Comments on: A Chat With Mike The Mailman, Who Delivers the Mail (For Now) http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Fri, 24 May 2013 14:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: amirite http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35872 amirite Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:25:57 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35872 Hmmm, I don't think I've ever known my mailperson: when I was growing up in the country our mailbox was half a mile away on the highway, and then we moved to the suburbs where we had a cluster box (thanks for teaching me that term!), and since then I've lived in a series of apartments, so my mail gets delivered to either the people in the suite upstairs, or to a box in the lobby. But, I love getting mail and I always want to smile at mail carriers when I see them (I try not to be weird about it, swear), and the people who work in the place where I pick up my packages are the nicest! I liked this interview a lot. Hmmm, I don’t think I’ve ever known my mailperson: when I was growing up in the country our mailbox was half a mile away on the highway, and then we moved to the suburbs where we had a cluster box (thanks for teaching me that term!), and since then I’ve lived in a series of apartments, so my mail gets delivered to either the people in the suite upstairs, or to a box in the lobby. But, I love getting mail and I always want to smile at mail carriers when I see them (I try not to be weird about it, swear), and the people who work in the place where I pick up my packages are the nicest! I liked this interview a lot.

]]> By: petejayhawk http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35853 petejayhawk Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:58:26 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35853 <i>But I sort of woke up one morning like “Oh gee. The people who own dealerships are kids whose dads own dealerships,” and suddenly it seemed much more difficult to break into the industry.</i> As someone formerly in automotive marketing myself and who just had this realization after dealing with dealerships for the past couple years...if you've never dealt with dealership management, you have no idea how true this is. But I sort of woke up one morning like “Oh gee. The people who own dealerships are kids whose dads own dealerships,” and suddenly it seemed much more difficult to break into the industry.

As someone formerly in automotive marketing myself and who just had this realization after dealing with dealerships for the past couple years…if you’ve never dealt with dealership management, you have no idea how true this is.

]]> By: whateverlolawants http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35851 whateverlolawants Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:50:04 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35851 Get well soon, Mike! He sounds awesome. I love the USPS and get very angry about the political shenanigans designed to drain it. I'll send some mail today just to support Mike and his friends. Get well soon, Mike! He sounds awesome. I love the USPS and get very angry about the political shenanigans designed to drain it. I’ll send some mail today just to support Mike and his friends.

]]> By: Paula Seeger http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35844 Paula Seeger Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:58:28 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35844 It's telling that he gets emails while he's out and not postal get well cards. Great interview. I was upset about the idea of no Saturday delivery since there are so few things to look forward to in an isolated area, but I guess that's the price we pay. USPS does seem ripe for a financial wizard to clean up its mess if congressional regulations were lifted. It’s telling that he gets emails while he’s out and not postal get well cards. Great interview. I was upset about the idea of no Saturday delivery since there are so few things to look forward to in an isolated area, but I guess that’s the price we pay. USPS does seem ripe for a financial wizard to clean up its mess if congressional regulations were lifted.

]]> By: Fig. 1 http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35842 Fig. 1 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:44:44 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35842 Seriously he's right though. US Postal service is mad cheap compared with Canada. And I've never had Saturday service. Seriously he’s right though. US Postal service is mad cheap compared with Canada. And I’ve never had Saturday service.

]]> By: LightSideUp http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35824 LightSideUp Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:00:56 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35824 Awesome interview. Mike sounds like a great person. Awesome interview. Mike sounds like a great person.

]]> By: TARDIStime http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35805 TARDIStime Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:45:54 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35805 @j-i-a Also it really says something that your dog is actually sad about missing the mail man when the typical stereotype is that dogs are a mail man's mail occupational hazard! @j-i-a Also it really says something that your dog is actually sad about missing the mail man when the typical stereotype is that dogs are a mail man’s mail occupational hazard!

]]> By: TARDIStime http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35804 TARDIStime Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:36:08 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35804 @j-i-a +1+1+1+1+1+1!!! Thank you for this, Jia. And thank you for being so sweet, Mike! @j-i-a +1+1+1+1+1+1!!!
Thank you for this, Jia. And thank you for being so sweet, Mike!

]]> By: j-i-a http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35803 j-i-a Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:08:31 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35803 @stuffisthings I LOVE RICHARD SCARRY SO MUCH @stuffisthings I LOVE RICHARD SCARRY SO MUCH

]]> By: olivia http://thebillfold.com/2013/02/a-chat-with-mike-the-mailman-who-delivers-the-mail-for-now/#comment-35799 olivia Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:42:00 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=23789#comment-35799 @OhMarie MINE DID THIS TOO! Everyone called him Santa Claus because he grew a white beard and long white hair every winter and then donated it. I MISS SANTA CLAUS MAILMAN. @OhMarie MINE DID THIS TOO! Everyone called him Santa Claus because he grew a white beard and long white hair every winter and then donated it. I MISS SANTA CLAUS MAILMAN.

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