2006-11-29 05:41:18 · 36 answers · asked by Reserved 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I am 30 years old and did not find this out until I was 24 and I had a mailbox growing up.
2006-11-29 05:47:21 · update #1
I AM AMERICAN and had a mailbox all my life!!! Just never noticed the flag!
2006-11-29 05:50:36 · update #2
to let your mail carrier know that there is outgoing mail. If the falg is not up, and he/shee has no mail for that box, they can skip to the next one.
2006-11-29 05:42:25 · answer #1 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The flag is used to let the mail carrier know that you have put outgoing mail in the box for pick-up. When they drive or walk past the mailbox they look inside and take the outgoing mail with them if the flag is up, then they lower the flag so you know it has been taken.
2006-11-29 05:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by Delfred 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have outgoing mail that you want the mailman to pick up, you will stick that mail in your mailbox, and then raise the little flag up so he knows that there is mail to take. Many mailboxes no longer have this feature because the post office charges sometimes to have mail picked up from your house.
2006-11-29 05:44:05 · answer #3 · answered by quatrapiller 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The red flag on a mailbox is to signify that there is mail to be PICKED UP by the mailman. If you have mail to go out - put the flag up - when he/she picks it up he/she will put the flag down.
2006-11-29 05:43:39 · answer #4 · answered by JODI P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The little red flag up means you have mail to send, and the little red flag down means you don't.
Or it could mean you have received mail.
What do I know, I have a community mailbox without any flags.
2006-11-29 05:44:10 · answer #5 · answered by BookLady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the flag is up, there's mail in the mailbox. When the flag is down, there's no mail in the mailbox.
2006-11-29 05:42:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the flag is up, your mailman knows that you have mail to be sent in the box....have you ever mailed a real letter? Do you know what the stamps are for?
2006-11-29 05:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by melanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When mail is put in the box by the mailman, he lifts the flag to indicate that there is mail waiting to be picked up.
2006-11-29 05:46:35 · answer #8 · answered by Paul J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The flag is to let the postal official who delivers your mail hat you have mail for pick-up even though he may have no mail for you that day, as well as the opposite. When he/she delivers the mail, they raise the flag so the recipient knows that they have mail.
2006-11-29 05:44:32 · answer #9 · answered by Ted 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you have outgoing mail you reaise the red flag to alert the postal carrier.
2006-11-29 05:42:46 · answer #10 · answered by toff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question has already been answered well many times but I like to remind some people that not everybody is American therefore aren't always likely to know exactly what it's for.
2006-11-29 05:49:27 · answer #11 · answered by The other one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋