I get very few. My Spam blocker catches nearly 109% of the calls. Try setting up a Spam blocker.

Edit: try this https://www.androidpolice.com/how-to-block-spam-calls-android/

How about buying small quantities of shelf stable milk?

I'm not blaming the mail person for the junk mail. I do blame the companies who are sending it to me. The original conversation started when I was trying to get companies to stop sending me their garbage!

Just like setting up a spam folder in email or being able to opt out of spam calls there should be a way to get rid of unwanted junk mail. And to make it clear, it's not the mail persons fault!

Yup, I really do this! About 7 years ago I remarked how irritating it was to receive such a great amount of junk mail and I wished there was a way to opt out of getting it. It was suggested by the my mail person that I put a note on the mailbox requesting no junk mail. So I took the suggestion and did it. Unless it specifically has my name on it I don't get junk ads and newspapers. Is this a perfect solution? Nope. When there is a fill in mail person it's a 50/50 chance of getting the ads and junk mail. It's not a big deal I just drop it in the recycling box. My mail carrier says they just take it back to the USPS and drop it into recycling.

And just an FYI.. The secretary at work doesn't get rid of useless junk mail for me. I riffle through my own mail and drop it in the recycling bin - thank goodness I get very little. There really should be a way to opt out of junk mail like there is for spam calls!

Edit: Just for clarity, they don't personally carry the mail to the mail box. They drive up in a jeep, open their window and put the mail in the mail box. There is a box in the vehicle that they collect junk, etc and when they get back to the USPS and it goes into recycling. If it has my name on it then it has to be delivered to me.

A few years ago my mail person told me that I could opt out of ads and general junk mail. As long as it doesn't have my name on it I don't receive it. So rarely do I get anything. And for the couple of postcards and the such that I do get I put it in recycling.

So personally I ask for a paper bag occasionally and for $1.25 or on sale I pick up a roll or 2 of generic wrapping paper. A few years ago I received reusable paper towels, microfiber clothes and old baby diapers as a gift that I use for cleaning windows, mirrors and dusting. Rags are wonderful for general cleaning purposes. At my old job I received several dozen bar rags that were practically brand new. They were getting rid of them because the company that did their laundry were changing the colors - from blue to white!

I was going to say the same thing. Who has newspapers and magazines anymore? I even put a sign on my mailbox asking for the mail person to not leave shopping ads and junk mail in the box! I keep a couple of paper bags and rolls of Dollar store generic wrapping paper in the back of the closet! Does the job....

How about just being honest? I

How about just being honest?

Interesting story... I I have a very good friend who has 3 very beautiful well behaved cats. She has an open concept living room, dining room and kitchen with a very large island. For a bake sale at the church she decided to bake several large pans of bars and sheet pan cakes. Since her cats were very well trained and never got up on the island, counters or dining room table she left everything out just covered with flour sack towels over night. She got up really early the next morning to get everything cut and packaged to take to the sale. When she removed the towels from the baked goods she saw kitty foot prints all over everything. It even looked like at least one of the cats had sat and laid down on one of the pans of bars!

Needless to say non of the baked goods made it to the bake sale and a very nice check was written to the church. The lady never bragged again about how well behaved her cats were and that they never got on the island, counter or dining room table!