If one were to count the number of people living in my apartment by the names that appear on envelopes in my mailbox, the place would be extremely overcrowded. I'm sure immigration or other government organizations would be watching the place very carefully.
Since I've moved here there has been a constant flow of mail coming to my address for people who do not live here. I'm not talking about the "Resident" or "Our Friends At" mail. I'm talking about the names of real people, or maybe the fake names real people gave to businesses to get stuff.
It started out as just two names that kept showing up, and I assumed they were previous residents. Now the list has grown, and I've lost count, but I think it must be somewhere in the neighborhood of ten or eleven different names. Once, I even received a notice of a certified letter for one of them. When I went to pick it up (feeling very confused because I had no reason to expect such a thing) I was taken aback by the name on the envelope and told the postal worker ("Wait a minute mister postman") that not only did I refuse to pick up the letter, the recipient doesn't even live at that address.
Either my address is very popular, or I am very popular, and everyone wants to get in on the action. It would be nice to find more mail in the mailbox that does actually say my name, though - besides bills, I mean.
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