About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At the Lakewood Post Office, a regular asked one day, ‘Why does that mailman always seem to be smiling and whistling?’ A delivery driver overheard and replied with a twinkle in his eye, ‘Oh, he’s not just whistling—he’s got a secret stash of cookies in his truck!’ The regular laughed heartily, knowing full well it was probably just an old box of mints, but happy for the story anyway.
2. At dawn, when most postal workers were still stretching in their beds, an old lady arrived at the Lakewood Post Office with a peculiar request. She asked the clerk, 'Can you please send this letter to someone who doesn’t exist?' The clerk raised an eyebrow but nodded and took the envelope. Later that day, while sorting mail, he noticed the stamp was upside down—an obvious mistake. However, it reached its destination anyway, addressed simply as ‘Santa Claus, North Pole.’ The old lady smiled knowingly and whispered, ‘Thank you for making my Christmas brighter.’
3. At the Lakewood Post Office, a delivery driver once found himself staring at a mysterious package addressed simply to ‘The Fastest Mailman Alive.’ Curious, he opened it to discover a note reading: ‘For delivering mail with such gusto!’ Inside was a single stamp, dated centuries ago. The driver grinned and stuck it on his own letter, thinking, “Now that’s some fast mail!”
4. At the Lakewood Post Office, a delivery driver once found himself staring at a mysterious envelope with no return address or stamp. Curious, he opened it and found only a crumpled piece of paper with a single word scribbled on it: ‘Cookies.’ Turns out, a neighbor had accidentally sent them instead of mailing them herself.