Blog Catalog Discussion: Addressing An Envelope

lulubelleb on 'Addressing An Envelope'

lulubelleb — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:26:04 -0500

Good points all. I took the story at face value.

I hardly use snail mail any longer, but I do like to get paper greeting cards. Thinking back, they may have taught us basic correspondence in elementary school. Then in high school there was 1 year of typing and 2 years of secretarial science.

Another friend's daughter was flummoxed by a rotary pay phone in east Texas.

Crap - I'm getting old.

NINE on 'Addressing An Envelope'

NINE — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:54:04 -0500

I believe it, I havent sent much mail in my lifetime... at 28 all of my bills are handled electronically. My insurance comes online, my credit card statements are emailed to me...

The other day I had to mail something out and it took me a second to remember where my return address went. I just blanked.

Seriously though, mail is the slowest form of communication known to man I cant think of why a 20 year old would be sending mail if he or she didn't have any bills to pay. So it's understandable that they may get flustered.

Shiley on 'Addressing An Envelope'

Shiley — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:15:39 -0500

When I was in high school they teach that in English class as well as resume writing, how to write a cover letter, and a refrence letter. Has she never looked at his English book to see what he is doing? Chances are he is pulling her leg.

RTBjr73 on 'Addressing An Envelope'

RTBjr73 — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:23:32 -0500

Does she still lay out his clothes on the bed for him every morning?

Just think, this college graduate is legally allowed to vote. Have Mercy.

thegoodknife on 'Addressing An Envelope'

thegoodknife — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:06:18 -0500

he may have been playing dumb to get his mother to do it for him or just making up an excuse as to why he had yet to do it?

chicapumuckl on 'Addressing An Envelope'

chicapumuckl — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:12:52 -0500

Well, that's actually a bit sad. A 21 years-old doesn't know how a postage letter looks anymore. Just the question who to blame for that situation...

legbamel on 'Addressing An Envelope'

legbamel — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:05:03 -0500

Has he never seen mail? Never gotten a card from a distant relative, or (condsidering his age) a piece of junk mail from a credit card company?! I'm not that much older.

Snav on 'Addressing An Envelope'

Snav — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:33:04 -0500

Well as far as I know, they don't teach how to mail envelopes in school. So therefore if some have never had the need to mail something, why not wait to learn.

ekim941 on 'Addressing An Envelope'

ekim941 — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:27:59 -0500

I'd be willing to bet that son had to teach his mother how to set up her email account. :)

lulubelleb on 'Addressing An Envelope'

lulubelleb — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:26:04 -0500

A friend recently told me she had to teach her college senior son how to address envelopes in order to mail his graduation announcements. At the age of 21 he had never sent or received a letter. He did not know where to place the address, return label or stamp.

Is this standard for high school and college students these days? Do teens and twenty-somethings not know how to use the post office?

Just wondering...