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Take One for the Team

Some time ago when I was living in a house I had the idea of putting my and my housemate’s names on the mailbox, then adding a second mailbox (lined with a trash bag) and labelling that “Current Resident.” I always wondered if my postal carrier would get the joke–or better, actually separate our junk mail for us. I never actually followed through
Now that I live in a condominium that’s not really practical as my mailbox is in a facility with lots of other mailboxes and maybe my neighbors like junk mail. I also have a Post Office Box and there’s nothing I can do about that one.

So I started thinking… always a dangerous thing for me.

What if I legally changed my name to “Current Resident”? And then…submitted a change-of-address form to the Post Office! Would I then begin to collect everyone’s junk mail? Perhaps nationwide? That would be awesome! I could rent space next to a recycling company and just have it all delivered there directly. I’ll have to ask my Postmaster about this.