Mailmen that don’t pick up your mail
Q: You know what really grinds my gears?
A: When mailmen don’t pick up your mail that is perfectly legitimate and paid for.
I recently signed up to Blockbuster Online and have been, for the most part, pleased with the service. It definitely saves money in the long run and allows you to take your time with movies. You always have a steady supply of flicks, many of which you would probably never rent, streaming in at their earliest convenience.
One of the nice things is that they pay the postage, and they come in pre-paid postage envelopes that are sealed up for you. This would be great, if only the mailman would take the *$#! things. The first day, I reckoned that they thought they were the movies that I had received and weren’t to be returned yet. The second day, I reasoned I didn’t have the flag up for them to realize they were supposed to take them. The third day, when the packages to be sent were laying on the ground, I was in utter disgust.
This laziness or just straightforward incompetence angers me - I mean, really, really, really angers me. How hard is it for a mailman to recognize that this is mail to be picked up? Do I need to put a flashing light up, accompanied with sound, saying, “TAKE ME NOW!”?
There are multiple solutions to this problem. The first would be to hire mailmen with an IQ over 40 that aren’t perplexed by colorful and unconventional packaging. If the mailmen do have an above average IQ and realize this is mail to be taken, then hire someone with ambition enough to pick up all mail, even if it doesn’t look like your traditional envelope with a postage stamp. The second, and probably more effective, solution is to drive down to the local post office and physically put this futuristic mail into a mailbox. That way, it will alleviate any confusion this colorful, and obviously dumbfounding, packaging causes to the mailmen of the world.
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