Anybody else have a bar code inside their mailbox?

http://asamom.ning.com/profiles/blogs/anybody-else-have-a-bar-code?xg_source=activity ^ | 2-23-2010 | UMama

[Whenifhow]

I've got one of those curbside post mailboxes with two doors--one streetside and one in the rear. I rarely-- if ever-- use the street side door--the one used by the mailman--to retrieve my mail. The other day the mailman and I arrived at the box at the same time. I watched him use a bar code reader and then put my mail in the box. I checked the inside of the street side mailbox door and sure enough--there was a bar code. Here is the info I found on this postal innovation at http://www.usps.com/strategicplanning/cs04/chp2_015.html:

[KansasCanadian]

Retired...best word I know when referencing the USPS these days.

[Eagle Eye]

Mine knows me for calling her supervisor because she had pre filled cards saying packages were undeliverable instead of actually knocking on the door.

Yeah, I busted her, called her boss and then told her I did it complete with the complaint number.

Let me even suspect she messes with my mail....that’s a felony.

[handmade]

knocked down mailbox three times since Christmas

So you have some more time to rack up a record unless you live where spring comes very early. One can only assume there are reasons why people do not park a vehicle any where near where a snow plow can reach out and grab...

[La Lydia]

Yes. Thank heavens there is a long driveway and a sturdy structure between the snow plows and the vehicles.

[KansasCanadian]

Well, don’t worry about smiling and waving then! Your carrier should remember you!!

[handmade]

Once during a horrible storm with way below zero temps I watched for my maillady to give her a cup of hot chocolate. A sub showed up-I was already there so gave him the hot chocolate. He carried it behind his truck, out of the wind and seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.

[listenhillary]

They wrote “Epic Beard Man” inside my mailbox. In calligraphy.

[listenhillary]

Trusty white mailbox
Full of unwanted letters
emptied waits for more

[verity]

You missed the small camera aimed at your bathroom window.

[I Buried My Guns]

Bar codes are just
an efficient device to
herd us into camps

[Big Giant Head]

Epic haiku fail
your first line had only four
syllables in it

[bert]

Did you look on the back of your neck for the master?

[demapples]

IF, it was to follow the Post Man and his/her progress, why not just keep them in a booklet on him, when he gets to the address, he/she could scan this bar code? I believe they all have phones and they are all easily tracked GPS. Quit with the BS People, he placed one on my mailbox yesterday, I just pulled it off, stuck it on piece of paper, with a note that reads:

Dear Post Master:

Not my mailbox.

Thanks

[Hot Tabasco]

He said so the management can keep track of the efficiency of the carriers.

Makes sense.......I don't think they have bar code readers at my post office which would explain why the carrier will sit in his truck across the street for about 20 minutes before he continues on and finishes with my street......