What do you notice?

Paul Lima had a vague feeling he wasn't getting any mail. When his mother phoned wondering why he hadn't cashed his birthday cheque, "the penny dropped," the Toronto freelance writer says.

He called Canada Post, which said he had changed his address in person on Nov. 17.

"Not me," he said.

I noticed how little the guy must have been getting in the mail. But how long was the person not noticing the daily junk mail and bills? There must be something that would have been noticed if two days went by. What do I get in the mail? Banks statements of sone sort or another. Bills. Magazines. The Child Tax Credit mailbox money. Yet - what a drag to have it happen.