Journal 94

Gang wars are an unpleasant fact. They occur probably on a daily basis. Not so much around Bear Country but the farther away, you get the more likely you will stumble into something dangerous. Most of the conflicts are small but occasionally things get out of hand. The conflicts occur because two or more gangs want to have control over something, the block, the local grocery, or the mail route. The list of conflicts and the reasons for those conflicts could fill an entire encyclopedia. We try to avoid conflicts these days by forming Gang Associations. Local gang leaders join associations to work out their problems. Of course, sometimes the different Gang Associations have conflicts and difficulties.

Lost and I were on our walk yesterday and we stumbled across a burned-out building.  400 Mason Street was previously a mail depot. That fire took many lives. Mail carriers are a unique breed. They take their jobs and their positions in the community very seriously. The mail war was the largest gang war to take place in this area. This war didn’t just involve the mail carriers it involved everyone in the community. Gang USA and Gang UPS both wanted complete control over the local mail routes.

In the beginning after the virus mail delivery wasn’t possible until a couple of gangs decided to start mail depots. At first, delivery just occurred in the local area. If you lived on one side of Pass road, Gang USA delivered your mail. If you lived on the other side of Pass road, Gang UPS delivered your mail. Everything was going well. Getting mail became a special occasion. People started writing mail to other people just so that they would get mail in return. The mail carriers continued to expand their businesses.

A war began between Gang USA and Gang UPS when a letter was innocently delivered to the wrong mail depot. A gang USA carrier delivered a letter to a gang on the Gang UPS’s side of Pass road. The UPS leader got angry. He felt invaded by the USA mail carriers. The war that occurred after that innocent mail delivery was deadly.