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So, my old job mailed me something....
Nakatomi2010
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The job I used to work at, which I left back in November of 2006, has mailed me something in a manila envelope... The item had insufficient postage and as such the post office is requesting 39 cents for me to get the item...
Problem is I have no idea what it is.... I was under the impression he and I left on good terms, and after one year and four months of not being employed by him I really have no clue what he would be sending me... When I called the post office enquiring what it was they simply said a manila envelope which exceeds the weight limit of a 41 cent stamp.... I told them to deliver tomorrow, but now I'm a little freaked as to what he's trying to mail me...
What would make a small time computer repair shop owner mail a former employee something 16 months down the road?
Problem is I have no idea what it is.... I was under the impression he and I left on good terms, and after one year and four months of not being employed by him I really have no clue what he would be sending me... When I called the post office enquiring what it was they simply said a manila envelope which exceeds the weight limit of a 41 cent stamp.... I told them to deliver tomorrow, but now I'm a little freaked as to what he's trying to mail me...
What would make a small time computer repair shop owner mail a former employee something 16 months down the road?
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are you asking us to predict what is in an envelope?
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a piece of paper.
if it's important, he'll make sure you get it. don't pay, the post office will return it
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If he wanted to letter bomb you he would have paid for more stamps.
Even if you left on bad terms, he'd only mail you something bad/dangerous if he was a complete psychotic.
Maybe I'm naive, but I think the odds someone would actually do something like that are pretty low.
Go to the post office, and feel the package first if you're unsure. If you feel it and it's just paper, or it's something that doesn't feel dangerous (like it's filled with powder, or something like that), open it.
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If it is a letter bomb, and we dont hear a reply of what happened when you opened the letter in like 3 days, I'll call the cops for you. Cause your old boss is the unabomber.
There's a small chance he won a large sum of money and wanted you to have it in small, unmarked bills, but I'd guess that's not it.
P.S. On the off chance that it is, my fee for advice is a large sum of money, and I want it in small, unmarked bills.
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I mean, seriously.
Ok, sorry, bad joke.
You are made of WIN, my friend.
because it's going to be nothing but if it's a severed penis or something i want to know.
most of all, most of all
someone said true love was dead
but i'm bound to fall
bound to fall for you
oh what can i do
First thing I thought of was an epic journey to see the Carnac the Magnificent...
But it's an envelope. So maybe it's just the winners of this year's Oscars. Better call your bookie!
(Seriously, pay the change and open it. It's either something good or he's blackmailing you, either way you should probably find out.)
That's normal practice for postal services. And they aren't forcing him. If he fails to collect or refuses the item then they will RTS or junk it eventually.
I posted here to see if anyone would have a generalized idea as to what a job someone had previously worked at 16 months ago would typically have a reason to mail someone......
My biggest fear is that he might be trying to sue me for some strange demonic reason, but they would go through more official channels for that wouldn't they?
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Sure there's a miniscule chance he wants to sue you or something but ignoring the letter won't make that situation go away! Open it and deal with it.
If it were a legal sort of thing, it would probably be from an attorney's office, not from him directly. Lawyers seem to like to control the contents of things that are sent in that fashion, so they know there isn't anything that's going to tank the case included in the correspondance.
From the OP and the follow up, it doesn't sound like you're concerned about the price, only the contents. If it were me, I would do it. I might give it a gentle squeeze, you know, for the bit. But otherwise, rip'er open.
Oh, I'd also post pictures of what it was on PA's H/A forum, because we're all quite curious.
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So what was it?
An ingenious plot to waste his time, mess with his head, and make him pay postage on an empty envelope.
OPEN IT!
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Bad idea to have the wife open it, if true.
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Aye. I felt more sympathetic/interested until I read this:
Are you just leading us on? If you know what it was already, why didn't you post it?
If this was just a hoax to waste our time, it's not funny. Well, okay, it's a little funny. ;-) But don't do it again. 8-)
Fixed.
It's no hoax, my old employer did mail me something.... Though why he mailed me this, I have no idea, I'm going to have to call him and find out why he mailed it to me...
This thread exists because I wanted people to speculate as to what was in the envelope given the information on hand... Honestly though this is the last thing I expected in the envelope... It just doesn't make sense....
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Alright, you're officially an asshole at this point, and the thread should be locked. Also, since you don't need help or advice, and just wanted people to guess shit, you should get infracted. Congratulations on your assholery. You're a gentleman and a scholar....of assholes.
...unless you tell us what's in the envelope. Then all is forgiven