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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Stamp-out the Post Office
Message-ID: <3354@alice.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 14:44:15 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 30 14:44:15 1985
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I forget who did this, but some people once tried to find out
just how good or bad mail service was.  They found a significant
anomaly in the Detroit area -- packages being sent into or out of
a particular part of Detroit had a much better chance than average
of simply vanishing.

Further investigation turned up the fact the postmaster for that
post office was simply corrupt.  He had rented a warehouse and was
skimming a few percent of the packages that came in and then
reselling them.