Yet another address fail

[infinitemonkies]

Ran into a new one tonight, a guest wrote down "not applicable" for Postal Code.
Now, I could understand that if he was from some other country that doesn't have postal codes, (is there such a place?) or maybe lived way the hell out in the middle of nowhere with no mail service.
I've also had many American guests who were too stupid too realize postal code and zip code mean the same thing.
But this guy was from Parksville, a fair-sized city here on Vancouver Island.

He also wrote down for his street address "xxxx forgotten"

Wait a sec, you mean to tell me you think postal codes don't apply to you, and you can remember you street address but not your damned street!?!

..... I'll be damned. Turns out Parksville has a street named "Forgotten." Which seems kinda cool, unless you live there and have to explain to people that you didn't forget, it actually is the name of your street.

[MelodiousBubbles]

You've had Americans who couldn't figure out that postal and zip codes were the same?

And everyone wonders why I'm tempted to move

[HawaiianShirts]

Now, I could understand that if he was from some other country that doesn't have postal codes, (is there such a place?)

Yes. For some time (recently changed, if my references are accurate) Ireland only had postal codes for addresses in the city of Dublin but nowhere else in the country.

I'm sure there are small and sparsely populated countries that have postal codes as a kind of formality but don't really use them. If I was at work, I could probably get a list going.

Turns out Parksville has a street named "Forgotten."

Now that sounds like my kind of street! I have a psych degree with a minor in English, and I do some side-work as a technical editor for a state government agency, so language is my life. And I thoroughly enjoy subtle linguistic humor like that.

[mikoyan29]

You've had Americans who couldn't figure out that postal and zip codes were the same?

And everyone wonders why I'm tempted to move

Hell there are Americans that can't figure out what day of the week it is. You want them to understand nuances within the languate? Sheesh. Such high expectations.

[Catianna]

And here I thought the street I spent a summer living on was funny, I lived on Lost Street. It kind of fit if you think really small town in Western Kansas.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Turns out Parksville has a street named "Forgotten."

I lived on Lost Street.

There is a Temporary Road in Reston, Virginia. I wonder if it qualifies as a permanent address?

[Polenicus]

You've had Americans who couldn't figure out that postal and zip codes were the same?

And everyone wonders why I'm tempted to move

I've had Americans who couldn't figure out that Zip codes and Area codes were NOT the same.

The postal code thing I can forgive, but honestly... a lot of regions in the US now require 10 digit dialling. When I ask for your 'Phone number and area code', this does not mean your zip code, P.O. Box number, or street address!

[StarsAreFixed]

some other country that doesn't have postal codes, (is there such a place?)

Yep, Ireland! Although Dublin central area and inner suburbs have sort-of codes (D1, D2 etc) but nowhere else does.

[infinitemonkies]

I had a guest recently from New Zealand who put down that their Postal Code was '1'.

[smileyeagle1021]

..... I'll be damned. Turns out Parksville has a street named "Forgotten."

Better than the ironic names that Utah uses
Like Redwood Rd... there are no redwoods (naturally growing) in Utah
Hill Ave is in one of the flattest parts of the city
Meadowbrook would in no way be confused as a meadow
North Temple is most definitely not a place you would want to be having a religious experience
those are just the ones that come immediately to mind... I'm sure I could come up with more.

[HawaiianShirts]

I've had Americans who couldn't figure out that Zip codes and Area codes were NOT the same.

So have I. Many, many times when working in a call center. In fact, when a certain company ran ads for its product, we seemed to get the particularly code-illiterate callers, and a person could walk around the office, hearing a different agent every few seconds say, "No, your ZIP code! ... ZIP CODE! It's part of your address."

When I asked for a zip code and got an area code, I'd just skip ahead and enter that part, then go back and ask for the area code, which inevitably got me the zip code. Listen to what I'm asking, people!

Like Redwood Rd... there are no redwoods in Utah

Actually there are. In my dad's backyard. He transplanted three of them from some shop in California. Why, I have no clue. Utah's is certainly not their native environment, though.

I like Utah's obsession with "wood" named streets. I've lived on a Wedgewood, a Cherrywood, and a Fairwood. I've lived near Briarwood, Wormwood, Woodledge, Woodgrove, Lemonwood (no lemon trees here that I know of), Birchwood, Woodlawn, Hewwood, Hillwood, Woodstep, Conewood, Honeywood, and my own personal favorite: Woodtree. (Glad I moved away from those neighborhoods, though. Aside from having a wood overdose, they're not very friendly anymore.)

[Jetfire]

Yes. For some time (recently changed, if my references are accurate) Ireland only had postal codes for addresses in the city of Dublin but nowhere else in the country.

I'm sure there are small and sparsely populated countries that have postal codes as a kind of formality but don't really use them. If I was at work, I could probably get a list going.

That seems strange. Maybe for small, less densely populated countries it would be like that.

From what I read (on Wiki) with Canada, we basically have rural postal codes (second digit is 0), and when/if an urban centre within that region gets populated enough, it'll be split up and changed over to smaller urban codes with many more divisions available.

[irish76]

Yes, I lived in Ireland a few years ago, and it was the oddest thing not having a postal code!! I'd email my address to friends back home, and they'd email back, saying "You forgot the postal code" - they were just as stunned to discover that they didn't exist. Can't speak for Dublin, never lived there, but Cork was the second largest city (and growing rapidly) but saw no need for them.

All I can wonder is how overworked the post office must be!!! And how they must need an encyclopedic knowledge of town!!

[sylvier]

Thought I'd heard 'em all - silly street names that is. I happen to live on Dingle Bingle Hill, can't imagine the razzing the residents of Forgotten go through