Indeed, the workplace is one of the more familiar venues for mass murder, going way back to the 1980s when "going postal" became part of our everyday vernacular.
This week, all letters going through New Zealand's major postal sorting centres will be postmarked New Zealand: Home of Middle Earth, complete with The Lord of the Rings logo.
Similarly, postal workers in another country are going to be less worried about being held accountable for not returning a letter from far away, as they are probably less likely to face complaints and have someone calling up their boss and demanding to know where their letter is.