Mail Store

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Mail Store, a delivery driver once exclaimed, ‘This package is heavier than it looks!’ Little did he know that from then on, every Tuesday, an extra-heavy box appeared in the same spot, always addressed to someone named John Doe. Finally, one Friday afternoon, after weeks of puzzlement, a neighbor knocked on the door and asked if anyone had seen a giant cardboard box labeled ‘To: Mr. John Doe.’ Turns out, it was his own box that got delivered to everyone else’s mail store by mistake.

2. A curious customer asked one day: ‘Why does every letter here seem to be addressed to someone named “John Smith”?’ The mailman chuckled and replied, 'Ah, well you see, Mr. John Smith is our most frequent recipient around these parts.' A regular nodded knowingly, adding with a smile, 'Yup, he must get more letters than anyone else because he's everyone's best friend!'

3. One morning, a delivery driver noticed that every stamp on the letters had an extra puff of smoke when he licked them. Curious, he asked around and learned that a regular customer, known only as ‘Mr. Stamps,’ always brought his own stamps wrapped in a mysterious packet. It turned out Mr. Stamps was a retired chemist who loved experiments. The store soon became famous for its 'smoky' stamps, and customers started coming from miles away just to see the little puffs. The Mail Store even held weekly stamp-smoking parties where everyone gathered to enjoy the show.

4. A regular customer once asked with a puzzled expression: ‘How come every letter I receive from this store has exactly three stamps, even when I never send anything back?’ With a twinkle in his eye, the mailman replied, ‘Well sir, it seems that someone’s been leaving extra stamps on your outgoing letters.’ The perplexed customer scratched his head and said, ‘But I’ve never sent any packages!’ To which everyone present burst out laughing, realizing that the mysterious third stamp was actually an overzealous neighbor trying to cheer up their lonely friend.