The
mail room is, quite simply, the room within a
business or
company in which the mail is sorted. It is usual the first place a character in a
rags to riches story will work before clawing his way up to
CEO, a la
J. Pierpont Finch in the
musical play
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and
Michael J. Fox in the movie
The Secret of My Success.
I would venture to guess that
mail rooms are not nearly as interesting as the aforementioned works make them out to be. :)