Posted on 11/22/2008 7:42:43 PM PST by BuckeyeTexan
Overwhelmed by piles of junk mail, 'Mailman Steve' quit bringing it to the people on his North Carolina route. Customers are grateful. The Direct Marketing Assn., however, is not amused.
Sick of junk mail?
Pay homage, then, to overstressed, overworked mailman Steven Padgett, who has confessed to a cardinal sin among the letter carriers tribe: He failed to deliver.
"Mailman Steve" -- a pudgy, kindly 58-year-old who toiled along a route in a rapidly growing neighborhood here -- was given probation in federal court this week for squirreling away at least seven years' worth of undelivered junk mail, which he had stacked in his garage and buried in his yard.
According to his attorney, Padgett felt overwhelmed by the torrents of "direct advertising mail" he was obligated to deliver as he contended with heart problems and diabetes.
It should come as no surprise that the U.S. Postal Service did not receive a single complaint from Padgett's customers about missing mail during the years he withheld pizza circulars, oil change discount notices and Chinese menus.
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Crickets....
What a puss....
Just delete any addresses in Vallejo, California 94589, 94590, 94591, 94592. That should cover it pretty well.
The spammers don't pay postage on those envelopes unless they get used.
I like to add a couple of steel washers to the ones I send back. Overweight letters get a penalty.
Now THERE’S a positive thought. I think I will...
Got a mailing going out next month to Vallejo. Cheers!
How nice for you. Your customers will get all their reply mail back. And they won’t like it.
Big deal. You’ll cost them pennies and they’ll make thousands. And what kind of ROI do you get on your time? Nothing.
terrible job, Mailman Steve... how dare you threaten to keep me from receiving my free panties from Victoria's Secret... and just today i got a $10 coupon for VS in the mail... i'm sure Mailman Steve would have considered it junk mail...
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