Stupid Things You've Done

Originally Posted by Tonchi

Confess, but tell them you were trying to juggle the staple gun while using both hands to get stuff out of your mailbox and it "went off accidentally." They don't have any reason to think you are acquainted with the tenant for the box above yours. Say something like "Wow, that sure was lucky that I didn't shoot myself, hee hee, that would be hard to explain at the ER", etc. Anybody in public service jobs hears so many idiotic stories they probably won't think yours was anything suspicious

The trouble is that this town is small enough that the folks at the post office know of my relationship, now non relationship to the ax murderer. I don't think they'll buy that the gun went off accidently and just so happened to hit his box.

I think I'm going to have to come clean with them and admit that I was aiming at his box and also honestly admit that I had no idea that I would actually manage to lodge a staple in it. I really thought the damn thing would just bounce off and no harm done. I have trouble making the staples stick into wood telephone poles! I never dreamed one might be so deadly to a metal post office box.