
Johnson Ong never knew his letterbox could become so controversial. But alas, the Melbourne resident has found himself in the midst of a bizarre stand-off with his postie (and some opinionated Facebook users) over precisely that.
While collecting his mail roughly a month ago, the Singapore-born man found a note scrawled in pen on the front of one of his envelopes. “Clean the area in front of your letterbox.”
Baffled, as his garden had remained unchanged – and unremarked – for 12 years, Ong obliged and cleared a select patch. But the messages kept coming.
“You need to clean the area in front of the letterbox. Not a small part,” the scribble read. “I have to ride through. There are rocks. All the front yard.”
Then an ultimatum: “Good morning. I won’t be delivering anymore if front of yard is not clear 1m in front and 1m side of letterbox. Thank you.”
