wrong door

Two letters have been delivered this week through the wrong door, which should have been delivered somewhere else.

The location is a village, the relevant addresses are about half a mile apart, all they share in common, beyond being in the same village are the house number an the first letter of the Street name. Beyond that nothing.

It set me to wondering how many people never actually get that all important letter they have been waiting for because it has been delivered to the wrong house. I am pretty sure the first letter, which arrived on Monday, was on the 'wonder where that letter is' list for the intended recipient, as the logo and stamp of a firm of solicitors was emblazoned across the front of the envelope.

Today's letter, just a plain handwritten envelope with two stickers on the back which say 'text me' may be personal, but it is evidently important from the senders perspective as they have even sent a reminder to get in touch before the letter is even opened.

As I am in a rural location and know exactly where the letter is meant to be sitting just now, it isn't a problem for me to drop that off for them this morning. Were I away on holiday, then the letters would be delayed. If I drop them in to the post office for delivery, the letter of today probably wouldn't arrive until the middle of next week, as a postal strike is about to commence.

I wonder how many letters are posted through the wrong door and languish in the wrong hallway and how many of those letters never make their intended destination?