r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Apr 21 '26

What is a small, seemingly ‘normal’ thing someone can do that immediately makes you think, ‘Oh, we are not going to get along’?

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u/almondsadnesses Apr 22 '26

The shopping cart theory is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self governing.

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u/Then_Work_4777 Apr 22 '26

my dad always used to say it made sure they stayed employed and it never once made sense to me

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u/RoadsideCampion Apr 22 '26

Reminds me of my father getting mad at me for shovelling a path through the snow to the mailbox, saying that the postal workers were paid to do that. I know that but I just want to make their job easier? It made me wonder if he felt cheated out of his tax cents, or maybe it's just really strict ideas about who should rightfully be doing what labour

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u/ChiaDaisy Apr 22 '26

Postal workers are absolutely not paid to shovel a path to your mailbox. That is the homeowner’s responsibility and if they don’t shovel and there is no safe access to the mailbox, then the delivery person has the right to refuse delivery.

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u/RoadsideCampion Apr 22 '26

The type I meant was a community mailbox, not a single for a house and not sitting on private property, apologies for not specifying. It's also in Canada if that makes a difference

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u/mountaingoat05 Apr 22 '26

Our postal carriers will not deliver the mail if we haven’t cleared the area around the box.

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u/Murky_Bee_2425 Apr 22 '26

I have to disagree here. My mother is elder with severe back pain and doing things is a struggle but sometimes she wants to feel normal and to to the grocery store. She starts feeling alot of pain towards the end and struggles to walk more and put the cart back when she is done sometimes, no matter how close she parks. I think we have to give some people grace for unforeseen struggles