Ever wonder what the mailman thinks?

[sloan]

You know, like me, you order 4-5 games, controllers, etc. from ebay a week, and you wonder if the mailman is about to turn you into ATF for bomb making concerns or something similar?

[fergojisan]

He/she is probably thinking, "FUCK!!! I hope I don't lose my job or get my hours cut."

[CastlevaniaDude]

You know, like me, you order 4-5 games, controllers, etc. from ebay a week, and you wonder if the mailman is about to turn you into ATF for bomb making concerns or something similar?

I often wonder what our mailman at work thinks. One of our running office pranks is to sign eachother up for progressively more obscure free items using bastardizations of our real names.

I wonder what the postal carrier thinks when he delivers things to "Coitus Perry" and "Bopmax Zygote" at an emergency management office?

[Darth Binks]

He/she is probably thinking, "FUCK!!! I hope I don't lose my job or get my hours cut."

This is true. I was a mailman and lost my job. There are a lot of people on any route that get packages on almost a daily basis. Carriers just assume that the person is an ebayer.

[Yago]

Heh a buddy and I decided to see what obscure things we could mail each other. He sent me a used paper plate with Spaghetti stains and nothing else but names and addresses. I sent him a postcard with a little baggy stapled to it with a fake plastic spider inside saying "Here is the specimen you ordered." He sent a floppy disk back with nothing on it but name and address written on the label. It went on and on. Not a single item was lost or stolen. Everything was delivered. hence, this was the mid 90's. I'm sure things are way different these days.

[Atarileaf]

You know, like me, you order 4-5 games, controllers, etc. from ebay a week, and you wonder if the mailman is about to turn you into ATF for bomb making concerns or something similar?

Probably thinks that someone needs to go outside and get some fresh air.

[Orion Pimpdaddy]

When I was in my retro buying phase several years ago, I had packages arriving at my work all the time. We had a notoriously loud and talkative mailman, whose voice carried through the otherwise quiet workplace. Eventually, he started commenting aloud about all the packages I was receiving. He was kind've joking around, but was also curious about what I was ordering. I didn't want everyone at the post office to know I was ordering games (I'm paranoid about post office theft), and I also didn't work my work to think I was abusing the privilege of having mail arrive there. so I eventually told the mailman, politely, to stop commenting about the stuff.

[rbudrick]

Like all mailmen, he's probably just plotting the day he goes postal, of course.

-Rob

[Yago]

Ha! Postal! What a great game for the PC when it came out in a box that appeared to be a UPS package with bullet holes in it. Just run around and kill everyone and everything. Nothing else much to it. I love the parade stage where you just launch grenades at them and kill them all. So great! Good times! I just might have to find it and load it up for one more run.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_(video_game)

[stalepie]

They're happy to receive the business, that's how they get paid

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politi...UER_story.html

"Although the Postal Service is a self-funding entity that doesn’t use taxpayer dollars to pay for its operations, "

[Jorpho]

Heh a buddy and I decided to see what obscure things we could mail each other. He sent me a used paper plate with Spaghetti stains and nothing else but names and addresses. I sent him a postcard with a little baggy stapled to it with a fake plastic spider inside saying "Here is the specimen you ordered." He sent a floppy disk back with nothing on it but name and address written on the label. It went on and on. Not a single item was lost or stolen. Everything was delivered. hence, this was the mid 90's. I'm sure things are way different these days.

2000: http://www.directcreative.com/postal-experiments.html

[tpugmire]

I can't speak for the mailman, but I'm a FedEx guy, and I don't give a crap what people receive.

[Masamune]

My mailman probably thinks: "Boy this guy sure does get a lot of packages. Is he rich or something?"

[Videogamerdaryll]

I typed this whole thing out..then..."Digital Press Not Responding"...UGHH..

[MarioMania]

Who cares what he thinks, it's his job

[Retrocade Fantasia]

My Post office wonders why the hell I get so many EMS packages from Japan and Hong Kong

[wiggyx]

Based on my interactions with the post office, they aren't exactly the thinking type.

[omp!]

Not so much what the mailman thinks.....

I get a fair few parcels, do a bit of repair/mod work for a local video game shop.

Used to get it delivered to my house and try and get it sent "registered" so if the wife or I weren't home, I would have to go to the post office and sign for it. Got to the stage they would look at me and just had the parcel over, with no need for ID. Then there were times where parcels weren't registered and left at the door step. Unfortunately I had a few parcels "disappear", around $200AU worth.

I now get everything sent to my parent-inlaws shop, so now the joke is "Pete has the mafia mail"

[Koa Zo]

My mailman just recently asked if the packages from Japan were radioactive.
I had no idea what he meant and thought it was a dumb joke, like about Godzilla or something. Then I realized he was serious, and Fukushima and the Great East quake popped into my head. Doh, he was 100% serious.

[nouserever]

My dad has been ordering records and more come each day. at least 8 boxes a day. the mailman has to pull up into our driveway!