Akron Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver asked his colleague: ‘Did you hear about the guy who tried to mail a live chicken?’ His friend shook his head and laughed: ‘No, tell me!’ The first driver grinned, ‘Well, he wrapped it in newspaper like any other package, but when the chick started pecking through the paper, everyone in the post office thought it was just another angry letter.’

2. At the Akron Post Office, a regular shouted one day: ‘Hey everyone, did you see who just dropped off a package? It was addressed to “Santa Claus, North Pole”!’ A delivery driver overheard and laughed: ‘That’s our John next door, always forgets he works in Akron!’ The next morning, another package arrived—this time for ‘Santa’s Helper, Akron Post Office.’ Everyone shook their heads but smiled, knowing it would be an annual tradition.

3. At the Akron Post Office, a delivery driver once noticed something peculiar. Every afternoon around three o’clock, right when mail sorting began in earnest, the ceiling fan would inexplicably start playing ‘Happy Birthday.’ Curious, the driver mentioned it to his coworkers. Soon enough, everyone started waiting for the daily serenade. One day, an elderly neighbor walked into the post office and asked, 'Is that fan always singing?' The clerk smiled and replied, 'No ma'am, just on Tuesdays.'

4. At the Akron Post Office, a delivery driver once noticed something peculiar. Every morning, right after he arrived, a small bird would land on the mail sorting machine and start chirping frantically. Curious, the driver followed the bird one day and found it was always led by an elderly neighbor who lived nearby. Turned out she fed the little fellow every morning before heading off to her garden. From then on, whenever anyone asked why there was a bird on the sorting machine, they’d just smile and say, ‘Oh, that’s Mrs. Thompson’s pet postal messenger.’