Comments on: And you wonder why your mail carrier is grumpy

By: James

James — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:01:27 +0000

Australia sounds like a wonderful place. In the U.S., the postal service delivers the junk mail because it makes a lot of money off of this.

Private companies do deliver some advertising but they’re not allowed by law to put them into the mailboxes. Instead, they throw them somewhere in front of your house, which makes it easier for the thieves to know when you’re away for a few days.

By: paranoidandroid

paranoidandroid — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:29:11 +0000

is an aussie as well and i’ve had issues with the lazy arse morbidly obsese creature who DRIVES around the suburb flinging the community newspaper out her car window. It usually ends up in the gutter where it turns to slush before i find it and read it….on the other hand, i have no problem with receiving the catalogues as i use them to make up ‘shopping cards’ for my children – they find the item on the card when were out shopping – it reduces tantrums and boredom

By: snuzzled

snuzzled — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:44:53 +0000

Why? He’s blind, not deaf. Most blind people actually are much better at telling the direction of where sound is coming from due to relying on their ears more than sighted folks.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 01:37:08 +0000

In the Middle Ages, junk mail could cost you your life.

By: pony girl

pony girl — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:15:59 +0000

@s,
Bless your heart. Three and a half years? Better be careful, you may forget how to speak right after being over there for so long.

By: Odious

Odious — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:23:46 +0000

No junk mail dicks

Learn to read you pricks no
Junk mail

team postman:
“OK, fine, you don’t get any junk mail dicks.”
“And, for you, I learned to read my pricks no. Here’s the junk mail you requested.”

By: grevillea

grevillea — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:37:25 +0000

Well, I’m in country NSW and in our area Aus. Post is contracted to deliver some of the unaddressed advertising guff. Thank god the previous postman has retired now, he was a sociopathic arsehole. Friends of ours didn’t receive any unaddressed mail (including the free village newsletter) for years, because he held a grudge for having once tripped over a branch of their *neighbour’s* overgrown tree getting to their letterbox, or some shit. And he was an independent contractor, so he was supposed to employ extra help when needed. But he preferred to keep all the money himself, so he would just take his own sweet time catching up. I soon learned to look at the dates of any sale flyers before I got too excited, because the sale could be over before they were delivered!

By: pony girl

pony girl — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:18:09 +0000

@park rose,
Yes, I was speaking of salt water crocs.
I don’t even want to know what sort of bizarre-ass stuff google would show for salty.

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 17:56:52 +0000

The first person is complaining about NOT being inundated with junk mail and flyers??

Sounds like it’s time for them to get a life! (And learn not to complain about petty crap like that)

By: matt

matt — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 06:19:39 +0000

maybe not a postal worker PR, but the shooter had a eastern european background. That’s usually a prerequisite for starting any world war, mass genocide or killing spree.

By: WMDKitty

WMDKitty — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 05:12:00 +0000

greenish-blue? That’s not healthy!

By: park rose

park rose — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:27:41 +0000

One of the spree killings of the 80s in Australia occurred at the Queen Street Australia Post offices, but they were not carried out by a postal worker. Kind of related.

By: park rose

park rose — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:22:53 +0000

OK. I googled and came up with a variety of possible responses. What’s a salty? Salt water crocodile?

By: park rose

park rose — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:19:53 +0000

Word for Tex or WotV!