Alexandria Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the postal counter: an old envelope addressed simply to ‘The Next Person Who Opens This.’ Inside was a note reading, ‘Take what you need, leave what you can’t use.’ Since then, strange items have appeared—from vintage stamps to quirky letters—and everyone wonders whose idea it is. Finally, someone found an ancient coin worth hundreds of dollars. A neighbor quipped, 'Guess that’s why they wrote “the next person who opens this”!' The whole town laughed, and now, whenever anyone receives anything unusual, they say, ‘Another surprise from Alexandria Post Office!’

2. One day, while sorting mail in Alexandria Post Office, an elderly lady looked up from her stack and said, ‘I’ve been coming here for years, but today’s letters are heavier than usual!’ Suddenly, a young delivery driver walked by and joked, ‘Ma’am, maybe they’re just sending you thicker bills!’ The whole room burst out laughing, including the postmaster who shook his head and muttered, ‘Another Monday at Alexandria Post Office.’

3. At the end of every workday, a regular would mutter under his breath as he left: ‘I’ll never understand why those letters always seem to be smiling back at me.’ One day, an excited delivery driver rushed in, yelling, ‘Look what I found!’ He held up a letter with a huge smiley face drawn on it. Everyone burst out laughing—except for the regular, who just shook his head and muttered, ‘I told you they were smiling.’

4. In Alexandria Post Office, after hours when everyone else had left, a small dog kept appearing from beneath the mail sorting tables. No one knew where it came from or why it stayed only during closing times. One night, a delivery driver heard tiny whimpers coming from behind the counter. Turns out, the little dog had found an old package of donuts hidden there! He’d been sneaking treats every evening since then. The postal workers decided to nickname him ‘Postie’ and occasionally shared their lunch with him. Now, even after hours, you might catch Postie lurking around for his midnight snack.