Wednesday, March 29, 2006  

[Backdoor lover...]

As all locals know, our mailboxes can be opened in 2 ways. One way is for the mail carrier, they open a master lock which allows them access to all the mailboxes, and they deliver the mail into the pigeon-holes, much like the picture below. For us, we open a smaller lock which only allows access to our own mailbox. Usually the mail carrier does it from the back of the mailboxes, while we open from the front. There are some exceptions where both are located on the same side (like mine), but that's not important.

Each individual mailbox also has it's own "spam" setting. Owners can set whether or not to allow the small latch to be opened. If it's allowed to open, you'll receive leaflets and advertisements in your mail. Personally, I hate them. I always shut the latch when I open my mailbox, and my Mum would open it when she picks up our mail. Her rationale is that if our mail ever get delivered wrongly, our neighbours could slot it into our mailbox.

That's besides the point. The point is, the current system was introduced so that owners could choose whether or not they wished they receive "spam". So only the mail-carrier could open the master lock; owners could open only their mailboxes; and the spam-delivery folks could only spam the mailboxes which allowed spam.

Caught in the act.
Guess what I saw today? A spam-delivery guy actually had the master-key! He unlocked the master lock at the back of the mailboxes, and proceeded to stuff each and every mailbox with a leaflet from one of those real-estate agencies. The owners who locked their latch must be wondering tonight how the hell did the leaflet get in. I wonder how this guy got the master key in the first place.

^^^ by Locksley @ 7:53 PM. 0 comments.
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