Kurir Timbun Barang Kiriman

Seorang petugas pengiriman yang bekerja untuk sebuah perusahaan jasa kurir di Frankfurt, Jerman tidak mengangar puluhan ribu surat dan parsel. Aparat kepolisian Jerman mengatakan, saat mereka menggerebek rumah si petugas, mereka menemukan banyak barang kiriman disembunyikan di bawah kasur dan di dalam lemari. Berikut laooran Steve Rosenberg:

There's an old saying amongst postmen the world over: the mail must get through. But a postal worker in Frankfurt appears to have decided that the mail must get hidden.

German police say the man, who'd been working for a leading courier company, had failed to deliver post for over a year - choosing instead to hoard it at home in his flat. When police raided his apartment, they discovered an Aladdin's cave of undelivered letters: they found envelopes stuffed under the mattress, parcels packed into cupboards, mail squirreled away in every nook and every cranny.

It's thought the postman, who police say was born in Scotland, had failed to deliver more than twenty thousand items. He was caught when a neighbour spotted him disposing of lots of letters. Asked by police why he'd done it, the courier claimed he'd had a lot on his plate - he'd been attending evening classes and hadn't had time to deliver the post.

Steve Rosenberg, BBC News, Berlin

an old saying
pepatah, peribahasa, pernyataan bijak yang sudah dikenal luas

get through
diserahkan, disampaikan ke alamat tujuan

courier company
perusahaan yang mengantarkan pesan penting atau paket dengan cepat

to hoard
menimbun, menumpuk, mengumpulkan banyak barang dalam suatu tempat yang aman, tapi biasanya tersembunyi

raided
menggerebek dan menggeledah

Aladdin's cave
tempat rahasia (biasanya tempat dengan banyak banyak bendar menarik dan berharga)

in every nook and every cranny
di setiap bagian dalam flatnya

spotted
mendapati, memergoki

disposing of
membuang

a lot on his plate
banyak tugas lain yang harus dilakukan