CHICAGO - Sometimes, mysteries have really useful solutions.During the summer, some people apparently have been finding dryer sheets stuck inside their mailboxes.
Fortunately, the reason for this is actually pretty straightforward and is based on the mailman not wanting to get stung.A postal worker took to Reddit to inform people of the truth behind the dryer sheets.
Posting under the name Istrx13, the user explained that the dryer sheets are used to keep wasps away."I can’t tell you how many times, especially during this part of the year, where I’ve opened up a box to see a little nest with three-to-five Yellowjackets just chillin," he wrote. "If I’m really unlucky, they will have made their nest at the very back of the box so I wind up.