post officesApr 21 2006 04:42 pm
Thefts End 24-Hour Post Office Lobbies
(Visalia Times-Delta) Vandals and thieves have shut down the last two Visalia [Central California] post offices where customers could pick up their mail at post office boxes or buy stamps from machines 24 hours a day.
Postal workers said post office boxes had been pried open and mail stolen in lobbies three times in the past three months at the main post office, 2345 W. Beech Ave., and the Millennium Post Office, 100 N. Akers St. In addition, money was removed from stamp machines and mail taken from outgoing mail boxes, U.S. Postal Service spokesman Rich Maher said.
As a result, lobbies at both post offices are closing at 7 p.m., Maher said.
April 23rd, 2006 at 5:37 am
Yes it’s very sad that so few can spoil something for so many. Here’s a perfect example.
An innocent post office lobby open 24 hours for the convenience of the public. But then throw in a couple stupid, uncaring people who mess things up for the majority and boom! there it goes. Gone forever. And who’ll be the FIRST people to complain about the reduced hours of the lobbies? But of course, the VANDALS themselves. Sucks.