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kelleymark82606

Do you pay attention to the outside or do you often just rip open whatever it may be?

I went to my PO box yesterday to get payments for the business and was just opening all of the envelopes and not paying attention.  I was came across a $400 money order.  Most of our customers don't pay in money orders, so it naturally caught my eye.  I looked at the envelope and realized I didn't know the name, then saw it wasn't addressed to us. 

I can't lie the fleeting thought of putting $400 in my pocket sounded nice However, I looked up the guys name that it belonged too and called him.  I wanted to let him know that his rentor paid and I had his money.  They were very thankful and appreciated the call.  Typically I would have put it back in the mail, but since I had ripped it open and it was a payment I thought I'd call.

 My good deed for the day

breaness

Oh I do this all the time.. Oops!

How nice of you! 

 

ETA: and by do this all the time, I mean open envelopes without looking, not open envelopes that belong to other people. 

SarahKate31

DH gets the mail everyday and sorts through it all and gives me whatever is mine plus bills since I handle the bills. So yes, I look at the envelope before opening.

tiff0803

I usually look at the return addresses before I open anything.  If it's something out of the ordinary, I would notice it right away.  Especially handwritten stuff.  That's so nice that you called the guy. 

madladybride

Yes, I always look at the envelope before opening. At our place, we have gotten a ton of mail for previous occupants, so I don't assume anything in my mailbox is for my household. Also, the postal workers do make mistakes.

daisyterp

If I get the mail I try to sort through it before I even get in the house. Our neighbors who live behind us have the same street address plus a letter, so if I get something that should have gone to them, I try to pop it into their mailbox before I get back into the house otherwise it ends up being a week before I get around to it again!  

I try to dump all of the junk mail into the recycling bin before it comes into the house. 

If there is junk mail that comes in an envelope I let the kids open it. DD thinks all extraneous credit card applications are letters to her from friends.  

Megcheer2

That was so nice of you to call the guy, I think it could be your good deed for the month, not just the day! I do typically look at the envelopes and the return addresses before I open them. If it looks like a credit card offer, I usually tear it up before I even open it.

SarahKate31

daisyterp:

DD thinks all extraneous credit card applications are letters to her from friends.  

This is so cute!