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Every year or so there is a story of a US postal carrier who tossed mail in a vacant lot or country road area to keep pace with the required work quotas.
Big problem for FedEx drivers is there is a computer tracking every move of a package and how long it took. “Gone somewhere. Unknown.” is not one of the categories.
1960s Mag Magazine gag of items in the “dead letter office” of the Post Office.
One letter from a friend to Abraham Lincoln.
“Abe, don’t waste your time going to see that play Our American Cousin. It’s a real turkey. Stay home and read.”
My little brother had a paper route back in the day and when he ended his route with leftover newspapers he dumped them in an irrigation ditch.