The Top 9 Tricks Postal
Employees Pull on Their Customers

8> Mail with upside-down stamps automatically goes to Australia.

7> Hilarious back-room laughter after convincing sender that Tennessee’s abbreviation is TE.

6> Tell customers that Express Mail is a viable alternative to Federal Express.

5> Five-gallon bucket near the counter with a “Please leave anthrax spores here” sign.

4> Inform customers that complaints must be delivered personally to Frau Natasha, Mistress of Postal Pain.

3> “Yeah, I had a registered letter for you from the IRS Office of Taxpayer Fraud Investigations … but I seem to have misplaced it.”

2> Weighing each customer and announcing how much it would cost to mail her.

and the Number 1 Trick Postal Employees Pull on Their
Customers…

1> Mix a little LSD into the next batch of stamp glue.

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Credits:

Selected from 15 submissions from 6 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 1, 4, 5 (Hat trick!)
(Employee of the week!)
Peter Casper, Brisbane, Australia — 1
Travis Ruetenik, Honolulu, HI — 2
Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 3
Richard W. Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 6, 7
William Wickart, Hillsboro, OR — 8
Peter Heltzer, Buffalo Grove, IL — Topic
K.W. Wyckham, Youngstown, OH — Banner Tag
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — President & CEO