We live in a "small" town (where even the cats and dogs know each other) and our mail lady delivers by car, if she has a package that is too big for the box, she will toot her horn and if I wave to her through the window, she will meet me at the upper driveway with it.
We did have an incident where I was waiting for a UPS package - and the guy delivered it to the wrong house! And when that person refused to give up "my" package, the vendor express mailed another one to me.
And I have seen neighbors push the mail car out of the snow so she can get on her way. Small towns have their advantages. :-)
Marysewfun