Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

Pain in the English
Pain in the English

Unpacking English, Bit by Bit

A community for questioning, nitpicking, and debating the quirks and rules of the English language.

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Solstice Ashore

Member Since

November 23, 2011

Total number of comments

1

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2

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Street Address vs. Mailing Address

  • November 23, 2011, 2:53pm

I've come to this page because I do work for a software company that sells HR software that interfaces with payroll systems, and I'm documenting how to fill in workers' addresses. We have both a residence address (physical address, please) and mailing address. When I first started at the company, however, I lived on a sailboat where I could not receive mail, and it was a real pain. HR required my physical address (I used my mother's address in another state) and then sent important paperwork there, and I had to figure out how to get it. (We weren't using our own software then.) I definitely feel everyone's pain.