Citizens, do you want to force a change at your local
federal institution? Even just a tiny change? Look closely at the picture
below.
It shows the typical huge, metal, rotating drum at a post office
for dropping off packages. It’s inside the building, so packages can be dropped
off securely. But there is no internal drop-off slot for envelopes in this post
office. We are directed to go outside and place envelopes in the big, blue
mailbox so common throughout the country. Are they insane?
There was the incident, some years ago, when someone took a
cutting torch and cut through the four legs of the mailbox and hauled the whole
thing off. This would be to wash the written ink from any checks they found in the mail. That
way, the crooks could make the checks out to themselves for large amounts and
wipe out the victims’ checking accounts. What about your personal letters and paperwork?
They would just toss those.
So of course I would put my envelopes in the big metal drum,
because it was inside the building. I and other people did it often enough,
they added the sign in the upper right corner: STOP! Packages ONLY!
I like to think the most recent time I mailed a manuscript
through there was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Now I get to point at
the sign and say, “See that? I did that!”
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