I KNEW IT!!!
So, the above is a written confession of what I have suspected for some time. It is written–ironically–on a package notification slip. My mailperson apparently does not deliver mail when it is inconvenient to do so. I live in a kind of cul-de-sac with several mailboxes, in groups of 3 or 4, placed around the periphery. When I got home yesterday, there was one car parked with its nose toward my mailbox group. No other cars. The postal employee, in order to fulfill his or her sacred mail duties, would have had to actually get out of the vehicle and walk eight to ten feet.Neither rain, nor snow, nor gloom of night shall stay these couriers from swift completion of their appointed rounds. But don’t make them get out of the car. That’s not in the contract.I’m not sure how loudly I want to complain, though, because… you know… postal worker.
US vs. Canada postal service comparison (to date):
Delivery on Saturday: Advantage –> U.S.A.
General Delivery Speed: Advantage –> U.S.A. (small margin)
Hot Older Lady at Post Office: Advantage –> Canada
Post Offices Open Late: Advantage –> Canada
Any Little Thing Makes Them Not Deliver the Mail: Advantage –> Canada.
In Other News, Lore Sjöberg’s Luddite blog on Wired.com has some interesting, little-known facts about dinosaurs. Consider the following:
There Were No Tyrannosaurus Rexes Named ‘Rex’
These huge predators may have been designed by nature to be unstoppable eating machines, but they also knew a trite name when they heard one. Thorough investigation of late Cretaceous wedding registries indicates that the most common name for male T. rexes was “Jayden,” followed by “Palmer.” The three most popular female T. rex names were “Ashley,” “Ashlee” and “Ashlie,” in that order. There was one T. rex named “Dex,” but he had no friends.
See? You learn new things every time you open up the ol’ webs. Things about dinosaurs. Things about postal workers.
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