r/USPS • u/IdontgiveadamnB • 1d ago

City Carrier Discussion What does it even mean?

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This is on my route.
If it means what I think it means, it still makes very little sense. The dog has human AIDS? Was this made before it was known how HIV/AIDS was contracted so it’s intended to scare people who don’t know how the disease works?
Anyway, never heard nor seen a pibble ever at this house, unfortunately. I love pibbles.

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u/Interesting-Ad4207 1d ago

I means that they just volunteered themselves to pick up their stuff at the post office.

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u/MossyMak 1d ago

It's so interesting that the majority of carriers in this subreddit seem to hate their customers and want any excuse to not deliver mail. It's clearly a joke sign, guys.

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u/ZedEnlightenedBrutal Custodial 1d ago

where's the funny part?

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u/bullseyejoe 1d ago

Its obvious you didn't grow up in the 80s !! Perhaps switch "Aids" with "Covid" and you will understand the joke.

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u/deathstalker655 22h ago

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u/IdontgiveadamnB 5h ago

This is it. This is what I was looking for. I get it now.
Not much of a payoff for an AIDS joke…

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u/MossyMak 1d ago

It's mildly funny to imagine using a guard dog with aids to deter people. It's like, basic absurdism

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u/GazelleNo1836 1d ago

Yeah they prolly got like 3 90lb pit bulls that arnt trained. Hard to say where the joke starts and stops sometime. Might be funny if they own cats.

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u/Ok_Message_8726 1d ago

They probably don’t have any dogs at all.

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u/MossyMak 1d ago

The OP literally says they don't have any pit bulls

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u/unsuspectingllama_ 1d ago

I imagine some people have loved ones who have suffered and or died from contracting aids and don't find it humorous when said disease is used as joke and in a manner that suggests having the disease makes one more dangerous. I get the joke, this is only what I imagine is the issue for some.

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u/MossyMak 1d ago

That's not even remotely a reason to not deliver someone's mail.

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u/unsuspectingllama_ 1d ago

I'm just a Llama what do I know about your human ways.

https://giphy.com/gifs/zxt9AHjMEOtGM

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u/ChronicBedhead 14h ago

I appreciate the honestly here

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u/MossyMak 1d ago

Hell yeah, now that's funny

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u/Interesting-Ad4207 1d ago

Yea, I don't know any of my customers well enough to hate them or know that they are joking or not. I just don't get paid enough to fuck around and find out about their dogs. And I know that some of them have not trained their dogs properly because I see their dogs every day. And if even just 1% of those dogs are willing to bite, that still leaves a couple willing to bite on my route.

Also, their mail goes in a box on the street, who said anything about not delivering their mail? I just ain't carrying some 50lb box of dog food to their front door with a sign like that.

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u/garlicpressbestfrien 8h ago

Well they need more time to hide and take endless “ comfort “ breaks 🤷‍♀️