Ontario Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver asked curiously: ‘Why does everyone greet me with “Happy Birthday” when I come here?’ ‘Oh,’ said the senior clerk with a twinkle in his eye. ‘You see, every year on your birthday, you deliver our special package—a huge cake for the whole office!’ The delivery driver looked puzzled but smiled, realizing he’d been unwittingly part of their annual tradition.

2. At the Ontario Post Office, a regular customer exclaimed one day, ‘Did you notice how every letter now has a smiley face drawn on it?’ The clerk smiled and replied, ‘Oh yes, our new mailman seems to be an artist with a pen!’ A few days later, a neighbor picked up her package and asked curiously, “Why does my parcel look like it’s been decorated?” The delivery driver shrugged, grinned, and said, “It’s part of his morning routine—signs of goodwill for everyone!”

3. In the early hours of dawn, when most postal workers were just stretching their legs, an unusual sight caught everyone’s eye. A delivery driver pulled up outside the Ontario Post Office and began greeting every mailbox he passed: 'Good morning, Mr. Mailbox!' The neighbors started coming out to see what was going on, laughing and snapping photos. The delivery driver continued his peculiar greeting routine until someone asked him, ‘Aren’t you supposed to deliver mail today?’ To which he replied with a smile, ‘Today? Oh yes, I’ll get to that eventually.’

4. At the Ontario Post Office, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar one afternoon. As he approached the counter, an envelope addressed simply to ‘The Fastest Mailman’ caught his eye. Curious, he opened it and found inside a note reading: 'You’re always the fastest mailman around here!' Turned out, it was just a friendly joke from a neighbor who’d been waiting for their package.'