EPTMy legal address is (roughly) 1234 1/2 State Street. It is a detached mother-in-law that is fenced off from the main house with its own yard and parking, no territories are shared. It's two small homes on the same overall plat of land.
First, USPS doesn't recognize fractions that aren't apartment units. I have to submit my address like this:
1234 State Street # 1/2
But some mailing industries don't allow the "/" symbol at all, and I have to submit my address like this:
1234 Street Street # 1-2
But then some private delivery providers give me this message when I used the "#" symbol:
Sorry, but our records indicate that this address is a single dwelling unit
Meaning the # implies that it's an apartment/condo, and never a house, for this provider
A receptionist from the department of Labor and Industries called me yesterday asking why none of the notices they've sent to me have been received, so I had to explain all of this over the phone. Try using a #, but you might have you use a hyphen, and... -_-
Of course my packages never come to me first. They always get sent to 1234 State Street (the "main" house, my neighbor), because though my address says State Street, it actually faces the street that's one block up: Lisa Street. If that sounds awkward, imagine a city grid: here's what it looks like:
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State street
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[1234 State Street]
///////////fence////////////
[1234 1/2 State Street]
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Lisa street
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State street
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[1234 State Street]
///////////fence////////////
[1234 1/2 State Street]
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Lisa street
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So a deliverer will only see the "main" house, assumes that must be it, because what else could it be? Why would he think it would be behind that fence, facing a different street? The address says State street.
Even if you googlemap my place, it still sends you to State Street. Even though I have no access to it from my property haha
So basically, I've had to send things I order to my parents place. I'd rather just pick them up during the week sometime (since I like visiting my parents anyway) than inconvenience my neighbor. I remember the first time he knocked on my door with one of the packages in hand. He was very polite and understanding, but then it led to me acknowledging that if I didn't get a package on schedule, I'm just tempted to knock on his door and ask, "Heyyy I was wondering..." Yeah, not awkward or inconvenient for the two of us. And not at all a nuisance for him.
That's just an inconvenience, but those ended being extremely important state L&I letters that were withheld T_T
Oh, and speaking of why they're important, a tendon (non-vital for function, luckily-unlucky) in my right forearm snapped during my shift and I have to get it surgically removed and can't work for a while. Shittyyyyyy
