Wednesday, January 30, 2008

something i miss about germany

In Germany, you can buy terribly swell stickers imprinted with the words "Bitte keine Reklame oder kostenlose Zeitungen." This means "No advertisements or free newspapers, please."

Guess where you get to place these ingenious stickers?

That's right, Gentle Reader: You get to place them ON YOUR MAILBOX.

In Germany, companies can get into trouble if your mailbox bears one of these stickers and ads and papers end up inside said mailbox anyway.

THIS PRACTICALLY ELIMINATES JUNK MAIL.

I MISS THAT.

THANK YOU.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am soooooo with you! Maybe we should put those stickers up anyway? (although it is doubtful that the postman can read German...doh)

thegermanygirl said...

Maybe he needs to have lessons. ;o)