atmosphere, so would probably put up with it, whilst fuming every time it happened!

Maybe you could get one of those American style postboxes at the end of your path?

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Just wati till you see her walking across your flowerbed,nip out and ask her not to do it.After all if you catch her doing it she can deny it.

What a terrible problem. Someone walking on your lawn. Bet the Queen gets really Fed up with all the guests at her garden parties walking on her lawns.YANBU.

I know granny but really what can she do? I can totally empathise with her.

You need a motion activated sprinkler system...

So.......

Keep off the grass sign
Postbox at bottom of path
Motion activated lawn sprinkler
You peering from behind the curtains waiting to pounce.......

Do you think she might get the hint?

Hmm, I wonder if it is the same post lady who kept walking across our lawn, even when we reseeded it and the new growth was only just showing? (Live anywhere in Essex?)
I complained to my neighbour who said she had seen her walk over everyones gardens, open plan, no fences but a few flowering borders to indicate property line. Apparently the caah had broken some flower stems by stepping over.
I wrote a complaint to the delivery office and she stopped doing it, gave me very angry glaring looks so I think she knew it was me. I didn't care. I reckon I could take her down if a fight broke out...joke...actually I am three times her body weight so yeah, I could really do it...

nolla

nolla. No not in Essex.

I like the motion sensor sprinklers or I could just nolla round to ambush her and take her down next time.

I would just say something VERY nicely. Half the problem in these situations is that people do it in a horrible way, and it causes grief. You can say 'Hello love, how are you today? Can I ask a favour- I know you have miles to walk every day, and it must be tiring, but would you mind not walking over that bed? It's just I've got some seedlings in there that I'm hoping will come up soon. Sorry to be a pain! Hope this nice weather continues, isn't it lovely! Must make your job a bit nicer!' etc. etc.

I think Isabella has a better approach to start, ask nicely first and then if she persists write a complaint letter.

"Mooorning Lovely day isn't it? Would you mind using the path instead of walking over the lawn please? Thanks very much , bye!"

What the hell is going on with the world? When did we suddenly decide to stop talking to each other and start thinking of ridiculously complex solutions for things that 90%+ of the time could be resolved with a polite word??

If I were you, I think I would get a please keep off the grass sign. Dont know if they do one for flower beds as well?

A lot of people dont like confrontation. polite or otherwise, UncleT.

fwiw, I do think mumsnet is very biased towards posters who are quite nervous on the whole.

i would just tell her. i had a postie drive over my lawn churning it up. i rushed out had a moan at her and also informed the delivery office.

it didn't happen again

Penguin statue with a sign saying "No stamping across lawns, please, postie"

Ha ha ronswan .

My postie has worn a path across my front garden. We have a path to the door and another path that is for US to get to the drive,cars and garage...its not a postie shortcut grrrr

Our postie used to walk straight across the lawn and across the border, until we dug a massive hole in the border -I think he thought it was a man trap but it was actually to plant the big juniper bush opposite the front door. Then he started to come down the drive and cut the corner; this time we decided that if he was going to take a short cut, it might as well be where we wanted him to go, so we put in the stepping stones.

You know, cats love digging in flower beds (and leaving smelly deposits), and the best way to deter the furry blighters is to put sticks into the ground, so they get a stick up their keister if they try. Puts them right off.

Of course it would serve your postie bloody right be very sad if your postie stepped on a stick and hurt her foot, so you would need to make sure they were quite prominent for awhile.

A couple of land mines should solve the problem.

Yes, or a steel jawed badger trap hidden amongst the shrubbery.

I jest, of course. What Isabella suggests is perfect.

Dido