I'm sure that you've seen the television ads claiming that the U.S. Postal Service will pick up your packages. The mail carrier stops by to deliver stuff and picks up the packages at the office. There's no calling to schedule a pick-up and no added fees. What could be better than that?
I was under the impression that the U.S. Postal Service always did that.
I handed the mail carrier who services our building two letters when she was making her deliveries. She said, "I'm not supposed to take those."
What? I don't get it. Why not? The mail was metered with the ZIP+4 address, properly bar-coded.
What the hell was that all about? Do I look like Ted Kaczynski? Has the World gone totally mad?
Posted by Bill at May 22, 2007 05:51 PMit's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.
Posted by: tj at May 22, 2007 06:46 PMAre you serious? S/he didn't take them? Or am I missing a joke here?
-d
Posted by: -d at May 23, 2007 02:42 AMThe line, "Do I look like Ted Kaczynski?" struck me as hilarious and I snorted tea through my nose!
Mail carriers are confused, in general. The rules change constantly, are often mutually exclusive, and the carriers can't keep up.
It seems obvious that of course she would take 2 letters, but some carriers are very, very afraid of doing the wrong thing and they never know exactly what the right or wrong thing is.
So, yes, the world has gone totally mad.
Posted by: moonandsun03 at May 23, 2007 02:28 PMit's just the post office.
Posted by: Anji at May 24, 2007 12:38 PM