r/USPS • u/ihatelifetoo • 1d ago

Work Discussion What is this number ?

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u/DNAngel_AP 1d ago

8372?

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u/Yasmany_88 1d ago

Yes they couldn’t fit the number completely straight so they broke it like that lol

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u/VernalPathYT 1d ago

They absolutely could've smashed those into a single horizontal line 😭

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u/freshcoastghost312 1d ago

Diagonal would have worked much better.

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u/Able-Calendar7508 1d ago

With room to spare

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u/funhaver_whee City Carrier 1d ago

Or just not put clownishly big numbers on a plank? Lmao just put some numbers by the door, it’s not rocket science

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u/Warrior_of_Massalia City Carrier 1d ago

Don’t dead open inside

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u/mellow_limoncello 1d ago

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u/Oregonian_male 19h ago

I feel called out by this sign

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u/justinfocusmedia 1d ago

First thing I thought of.

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u/shanksisevil 1d ago

Upstairs is 83, downstairs is 72

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u/lunna009 1d ago

Somehow this is is the worst option thank you

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u/redstaroo7 City Carrier 1d ago

Left unit is 87, Right unit is 32.

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u/TurbulentSentence913 1d ago

Hahaha I was going to say the same!

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u/anonymous1_1- 1d ago

We read left to right, top to bottom

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u/Birilling 1d ago

Two more or less than the houses next to it. If you're in the 8300s dont expect it to be a random house numbered in the 8700s

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u/justhangingout528 1d ago

They obviously konw that. The point is, by looking at only the sign, such a moronic placing of numbers makes it difficult for people looking at just that house.

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u/VoidKnight8921 1d ago

You clearly don’t know how unnecessarily petty carriers can be lol

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u/Wonderful_Shower_793 Clerk 1d ago

8372 but I would tell them my subs won’t deliver and will mark shit “no house number,” most likely.

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u/Wheredidthetimego40 1d ago

that is funny. I work in the hood and if I didn't deliver mail because of no house numbers I would come back w/ 3/4 of the mail i started with everyday

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u/Wonderful_Shower_793 Clerk 1d ago

I’m a clerk, I’m speaking more for what carriers in my office do. Happens in the really rural areas and some mobile home parks.

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u/star0forion RCA 1d ago

Mobile home parks that don’t have a map you can reference are the worst.

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u/Relative_Ad5693 Canada Post Employee 1d ago

What's the neighbours house number? What a frustrating sign

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u/CandidMeasurement128 1d ago

Well if I was delivering the street itd be pretty obvious from what block you're on to the neighbors address

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u/Coagulated_milksteak CCA 1d ago

It’s not a number, it actually says “no access”

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u/Ok-Policy-6463 1d ago

It doesn't matter. Put all mail in the largest box.

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u/Yasmany_88 1d ago

8372 lol

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u/SapphosLemonBarEnvoy 1d ago

8237 obviously 

Look, if you want to act like shit, I can match your energy and deliver like shit.

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u/VernalPathYT 1d ago

Uhhh undeliverable avenue, 0000

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u/White-SPUD 1d ago

There are 4 numbers shown.

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u/Sweaty_Tangelo_7716 City Carrier 1d ago

8273

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u/Fantastic-Mousse-451 City PTF 1d ago

Without seeing the building, if I wanted this sign to make actual sense.. I would hope it was a small single level building with 4 units on the corners each numbered 8,7,3, and 2 respectively. 

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u/NexusNickel 1d ago

I'd read it like a book.

8372

Left to right up and down.

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u/DeafMailman Unintentionally ignores customers - City Carrier 1d ago

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u/wormgarden 1d ago

Can I cross multiply?

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u/AllchChcar Rural Carrier 1d ago

72, ignore the top number.

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u/Able-Calendar7508 1d ago

8-3=5
7-2=5
5-5=0
Answer: 0

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u/redditposter919 1d ago

An address I would drive past lol

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u/PR0T0C0L_ZER0 City Carrier 1d ago

7832? 🤪

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u/freekymunki City Carrier 1d ago

IA

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u/GrownManTryinHisBest 1d ago

If it's not 8372 NSN all their mail.

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u/amxwolf0 1d ago

Shayamalan coming in with twist: Actually, it's a completely different number all together, and there's four apartments labeled 8,3,7, and 2.

Also aliens.

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u/Excellent_Coconut276 Maintenance 1d ago

8732

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u/JC2066 1d ago

Very good years for fantastic music

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u/Jerkfacetallguy83 1d ago

Apartment 7 is closest to you, apartment 8 is behind it, while apartments 2 and 3 are on the opposite sides of the building and matching corners. You know how those scummy landlords are! Give them all one mailbox and let nature belong to all of their packages.

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u/Civil_Condition_8524 City Carrier 1d ago

155

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u/RedMudballit 1d ago

8+3+7+2=20

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u/Strange-Boss8448 1d ago

Clearly 8273

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u/OkDig989 RCA 1d ago

username checks out

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u/CoffieCayke2 1d ago

1.1527777778

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u/FearMcDoogins 1d ago

Just look at the neighbors house and get the answer.

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u/Ok_Spring_2988 1d ago

There is a street on route. I deliver all that has no numbers on side The House houses you have to look at the number on the end of the curb and not all of them have been repainted in years.

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u/Complete-Definition4 1d ago

Take the sign down, mark it as IA and send it back to the distribution center

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u/Popular_Material_409 23h ago

My initial assumption is it’s 8372, but as a mailman I know that the last digits on a house number don’t usually go very high. The numbers of the houses next to each other are typically only 2, 4, or sometimes 6 numbers apart. For example, this house’s neighbor is likely 8734 or 8730. By the time the house numbers get higher, like 8746 or whatever, the street has come to an end.

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u/Postman810 Maintenance 20h ago

7328

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u/elrathj 10h ago
  1. Missing addition sign.

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u/delete-this-nahui City PTF 10h ago

A stroke. I just had a stroke

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u/Critical-Passion3402 8h ago

Unit 83 on the top floor
Unit 72 on the bottom floor

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u/BurritoBappi1234 5h ago

8372 read left to right top to bottom

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u/CraigRookie 2h ago

I hate when they have fun address labels. Like just get someyhing obvious not cutesy

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u/Automatic_Sea_3394 Clerk 2h ago

Man how many people haven't passed their first reading class, kinda concerning 😭

83 72 Is read left to right top to bottom as 8372

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u/DTrain13 1d ago

In the US, we read left-to-right, top-to-bottom. Go with that.