Shorewood Carrier Annex

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the bulletin board in Shorewood Carrier Annex. Among the usual notices and reminders, someone had scribbled: ‘Today is the day when everyone becomes their own mail carrier.’ Since then, every employee has been sworn to secrecy—except for that one time last week when a regular accidentally left the door open. Ever since then, whenever anyone mentions the mysterious note, employees just smile knowingly and avoid eye contact. Last Friday, though, a neighbor dropped off some packages, and while chatting with the postmaster, asked if they could deliver them themselves. The whole annex burst into laughter—they hadn’t even realized it was April Fool’s Day.

2. In the early morning, before anyone else arrived, a delivery driver heard a strange humming noise coming from inside Shorewood Carrier Annex. It grew louder with each passing day, like an impatient bee trapped within. One morning, while everyone was still asleep, the delivery driver followed the sound and found a tiny bee stuck in the mail slot. He carefully freed it, and as he did so, the humming stopped. From then on, whenever someone mentioned the mysterious noises, a regular would say, ‘Oh, that’s just the carrier annex’s little postal bee.’

3. One day, while sorting mail at Shorewood Carrier Annex, an elderly lady exclaimed, ‘I just saw the strangest thing!’ Curious, everyone gathered around. She pointed towards the window and whispered, ‘There’s a pigeon delivering letters… but only to people named Jones.’ Everyone stared in amazement as the pigeon swooped down and landed on the porch of Mr. Jones’ house. Just then, a delivery driver joked, 'Maybe we should hire him full-time!' A neighbor chimed in, 'Or maybe he’s just following his heart—pigeons do have good taste.' The old lady smiled wisely and said, “Who knows? Maybe someday he’ll deliver love letters instead.”

4. At dawn, when most postal workers were still stretching their legs, a delivery driver noticed a mysterious package wrapped in old newspapers and tied with string. Curious, he picked it up and found a note inside: 'Open only if you hear three knocks.' The next day, another knock came. The driver opened the package to find a note that read: ‘Now you know—it was just a cat playing with string!’ A regular from down the street had been teasing him for weeks about his love for cats.