Difference between a letter and a number...

[Aethian]

Had a couple kids come up to me wanting to know if I had already delivered their mail...the following conversation just destroyed my faith in the school system. Or perhaps it's just the neighborhood I deliver to, don't know yet.

Girl: Hey did you deliver our mail yet?
Me: Dunno, which number are you?
Girl: D.
Me: No, number.
Girl: *exasperated* D!
Me: I need your building number.
Girl: Gah, how stupid are you?! I said D!
Me: D is a letter I need your building NUMBER.
Girl: *stares at me blankly before walking away*


*twitches and just goes back to blankly eating her rice cake*

[Mnemjian]

Too bad she didn't stick around. You could have taught her so many more of the things that she should have learned in kindergarten! How to not be a raging b*tch to complete strangers, for one...

[JLRodgers]

I wonder how she gives her address out to people? "Just put a 'D' on it, I'll get it."?

[friendofjimmyk]

*POP* *fizzle*

Oh...that one hurted my head.

[Sheldonrs]

I've had a related issue to this before. When writing out an address, if there is an apt. number, I don't like to put the "#" before the number. When one of my other co-workers saw this she asked me why and I told her that since the numbers ARE numbers, it should be self evident.

[Broomjockey]

The difference is letters have a penis and numbers have va...wait. That's boys and girls. Sorry. Carry on.

[Mnemjian]

I've had a related issue to this before. When writing out an address, if there is an apt. number, I don't like to put the "#" before the number. When one of my other co-workers saw this she asked me why and I told her that since the numbers ARE numbers, it should be self evident.

That's a really good point. It would be strange if you wrote out an address "123 Street Ave, Letter D." Although if that girl ever becomes a postal employee, I guess you would have to

The difference is letters have a penis and numbers have va...wait. That's boys and girls. Sorry. Carry on.

[PepperElf]

No, if that girl joined the post office, her zipcode would end up in hell.

[Aethian]

The difference is letters have a penis and numbers have va...wait. That's boys and girls. Sorry. Carry on.

Damnit Broom I just cleaned my keyboard three days ago and now I have to do it again.

No, if that girl joined the post office, her zipcode would end up in hell.

Zipcode for Hell is... 48169

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

The difference is letters have a penis and numbers have va...wait. That's boys and girls. Sorry. Carry on.

Oh, that reminds me: Today it finally occurred to me why hose connectors are named male and female.

The "male" ones have a little protuberance that inserts into the "female" ones.

I'm such a goob.

[Broomjockey]

Damnit Broom I just cleaned my keyboard three days ago and now I have to do it again.

Bwahahaha

I'm such a goob.

Yes. You are. Took me a while to figure it out too though. Then again, it took me years to figure out a few dirty schoolyard jokes.

[Kaylyn]

Ha, when I was at RadioShack we would constantly talk about male and female connectors for hookups. One girl finally asked, "What's the difference?" Best way we could think to describe it to her was make a circle with thumb and index finger with one hand, and point out our index finger on the other hand, and proceed to make a vulgar gesture.

Needless to say, she understood immediately. We all cracked up.

[Mango]

I don't like to put the "#" before the number. When one of my other co-workers saw this she asked me why and I told her that since the numbers ARE numbers, it should be self evident.

It's also Canada Post spec not to put the "#". In fact, according to the Canadian Addressing Guide, any sort of punctuation is not allowed unless it is part of a proper name. This is really only enforced for high volume services like machinable addressed admail though.

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[hinakiba777]

Dude. I thought I'd read this before bed. Now my brain hurts. I don't know if i can sleep. The STUPID SCARES ME! *locks the deadbolt on my door.*

It's also Canada Post spec not to put the "#". In fact, according to the Canadian Addressing Guide, any sort of punctuation is not allowed unless it is part of a proper name. This is really only enforced for high volume services like machinable addressed admail though.

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Wow. I learn more things about my nation everyday.

[AriRashkae]

It's also Canada Post spec not to put the "#". In fact, according to the Canadian Addressing Guide, any sort of punctuation is not allowed unless it is part of a proper name. This is really only enforced for high volume services like machinable addressed admail though.

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USPS says the same about punctuation too. In fact, ideally they want the street address line in all caps, and a ZIP +4.

The you have my father, who puts only the street addy and ZIP as the return address. Technically, it works, but I'm trying to convince him to at least do ZIP+4 if he's not going to use labels or the whole address.