Germany’s Antiquated ZIP code listings

Posted by Dr Iles on Nov 19th, 2006

Deutsche PostI went to the German Post Office and mailed a bunch of Insurance renewal notices to customers today. One envelope had the Zip Code Number but I couldn’t decipher the name of the town so I asked for the POSTLEITZAHLBOOK to look up the number and from the number know the town.
 
When I looked thru this humongous book it is only having ze name of zuh town mit nummer.
I became frustrated and hollered in German
 Who were the stupid idiots who designed this Zip Code Directory ?
Why can’t I look under just numbers like a dewey decimal system and from that find the name of the town? Better yet, why don;t they have a database where you can type in either the ZIP or Town and get the details?

Answer :Zat is not possible.
ME : Warum (Why?)
Post Office Employee (laughing) Ich weiss es nicht. Maybe you should call Deutsche Telecom Information !
 
Go figgure Eeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaah

Dr Iles

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