# My postman is a barbarian. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 23, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780 "2009-06-23T23:20:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/1 "2009-06-23T23:20:57Z")
I live in an apartment complex. Packages are supposed to be taken to the complex office. He likes to _ **cram** _ my packages into the teeny-weeny letterbox. MY HANNES BOK ART BOOK! MY 1950S VINTAGE DETECTIVE PAPERBACK! The detective on the cover art is supposed to be cramming a gun into the nose of a thug, while a steaming broad watches! THE COVER IS SO TWISTED THAT HE’S STICKING THE GUN UP HIS OWN NOSE!! And the girl almost looks like she’s screwing the thug. FUCKING RETARD-O!!! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/2 "2009-06-23T23:25:27Z")
For some reason I have this image of a guy with the fur boots, loin cloth, fur cap and a sword strapped across his back delivering your mail. Conan the Mailman! ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/3 "2009-06-23T23:39:34Z")
Have you asked him to stop? I’d try asking him nicely before you complain to his boss and get him in trouble, then who knows what he’d be likely to do with your shit. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/4 "2009-06-24T00:00:06Z")
Do you have the sender mark the package “Do not Bend”? If so, report him (her). On second thought, do it anyway. Have the offiice staff do it too. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/5 "2009-06-24T00:35:47Z")
Then go to the Postmaster, and inquire politely the full name and mailing address of your mailman, and whether the lawsuit for replacing merchandise damaged by being stuffed into your mailbox contrary to the stated policy will be paid for by the U.S. Postal Service or by the mailman. Then watch the results. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/6 "2009-06-24T00:43:30Z")
Remember these words? “Disgruntled postal worker”? Led to the phrase “going postal”? So, maybe…be cool. Just sayin’, is all. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/7 "2009-06-24T00:48:23Z")
First of all, when us postal worked get disgruntled, we shoot management, not customers. That said, if the package said “Do not bend”, take it and it’s contents to the post office ans ask to speak with the delivery supervisor. Oh, you can talk to customer service, but if you want anything done, get the delivery supervisor. If it didn’t SAY “Do Not Bend”, you’ll have a bit more trouble. But I’d call the mailer who failed to package your book so that it couldn’t BE bent and raise hell. And your carrier is a LAZY asshole. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/8 "2009-06-24T01:14:33Z")
I am sure **dragonlady** is entirely correct in this matter. We are all well advised to heed her words of wisdom. Snappy dresser, too. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/9 "2009-06-24T01:20:47Z")
Buy a big mailbox. ESPN the magazine does not fit in mine but the mailman gets it in. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/10 "2009-06-24T01:40:23Z")
No offense, **Bosda** , but you sure seem to have a lot of trouble with service people. Perhaps you need to be more assertive? ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/11 "2009-06-24T02:04:02Z")
Postmaster General: Mailmen! What is best in life? Mailman #1: A sunny day, a working mail van, light packages and no dogs in sight. Postmaster General: Wrong! Conan, what is best in life? Conan the mailbarian: To crush your deliveries, see them tear up before you, and to hear the lamentations of the recipients! Postmaster General: That is good. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/12 "2009-06-24T02:13:57Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Buy a big mailbox. ESPN the magazine does not fit in mine but the mailman gets it in. Lubejob! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/13 "2009-06-24T02:31:11Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Do you have the sender mark the package “Do not Bend”? Probably apocryphal story: A package arrived marked “Photos: Do Not Bend.” Along the crease through the center of the envelope was written "“Oh yes they do!” ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/14 "2009-06-24T04:13:28Z")
Hannes Bok is someone I haven’t thought of recently. Long ago (late-1960s) “Castle of Frankenstein” magazine published a painting of his on the back cover. Lots of golds and browns and showing a creature (possibly with a tall hat on) riding a cat-like creature. There was a tapering spiral metallic structure in the background. It was nice. Is that in your book? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/15 "2009-06-24T04:23:32Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > For some reason I have this image of a guy with the fur boots, loin cloth, fur cap and a sword strapped across his back delivering your mail. > > Conan the Mailman! Obligatory [link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZHoHaAYHq8). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/16 "2009-06-24T04:44:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Probably apocryphal story: A package arrived marked “Photos: Do Not Bend.” Along the crease through the center of the envelope was written "“Oh yes they do!” Similar and true story. Many years ago I worked for a same day courier service. Normal procedure was to mark the package tracking number on the package. As almost everything we carried was either envelopes or cardboard boxes, this was not a big deal. On occasion, we carried more fragile items. I go to the drop box to retrieve a package and marked ON the cover of a carpeting sample book, in BIG BLACK PERMANENT MARKER was the warning: **“Do not mark package with tracking number”** :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/17 "2009-06-24T06:07:01Z")
Fold your enemies, spindle them before you, and listen to the mutilations of their women. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/18 "2009-06-24T12:56:11Z")
Cool story, bro. ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/19 "2009-06-24T13:32:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Probably apocryphal story: A package arrived marked “Photos: Do Not Bend.” Along the crease through the center of the envelope was written "“Oh yes they do!” I’ve heard that story too. I was told someone in MY office had actually SEEN it. Now I’m disappointed… ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780/20 "2009-06-24T13:34:24Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I am sure **dragonlady** is entirely correct in this matter. We are all well advised to heed her words of wisdom. Snappy dresser, too. That’s right…and smile and don’t make eye contact as you back away… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-postman-is-a-barbarian/500780.md?page=2)