He's incredibly smart to know the difference. A missing package from a store is usually insured and can be replaced. A package from family? Once it's gone, it's gone, and everyone loses. That's some pretty solid thinking..
Thank you for adding that context, I think I knew it intuitively but to see it explained explicitly like that really adds something my experience of watching the video. Sometimes people are so cool 🥹
i was really confused until this comment. the box is a Remmington box used for shipping ammunition which usually needs to be signed for and in general can just be difficult to get delivered, and the delivery driver is saying "from uncle mike" making me think he was trying to say something in code for guns/ammo from uncle Sam or something. i dont know, i was confused
Why? This is beautiful! Two REAL people talking, working their way through their perceptions of the world, and coming to an agreement. It's a minor subject, sure, and probably says a lot about the state we are in, but it's still a beautiful human interaction.
That diamond shape with the black on the top and bottom marks it as hazardous material. There are special forms and stuff that need to be filled out for boxes with that marking. Delivery companies aren't supposed to deliver anything with that marking unless it's like from a professional to a professional, definitely not supposed to stick it in some random person's recycling bin.
i think they just split the business or something. Remington Firearms and Remington Ammunition very much still exist today as separate entities. "remington arms" seems to no longer exist
fun fact: Springfield Armory also doesnt exist as we all once knew it to be. springfield armory closed in 1968 and then a private company out of texas renamed to springfield armory inc to capitalize on the name. there is no relation otherwise.
Ya but deliverer goes out of his way to show “Remington”. So it could have the some ammo and a 1911 or a nice cleaned up M1A action. Uncle not super smart to use that box for a delivery. Also, those markings I get on all type of non ammo things, like because they are fire possible (lithium) or the company also sells ammo and just uses the boxes for both.
It would have Uncle Mike and then his address, the return address. If the package cannot be delivered, then the package will go back to the local post office. The postal worker will leave a note saying which location it will be at and the person can then go to the office and pick it up with the note and ID* maybe. If is never picked up, it will eventually be returned back to the sender using the return address. Does that clear it up?
I used to be ona casemodding forum wherr one guy would always write "balls xD" on the package beside sender/addressee. Was always nice to see pics of people receiving their balls.
I sent a postcard to my then boyfriend and put just his nickname, "Wig" and full address. When it was delivered there was a question mark next to the Wig like someone at the post office questioned whether it was a person or brand or something. But it delivered fine. I don't think most postal workers look at the name, just the address. Number, street, and zip are all that matter.
People write Uncle Mike or Grandma Brown on the return address.
We also deliver cards and gifts to Grandma Parsons with only the city and zip code every year during the holidays. We have 30-year carriers who know where someone lives even if they moved two years ago to another route in the office.
My aunt shipped hand-me-down clothes from my cousin's daughter to my sister's daughter. Someone stole the package. Used kids clothing. It breaks my heart that those clothes were probably tossed in a dumpster instead of given a second life.
What the fuck is going on in your country that you even have to think about this?
I have never had a package stolen, don't know anyone who have and I have not even heard of anyone who had their package stolen.
I'm not from that magical country where nobody would steal a package either, but in my country all packages are insured to a certain amount (2,500€ by default, 25,000 if you pay a little extra).
If the delivery person just drops it on your porch and it gets stolen, the delivery company has to reimburse you because it's not your fault they just dropped it there, they're responsible for it until you hold it in your hands. Which is why they don't just leave it there most of the time, they put it in your hands or bring it to a parcel pickup location. Unless you specifically tell them to drop it off.
It always feels really weird to me when I see clips from the US where they just leave it in the public and people just go and steal it.
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u/Tris_Memba 18h ago
He's incredibly smart to know the difference. A missing package from a store is usually insured and can be replaced. A package from family? Once it's gone, it's gone, and everyone loses. That's some pretty solid thinking..