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Tony_FLADEM

(3,023 posts)
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:22 PM Mar 2013

That Letter From Italy? Lazy Postman Hides Mail For Three Years

ROME- Ever mail something that just flat disappears? Wondering where it wound up? For thousands of Italians whose mail was lost, the only consolation is that they now know where it went. For some, the answer may be exactly what they'd feared: in a pile in some lazy postman's house.

Two hundred kilograms (440 lbs) of mail was discovered by an Italian police Carabinieri unit in the small town of Agosta, east of Rome, with some dating back to 2011 reports La Stampa. Officers discovered the bags of mail during a normal patrol, spotting the emblem of the Italian Post Office. Eventually, they traced the mail to a 50-year-old mailman who, on occasions, had left work early -- leaving letters and parcels undelivered to businesses and homes -- and just bringing it all back to his house, to throw it away later.

The surviving post was sent back to the distribution center to be delivered (better late than never!) to the addressees. The postman was charged with multiple offenses including property infringement and suppression of correspondence.

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That Letter From Italy? Lazy Postman Hides Mail For Three Years (Original Post) Tony_FLADEM Mar 2013 OP
Neumann! brucefan Mar 2013 #1
When worked downtown years ago, sewers got stopped up by Salvation Army guy who threw "War Cry" Hoyt Mar 2013 #2
Years ago it was discovered that our mail man had been dumping his... Walk away Mar 2013 #3
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
2. When worked downtown years ago, sewers got stopped up by Salvation Army guy who threw "War Cry"
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:29 PM
Mar 2013

newspapers down a hole for years rather than distributing it to us heathens.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
3. Years ago it was discovered that our mail man had been dumping his...
Sat Mar 16, 2013, 02:41 PM
Mar 2013

bulk rate mail and napping a few hours a day. No one on his route ever noticed or complained because it was junk mail. It actually was nice to just get only personal mail.

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