In Chicago, Postal Service executive Celestine Green spent more than $200,000 to build herself a four-room office suite, complete with a $4,000 toilet, a whirlpool bath, and a full kitchen with an automatic dishwasher, in a building that was scheduled to be vacated in a year and a half. Rather than lose her job when the expense was discovered, Ms. Green was transferred with full pay and benefits to Columbia, South Carolina.

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