In every line of work there are regulations and many of them are not strictly adhered to. Low
level employees develop routines that sometimes bend the rules. Conspiracy hobbyists like to
pretend that never happens unless something nefarious is going on but it is just people being
people. Maybe I was supposed to show ID and the clerk at the counter just didn't bother when
I showed the slip indicating a parcel had arrived for me. He or she would have known to get the
slip out of the PO Box, I would have needed the key so maybe they thought that was good enough.
I learned recently how lax USPS regulations can be. My sister passed away early this year and I
am the executor of her estate. I went to her local post office to have her mail redirected to me.
I was amazed that all I had to do was fill out a form. I showed no ID, no letter proving I was the
executor of her estate. No questions asked. I wondered what would have prevented me from
redirecting somebody else's mail to me. I'm sure there would be laws I would break and probably
be felonies when discovered, but in the mean time I could cause quite a bit of havoc.