Postal worker caught with thousands of letters

BERLIN (Reuters) - A Berlin postal worker who was caught with more than several thousand undelivered letters in his basement has admitted he was overwhelmed by the job but insisted he planned to deliver them soon.

Police recently found 90 boxes of post stacked in his basement. The postal worker, 36, identified as Thomas H., told Bild newspaper Friday he was only temporarily storing the post at his house and friends would help with delivery.

“There were just too much and I couldn’t deliver it all by myself,” he told the newspaper. Police said some of the letters found had been postmarked as early as April. The postal worker faces disciplinary action.

Now, I have taken work home with me before. But how does this even happen? Did the guy just stop doing his job for a few weeks and keep all the stuff at his house? How hard is it to deliver mail? Is it just me, or is something else missing from this story… ?