United States Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At exactly noon every day, an old man in a fedora would appear at the counter of the United States Post Office. He never spoke, just took one stamp from the clerk and left without ever buying anything else. One day, when the postal clerk was counting stamps, she noticed that the old man had taken not just one but two stamps. Curious, she asked him why he needed two. With a twinkle in his eye, he replied, ‘Just in case I decide to send myself a letter!’ Everyone laughed, including the old man, who then walked out with his single stamp as usual.

2. Every morning at precisely eight o’clock, a gruff voice crackles over the PA system at the United States Post Office: ‘Attention, ladies and gentlemen—we’ve run out of stamps again!’ A regular customer, Mr. Johnson, always smiles knowingly when he hears it. He whispers to his friend across the counter, ‘They must be printing new ones in another dimension!’ Meanwhile, outside, a delivery driver yells at his neighbor, ‘Hey, I’m not stealing those boxes—they’re just temporarily borrowed until they get more!’

3. Every weekday afternoon, as the mail trucks pulled up, a neighborhood cat would leap onto the roof of the post office and sit there, watching with curiosity until the last letter was delivered. One day, an old delivery driver noticed the cat and decided to bring it some leftover cookies from his lunch. The cat sniffed them curiously but then jumped down and ran off, leaving behind only a small pile of crumbs on the pavement. A neighbor passing by chuckled and said, ‘Must be a sugar-crazed feline!’

4. Why does everyone always stop and stare at the post office on Thursdays? No one knows for sure, but some say it's because of the mysterious package that arrives around lunchtime. Some claim it’s a secret message from abroad, while others believe it contains winning lottery tickets. A delivery driver once joked it was his paycheck, but no one believed him. The truth is, nobody really cares—everyone just loves guessing until Friday morning, when the mystery finally lifts.