Envelope-Labeled Disasters: A Study of the Unimaginable

Case File #4: Mailed to the Wrong Address (aka "The Unfortunate Mr. Jenkins")

Mr. Jenkins was a man of great importance, or so he thought. He had just received a letter from his dentist, informing him that his root canal was overdue.

The problem was that Mr. Jenkins had moved out of the country three months ago, but his family's old address still had the correct mailbox.

As Mr. Jenkins sat at his kitchen table, surrounded by the remnants of his failed root canal, he couldn't help but wonder: "What's the point of having a mailbox if it can't even deliver the goods?"

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