A mailman in Whitefish Bay, WI, thought he had the solution for cheering up one of the people on his route. Unfortunately for everyone involved, that solution was “deliver the mail bare-ass naked.”

According to reports, the 52-year-old mail carrier thought that the 21-year-old female employee at a law firm on his route “seemed to be stressed out.” When he first arrived–fully clothed–the woman mentioned that there was still some mail she’d been remiss in picking up from the firm’s post office box.

So in the spirit of the holidays the mailman returned a few minutes later with that mail, and without any of his clothes.

Shocked, the woman turned her back to the postal worker and told him, “Give me the mail and get out of here.”

The mailman attempted to apologize as he exited and then returned about 20 minutes later to apologize, though he had to do it through a closed door.

Around this time, local police received “a report of a naked postal carrier in the building’s hallway.” Officers responded and while they found “no naked subjects or postal carriers,” the mailman was eventually arrested at the post office and cited for lewd and lascivious behavior.

The postal worker told authorities he meant no harm and was only trying to cheer up the woman. He claims that he’d told her that he was going to bring her the mail sans clothes and he said he felt like her response to that statement had been a dare. The woman told police that she never heard such a statement and she didn’t dare anyone to take off their clothes.

Postal worker arrested for delivering mail while naked [JSonline.com]

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