Several years ago I was selected to serve on a jury in Federal Court in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During testimony, it came out that the defendant, and all his character witnesses were all postal employees who worked in the main post office in Philadelphia. Every one of the character witnesses, and the defendant, were convicted loan sharks, drug dealers, drug users, and thieves. And, all of them were still employed by the Postal Service, thanks to their union.

Small wonder then, that things go missing in the post.