United States Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something unusual in the mail sorting area—a small, dusty envelope addressed to ‘The Next Person Who Opens This.’ Curious, everyone began checking their mail more carefully that week. Finally, an old lady picked up the mysterious envelope. She opened it with a smile and read aloud: 'Dear Friend, please deliver this letter to yourself.' Everyone laughed, realizing it was just another prank from a regular customer who loved practical jokes.

2. At dawn, when most postal workers were just stretching their legs, an old stamp collector arrived early for no apparent reason. He quietly opened a drawer and pulled out a small leather pouch filled with rare stamps. As he flipped through them, a young delivery driver passing by noticed something shiny and stopped to watch. ‘What are you doing?’ asked the curious driver. The collector smiled mysteriously, replying, ‘Just waiting for the right moment.’

3. In the early hours of the morning, a delivery driver arrived at the post office and found a curious sight: a small bird had built its nest inside one of the mailboxes. The driver gently removed the nest, but soon realized that every time he opened that mailbox, out popped a tiny envelope addressed to ‘Mr. Mailbox Bird’. Amused, he decided to leave it be. For weeks, the neighborhood kids would gather around watching as the little bird delivered letters to itself—until finally, one day, an old man from across the street approached him smiling. ‘Finally,’ said the neighbor, ‘someone else noticed our very own postal carrier!’

4. At midnight, when the post office was almost deserted, a night janitor heard a strange noise coming from the sorting room. Curious, he crept closer and found an old envelope with a smiley face drawn on it. Inside was a note: ‘Forgot my key again.’ Turns out, it was just a neighbor who lived too far from his mailbox.