A mail carrier on the Kitsap Peninsula just didn't feel like doing all that running around:

According to court documents, the Postal Service began investigating Richard Farrell after other employees found a load of letters he was to deliver dumped in a recycling bin.

Investigators followed Farrell on a route, watching as he spent his day at a tavern before taking the mail to his home and burning it in a fire pit. A search of Farrell's residence uncovered nearly 8,000 letters.

All those love letters lost, sad people thinking they weren't remembered on their birthday, late fees for bills not received, never admired school photos… Farrell was sentenced only to probation, 120 hours of community service, and a $25 fine.

Via Seattlepi.com.