Let’s Play a Game
What time will the postman get here today?
Well – what’s a reasonable time for a postman to arrive you may ask?
8am? 9? Maybe a little later, just past 10? That would be a reasonable time for a regular national postal service in a medium density population centre.
The closest post office is 4.6 miles. The postal dispatch warehouse a comely 10.1 miles. I live on a totally regular street, in a populated town, not out in the sticks requiring some for of mule based transport to reach.
Even so I could honestly not tell you when the post will arrive on any given day.
To demonstrate the sheer variance of delivery times, heres the postman’s times for the month of August, 2011.
Postal Delivery times, August 2011
| Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | Mon 22 | Tue 23 | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Mon 29 | Tue 30 | Wed 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1412 | 1243 | 1342 | 1019 | 1120 | 1530 | 1350 | 1455 | 1522 | 1431 | 1503 | 1510 | 1242 | 1201 | 1220 | 0930 | 0945 | 0922 | 1123 | 1541 | 1312 | 0912 | 1402 |
So. What time shall we meet tomorrow Mr. Postman?
Your guess is as good as mine.
I just give up, I don’t even know anymore.
