Cleveland Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Cleveland Post Office, a regular shouted one day, ‘Hey, did you see that letter just flew out of nowhere!’ Ever since then, employees claim they’ve been receiving mysterious envelopes addressed to no one in particular. One day, an excited delivery driver exclaimed, ‘Check it out—this envelope has “Cleveland Post Office” written on it ten times!’ Since then, everyone jokes that the postal service is trying to remind themselves where they work. The mystery letters continue to arrive, but now everyone treats them like old friends.

2. At the Cleveland Post Office, every morning around 8 AM, an old man arrived with a large box under his arm. No one knew what was inside, but everyone noticed that it smelled like freshly baked cookies. One day, a delivery driver asked him curiously, ‘Sir, may I please try just one?’ The old man smiled and opened the box—inside were only crumpled newspapers. From then on, whenever someone sniffed the cookies’ scent, they’d joke, ‘Better bring your own appetite!’

3. At the Cleveland Post Office, a delivery driver once exclaimed, 'I just saw something strange!' Curious eyes turned towards him as he added, 'Every Tuesday afternoon, the mailboxes open themselves.' A few weeks later, an old lady approached the counter and asked the clerk, ‘Is it true that my mailbox opens itself on Tuesdays?’ The clerk smiled and replied, ‘Ma’am, every Tuesday is your lucky day!’

4. At the Cleveland Post Office, during lunchtime mail drops, a mysterious voice began announcing over the PA: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, your letters are arriving from the future!’ One day, an excited delivery driver announced, ‘Your bills are from next month!’ A neighbor quipped back, ‘No thanks, I’ll take last month’s instead.’ The voice then said, ‘And finally, a letter addressed to someone who doesn’t even live here anymore,’ prompting everyone to laugh and realize it was just another quirky Cleveland tradition.