Postal worker 'just got lazy' and stopped delivering mail

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A 27-year-old former U.S. Postal Service worker pleaded guilty Wednesday to the crime of mail obstruction after he failed to deliver almost 1,000 pieces of mail last year. He wasn't hindered by weather conditions or angry dogs, but the fact that he "just got lazy."

Alex Douglas Douma said that his sluggishness kept him from making his rounds several times between April and July. He also said he "felt pressured for time" since he had to sort, scan, and deliver the mail. Police found two bins on his Oregon front porch in July, filled with tons of advertisements as well as 27 voter ballots for May's primary election and 200 pieces of first-class and standard mail, The Register-Guard reports.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.