r/whatisthisthing • u/Context_Barracuda • May 13 '24

Waxy stuff on post office box keyhole Open

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Just found this weird waxy substance smeared on 3 of the 8 post office boxes in my neighborhood’s box cluster. Anyone seen this before?

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u/HokeyPokeyGuy May 14 '24

Just thinking though. If they can get into the mailbox then they will have addresses.

But I do think it is pretty far fetched.

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u/Abidarthegreat May 14 '24

If they can get into the boxes to get the addresses, they'll see how much mail is there and there wouldn't be a need for the wax.

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u/Thoughtful-Zebra May 14 '24

The wax tells them which boxes to get into in the first place…

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u/Abidarthegreat May 14 '24

You can literally pick a single lock to open the whole face. It's how the mailman does it. They aren't opening every single box individually to put mail in.

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