From the New York Times: Metropolitan Diary:
I was walking to the corner store to pick up a soda when I noticed a postal worker unlocking one of those olive-colored mailboxes that have always been a mystery to me.And then the mystery deepens.
By the way, they’re called relay boxes. I’ve seen an opened one just once or twice.
Very handy, so you don't have to carry everything on your route. Long time ago, in another century, I was letter carrier.
ReplyDeleteI guess not so mysterious to you, eh?
ReplyDeleteOne day, delivering the mail, I was stung by a bee and felt woozy and thought I just have to sit down a moment, which I did in one, and somebody called the post master and said, hey, your guy is taking a nap in the mail box.
ReplyDeleteI might have guessed mail carriers kept sardines for their lunches in those green boxes... (Hm. Maybe they did that too.)
ReplyDeleteGeorge, that sounds like a cartoon in the making.
ReplyDeleteFresca, the idea of small cans in a big can is kinda irresistible, esp. if the big can opens with a giant-sized traditional sardine-tin key.