I received 9 pieces of mail today and they all immediately went into the garbage can in my garage on my way in the house. This happens almost every time I get the mail. Maybe 5% of what comes in the mail do I even bother opening. What a complete waste of resources.

I received 9 pieces of mail today and they all immediately went into the garbage can in my garage on my way in the house. This happens almost every time I get the mail. Maybe 5% of what comes in the mail do I even bother opening. What a complete waste of resources.

Wait until you have a kid that's getting close to college age. It's ridiculous how much they must spend on marketing. They're from everywhere. How many kids go: "That's a nice brochure. I think I'm going to Milliken!"

Wait until you have a kid that's getting close to college age. It's ridiculous how much they must spend on marketing. They're from everywhere. How many kids go: "That's a nice brochure. I think I'm going to Milliken!"

Wait until you have a kid that's getting close to college age. It's ridiculous how much they must spend on marketing. They're from everywhere. How many kids go: "That's a nice brochure. I think I'm going to Milliken!"

I want out.

Remember when DRUMPF was Hitler for trying to end it?

I did

The cost of marketing is crazy. Then think about cutting down trees to harvest the wood for paper, hauling the lumber to the processing plant, hauling the paper to a printer, the cost of printing, etc. I guess getting rid of junk mail would put a lot of people out of work now that I think about it.

Remember when you were a kid and you got so excited about getting something in the mail? Now it's just a daily annoyance.

There are two towns right on top of each other up here in Adams County akin to Urbana Champaign but with about 800 people each. They each have a post office about four blocks apart. I was not getting regular mail service and missed a package that the shipper said was held at the local post office.

So I go to the one in my town. They tell me they no longer deliver mail out of this office. I am like, why are you still open then? I go to the other one, and they have my package. I ask why I am not getting mail, and the clerk yells back to the stock room where the carrier is. The guy claims I do not have mail box. I said I do. They ask where. I said right on the street like every other house in my development. It took me two more trips to this post office and taking pictures to prove there was a mail box out front. I get my mail now. All ads.

the one that really blows my mind is the phone book

i swear i've gotten a phone book delivered in the last year

My daughter is getting a lot of that stuff right now. It is kind of fun. Some of the schools put a lot into their recruiting mail. Some of it has definitely caught her eye and she keeps them. She gets a shit-ton of stuff from Mizzou for some reason. They have some high-end printing they send out and she got on their list for some reason.

I don't think I've gotten one in a few years.

we installed a giant mailbox that is effectively a trashcan.

Neither have I and my parents. But they complain about it every so often.

I received 9 pieces of mail today and they all immediately went into the garbage can in my garage on my way in the house. This happens almost every time I get the mail. Maybe 5% of what comes in the mail do I even bother opening. What a complete waste of resources.