File this one under: “Cry Me A Freakin’ River.”
Ooh, I bought myself a half a million dollar home out in the goondocks and it has, like, you know, EVERYTHING, but I have to walk a block to get my mail, so I’m gonna whine and whine and throw a hissy fit about it.
GET OVER IT.
Oh, yeah. My favorite part is where a lawyer for an interest group opposed to communal mailboxes ACTUALLY calls it “discrimination” against people buying new homes. Really. He does.
Bless their little hearts.
June 18th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
As much as I know the “have nots” love to rag on the “haves” and assume that they have no intelligence and live to whine about meaningless things, don’t you think it is more offensive that a journalist would write such a story (one in which ANYONE, even someone who “only” paid $100,00 for a single family residence, would probably express annoyance about not having a simple mailbox IF ASKED - it isn’t like they went to the press begging for coverage) and that the Post would publish it? As a former journalist, can’t you see how obvious the slant is in this story (mentioning the top of the line appliances, etc.)? The lawyer aside (there are worse frivolous lawsuits, trust me), if the journalist asked any of those residents if they felt it was the most pressing issue in their lives, not one would say “yes”. This blog entry sounds like sour grapes!
June 18th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
Sour grapes? No.
Sure it would be nice if everyone had their own personal mailbox, but I don’t understand why having one should be a personal right. These neighborhoods are being built way out in the middle of exurbia, and it makes a lot of sense for there to be community boxes. Why should we all suffer the raised costs of postage for a few to get personal mail service? If they get it, I want my mail delivered to my front door on the third floor, too.
I can see lots of benefits to a mail bank - exercise to go get your mail, visibility in the neighborhood, and availability to get to know your other neighbors being the first few that pop immediately into mind.
It just seems frivolous that for people who do “have” so much would complain about such a minor “have not,” rather than enjoy their nice home in their nice development far, far away from everywhere else. I sure hope it’s not the most pressing issue in their lives, cause, you know, that would be really sad.
They should all buy their Forever stamps NOW.
June 22nd, 2007 at 5:47 am
But they don’t have time to walk to the mailbox, what with going to the gym and all…
We used to get our mail in a central post office where outside mail was only delivered once or twice a week (mob scene at noon on those days) and if you didn’t have rock in your box the wind would blow the mail away. It was great- we put announcements up on the bulletin board, books and records to giveaway in the giveaway box (how I acquired a taste for folk music) and paused to chat if we met up with someone.
Ah, the good old days.