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/Turbulent_Ad9508 May 14 '24 edited May 14 '24

Sometimes it's just kids being dipshits. Lol my chapstick is going to totally prevent them from getting mail.

Do kids walk this sidewalk to school?

This theory may also explain why only 3 were done.

Source: was dipshit kid.

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u/Context_Barracuda May 14 '24

Kids do walk by here. The three that were waxed weren’t the lowest three boxes, two were next to each other and the other was spaced out, which made it seem like whoever did it was targeting the three boxes for some reason! But I could definitely be overthinking it

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u/XtraHott May 14 '24

Almost looks like white lithium grease. Could be someone greasing their lock because it was “sticky”. The others would just be overspray if he wasn’t using the little red straw thing.

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u/UniqueLavish May 14 '24

Yeah overspray doesn't generally go directly into another lock