Another kind of spam that you can’t stop
In the last several years there have been several convictions for sending spam… guys getting actual time in gladiator academy for the crime of what? Sending unsolicited email.
Frankly, I think it’s a little frightening to live in a country where a spammer is more likely to see jail time than a paedophile, but that’s for another day.
Today is for me to complain about another type of spam. One that is unstoppable. One that is sanctioned by the government.
Every day, I go to my mailbox, and along with the one or two meaningful pieces of mail I get, I also get sale flyers from the grocery store, little mailers selling burial insurance, and coupons for shit I don’t and won’t ever want. But the post office wants it there because they collect a fee for each one they deliver.
About a year ago, in between houses, I rented an apartment. As you know apartment complexes have a commmunity mail center with those puny mailboxes. If I didn’t pick up mail, even for just a few days, the box would be overstuffed, and literally 90% would spam from Albertson’s and crappy insurance companies.
I asked my mailman how to stop this trash from being put in my box… was there a form I could fill out at the post office? He said that there wasn’t. I said to him “if someone filled my email account with trash the way you fill my mailbox, they would be put in prison for it.”
His reply. A blank stare. Sorry for harshing your mellow, oh man of the mail. Go forth and spam away.
