How cool is it to bump into someone from here?
Yup. It happened. I bumped into someone from RAoC yesterday, and it’s pretty cool!
I went to my local post office to drop off some of my mail. As I was sorting everything, someone came inside and greeted the staff. After I organized which was which for international and local mail and dropped them into the slot, the person who had just arrived sat on the bench inside and checked how much mail they received from the bundled incoming stack.
I noticed it was an insane amount, definitely a hobbyist, because it was bundled lol! I immediately figured they were probably a member of a Postcard group, this community, or another snail mail hobby group. A memory clicked that I had actually sent mail to someone in this sub with a P.O. Box at my exact local post office, so I assumed it might be them. And when I asked, ding ding ding, I was right!
We shrieked when I introduced myself and literally shared hugs and laughter, until we realized the post office was almost closing and we needed to head out. We spent a little time with me telling them about some recent events and meet-ups in the local Postcrossing group, until we noticed the staff were already heading home. We both had our own plans and errands that afternoon, but we ended up staying at the community mall right in front of the post office instead.
We sat on the benches in the open area of the mall, and once we settled down, they were kind enough to show and tell some of the cards and extra goodies they had just picked up from RAoC and Postcrossing. Meanwhile, they listened to my stories from the recent meet-ups I’ve attended and the people I’ve become friends with in our local Postcrossing community.
Basically, we both really enjoyed seeing your beautiful and creative mail covers and how the stamps were all thoughtfully put together according to their interests and themes. Again, we shrieked when we saw the new Postcrossing stamps and took our time to admire them. We also loved the scratch-and-sniff sticker included in one of the envelopes; we literally sniffed every single one of them hahaha, they smelled so fruity and good!
People here are so generous and thoughtful with all the postcards, extra cards, and letters you send. They mentioned that they’ll be sitting down with their Mom to go through your mail again, one by one. Know that you’re making a lot of people happy with your creativity, generosity, and thoughtfulness.
I pretty much enjoyed randomly meeting someone from this sub and getting to bond on the spot about this beautiful snail mail hobby.
We finally went home and parted ways around 30 minutes before the community mall closed, hahaha! I can’t wait for them to join future local meet-ups. I'm just so grateful for how snail mail literally connects us. 😊
(Not sure if stories like this are allowed here, but I’m happy to share our encounter. Not also sure what flair I should use. Posted with their permission).