Check out the Mailboat tryout jumps! This tradition has existed on Geneva Lake for well over 100 years. Young ladies started to be hired in 1974. Gage Marine is the company providing the services. #LakeGeneva #Mailboat
This looks like a job I would like. I've ran 18hrs a day up and down airplane wings while getting slimy in chemical fertilizer and jet fuel. My question is why not have the mailbox closer? 🤣
@@destinwilcoxson828 Educate me. Why would they not put the box at the end of the dock? You see my position, seems a little ridiculous to have to run up the dock when it could easily be reached. Idk?
@@1bcordell and the point is that there supposed to run up the dock and if they miss the boat and fall in the water the boat dose a cricle and comes back to pick them up
Not knowing anything about this place except that the videos say this is an island of multimillion-dollar mansions. it must not be the actual USPS service. just a "mail service" of the tour boat. the mail jumpers must be kids from filthy rich families who may not be as lawsuit prone as a poor family and live near or on the island. just so their kids can get some job experience.
Do deck shoes really work when it's wet? I'd wear big cushioned knee pads for falls jumping off, but especially back on because the landing is so small. Why wouldn't everyone be considerate of where their mailbox is? It should be a requirement that all boxes are as close to the boat as possible. Seems like a no brained.
They typically use high school kids that are under 18 to do this job. I really hope that the postal service or whoever runs this service has some kind of iron clad waiver that keeps them from being held liable for damages or bodily harm. If it has not happened already then I have a feeling that eventually some parent is going to try to file a lawsuit against the company because their precious snowflake of a child has gotten a boo-boo while doing this job. I feel like this is some thing that’s going to eventually get phased out due to this but I hope I’m wrong. It would be a shame to see a tradition that has been running since 1916 get phased out because of something like that.
If a simple bruise would be the biggest risk I would agree but there are more safety concerns. Imagine one of the teenagers falling between the moving boat and the docks, that could end pretty bad.
@@rjthomasindyusa He didn't say to wrap everyone in bubble wrap. He just said that falling between the boat and the dock is more than a bruise. (It might even kill someone)
@@JBobjork I was obviously being sarcastic. We live in a world where the same people who would advocate child sex changes are willing to destroy the heritage of something that is wholesome over the risk of someone getting hurt...... despite their safety record.
