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(now with 'car' option)poll: so how IS mail delivered to your house?
Dervacumen:
I live in a subdivision. Near the street, are two mailboxes fixed to the same post, one for the house on the right and one for the house on the left. The mailman drives up, gets out and fills the two mailboxes. He then gets in his truck, drives about 30 yards to the next set of two mailboxes. Rinse. Repeat.
Used to be in the 1970's the mailman just parked, loaded up a nifty three-wheeled mail carrier that he pushed around the neighborhood for a couple hours. Everyone knew the mailman. As a matter of fact, my mailman's name was Larry Jones. Now I wave to my mailman when I see him and it's taken about 2 years for him to smile and wave back.
I guess they abandoned the old way because of too many problems with dogs, heatstroke, unfair working conditions. You know, typical US lawyer crap. Never mind it drove the cost up and pollutes the environment more.
boykster:
Truck....on my street, all mailboxes are on the same side of street, often clustered 2-5 boxes together. Mailperson drives up, drops mail, drives away. :dunno
AtomSmasher:
mine gets delivered from a car, but I don't see that option in the poll. I'm guessing its probably jove! or monkey cooch, but I haven't the slightest idea which one.
shmokes:
Billf's right. As an aspiring lawyer, I suppose one might think I'm meant to take the "a rule's a rule," position that Chad's forwarding, but that's ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---. Not only does the house have a unique number, suggesting its true destination, but the Mailman knows by looking at the name it is addressed to, in combination with the house number, that it was meant for the "Ct." address rather than the "St." address. That guy is a ---tallywhacker---. I can't stand people who act like if someone of authority hasn't expressly instructed them to be helpful, their hands are tied. Actually, I've noticed that here in Miami. People have a far greater propensity to be unpleasant and rude as a matter of course here than in any other city I've been to, including Salt lake, where I grew up, San Francisco, New York, and even the famously rude Paris.
ChadTower:
I'm not taking the "a rule's a rule" position nearly as much as I am "it's the sender's fault, not the freakin' mailman's". Getting ticked at the mailman because the sender is stupid is even ruder than not autodetecting incorrect addresses.
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