Know Your Mailman....or Lady

Your local federal messenger (mailman) probably knows your street and surrounding neighborhood better than you.  How do I know this?  Well, it is a bit obvious, but recently I experienced it first hand.

I arrived to an appointment to sell a home security system several towns away from my own.  A kind gentleman welcomed me inside.  We chit-chatted for a bit about the home, his neighborhood along with my neighborhood, and the benefits of having a home security system.  It took about 10 minutes for us to stumble on the fact that he was my mailman!

Mail deliverers are like silent sleeper cells doing constant reconnaissance on the homes in their assigned territory.  They know the names of each person living in a home, what kind of mail they are receiving, and any suspicious or unsafe trends occurring in the neighborhood.  My mailman could describe the house I lived in off the top of his head along with who else lived in the house simply by me giving him the house number.  He even listed some of the mail he remembered me receiving over the past year.  Very impressive!

Now of course a mail deliverer is not authorized to tell you all the information they know about people's personal lives, but they can offer valuable information about the safety of your neighborhood.

Next time you see your mailman on his way up your path, step outside and say hello.  A responsible homeowner should always get to know theirs.  He may watch over your house a bit closer in the future or share information from his route that can better keep you safe.