If you are turning your mailman into a terrorist, it may be time to cut down on your DVDs. ;->

Paul

Hey, it's becoming even more interesting.

I have felt the same way on numerous occasions, lol

Then what are worried or paranoid about?

Now if your mailman says something about a letter from a STD clinic or something, that would be going a bit far, but to just comment on the DVDs, especially if he knows you and sees you get packages from DVD stores all the time, to me, that is perfectly acceptable.

My mailman has been slogging my route for at least 15 years, and I have talked to him about various things I recieve. Once when I was younger, I got a Superman hologram trading card - 1:275 packages or something, and I had to mail off for it - so I opened the package and showed it to him.

After I posted my comment, I had a feeling this would turn into some sort of mild attack, and while I almost regretted posting my comment, I don't.

This isn't about my being worried or paranoid. I'm neither.

Its about someone deciding to make something their business that is none of their business.

I suppose by the rationale you imply, if I am getting a letter from the bank it would be ok for the mail carrier to say "Hey, I always hate getting insufficient funds notices, too." Or "Hey, I noticed you do a lot of business with XYZ corp." Or "Hey, I saw all those large mortgage banking envelopes, whatcha buying?"

And my reference to One Hour Photo was more of a joke than reality. Perhaps it was an extreme reference.

It is a shame that we have lost our innocence. My mailcarrier Manny is great. He loves my dogs, my granddaughter and has become a good firend to me and almost the whole route.
Yes, he knows of my illness re: dvds and I converted him from vhs to WIDESCREEN dvds.
It is a shme we have to be so wary of making new friends.

For some reason, I put my mailman in the same category as hitchhikers. That may not be a fair comparison considering the majority of hitchhikers will kill you if you pick them up.

While it may not be logical or healthy to live in a paranoid bubble, there's nothing wrong with being cautious.

Bottomline, it's unlikely, but possible that my mailman is a sociopath and I choose not to bring attention to myself by talking to him or initiating eye contact.

Yay! My comments will no longer be the focus!!!

No, seriously, where I live I put them in the same category and I'm on a "training route", meaning if you get a package the newb doesn't even knock on your door to see if you are home, they leave you a slip and I have to drive to the post office to get my mail and it makes me madder than Hell when I'm home and this happens. Also because I'm on the training route, we don't ever seem to get the same person twice, and many days we just don't get mail, period.

Also, the in-training carriers come across as absolute morons or criminal. I too prefer to avoid them.

In other places I've lived, they were permanent on the route and things were fine, but still wouldn't have appreciated random questions about the contents of my mail.

No they won't....more public paranoia fueled by the news screaming from the rooftops everytime it happens...seriously, when is the last time you heard about someone getting killed by a hitchhiker?

Jesus - you people TALK to your mailman? What the hell do you do all day long - sit on the mailbox and wait for him to show up?

The mail shows up at about noon - well after I'm at work, well before I get home. Even when I'm home, and I hear him at the front door - if I got up dropped whatever I was doing and FLEW out there to get the mail, he'd still be long gone.

My mail arrives at the office and each time there is a brown box with overseas postage, my mailman calls me like I am his buddy.And he is doing this job as a part time for package delivery with the postal service cause he is 65 years old.

I have been at my present address(an Apt.) for seven years and have never seen the mailman

That's funny... ironic... considering your name.

My mail comes in the afternoon once I get home from work. He parks his truck in my yard to walk to the houses around me. I don't know his name, he has never made a comment about any mail I have received, but I do concider myself on freindly terms with him. I am usually outside smoking when he is walking around. It is normally just a wave or "hey how is it going today"? He usually waits to give the mail to my son instead of putting it in the box. I would reconganize him if I saw him somewhere else.

my maildude is a nascar fan and actually gave me a framed picture that he took at one of the races. very cool guy. he also brings huge bones every day so the dogs dont rip his legs off. smart guy too.

In my apartment this year (I'm in college so it's a standard 12-month lease, never live in the same apt more than once, etc) the mailman has gotten to know me and my roommates. I've put 2 of them onto DVDs and buying them en masse, and we'll get a package at our place every other day at least, and since the mail comes up to 4 times a day here (something I find very strange) via different mailmen it's tough to know names 'n all, but they know I'm in #18 and if I happen to be walking home from class and they're putting things in the boxes, they'll wave me over and get my mail from the truck for me, very cool I think.

My uncle is a mailman up in PA and he does the walking route in a small town (he's older), and I know that around Christmastime he gets thousands of dollars worth of GCs and cash for presents from the people along the route. There is definitely the possibility of the mailman being some psychopath, but even is he is, then talking to him and being nice will probably only insure that he won't slash you up someday, so why not. The One Hour Photo does strike home a little bit though... creepy.

And welcome to the forum alexei! Are there any other Russians on the boards here?