USPS going...going...going...

[Eddie Teach]

Hopefully, when mail is privatized, all that junk mail will stop, with the rates being 10x what they are now.

Means more minimum wage jobs for people to go around hand delivering flyers.

[DGuller]

Hopefully, when mail is privatized, all that junk mail will stop, with the rates being 10x what they are now.

Means more minimum wage jobs for people to go around hand delivering flyers.

I can avoid people with fliers.  I can't avoid having tons of shit clogging up my mailbox.

[Admiral Yi]

Hopefully, when mail is privatized, all that junk mail will stop, with the rates being 10x what they are now.

Junk mail will still be economical in urban areas.

[mongers]

Keep the USPS, and jettison the TSA.

Heck, jettison the entire Dept of Homeland Security, and put the Coast Guard back under the Navy where it belongs.

This.

And I say that as a foreigner. 

[Admiral Yi]

And I say that as a foreigner. 

Well duh.  For most foreigners Homeland Security imposes costs and no benefits. 

[DGuller]

And I say that as a foreigner. 

Well duh.  For most foreigners Homeland Security imposes costs and no benefits. 

What about the gentle caressing of genitals?

[Razgovory]

And I say that as a foreigner. 

Well duh.  For most foreigners Homeland Security imposes costs and no benefits. 

What about the gentle caressing of genitals?

Remind me never to go to Russia.  I seriously don't want airport security to caress me with their genitals.

[Syt]

Hopefully, when mail is privatized, all that junk mail will stop, with the rates being 10x what they are now.

Means more minimum wage jobs for people to go around hand delivering flyers.

I can avoid people with fliers.  I can't avoid having tons of shit clogging up my mailbox.

Over here you can put stickers on your mailbox that you don't want unsolicited junk mail that companies/mailmen have to follow. It's 90-95% effective.

[DGuller]

Over here you can put stickers on your mailbox that you don't want unsolicited junk mail that companies/mailmen have to follow. It's 90-95% effective.

How can mailmen possibly follow that?  It's not their job to pre-sort the mail, their job is to just drop it off in the right box.  Does mail delivery work differently in Austria?

[Syt]

Over here you can put stickers on your mailbox that you don't want unsolicited junk mail that companies/mailmen have to follow. It's 90-95% effective.

How can mailmen possibly follow that?  It's not their job to pre-sort the mail, their job is to just drop it off in the right box.  Does mail delivery work differently in Austria?

I should clarify: this only goes for non-adressed flyers, or ad-funded "newspapers". If junk mail carries your name, you're out of luck. However, personalized junk is very uncommon, whereas supermarket fliers delivered to a typical Vienna household can reach 100+ kg per year.

[The Brain]

Same in Sweden.

[garbon]

But back to what DGul said - does the postman pre-sort your mail then when he sees a sticker on your mailbox?

[The Brain]

But back to what DGul said - does the postman pre-sort your mail then when he sees a sticker on your mailbox?

Why would the postman deliver stuff that isn't addressed to you?

[garbon]

But back to what DGul said - does the postman pre-sort your mail then when he sees a sticker on your mailbox?

Why would the postman deliver stuff that isn't addressed to you?

Because it is addressed to my address and says current resident?

[The Brain]

But back to what DGul said - does the postman pre-sort your mail then when he sees a sticker on your mailbox?

Why would the postman deliver stuff that isn't addressed to you?

Because it is addressed to my address and says current resident?

Then it is unlikely to be a flyer or similar with no address on it. Do you disagree?