brighid868
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posted on November 29, 2000 06:38:55 PM new
I was in the local PO with a huge bag full of packages. I was at the counter quite a while waiting for the mail-lady to weigh and mark everything. I heard the customer in the window next to mine ask "Do you have any pretty stamps?"
The clerk answered "We have some nice Madonna ones."
The customer said huffily, "They gave HER a stamp????"
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macandjan
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posted on November 29, 2000 06:46:07 PM new
I was in the post office the other day and a lady wanted to mail a back-pack with out any bag or box. Just wanted to stick some stamps and a label on and go. The clerk would noy do it. Made me think of the postal art in WIRED magazine.
Anyone see some good ones?
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avaloncourt
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posted on November 29, 2000 08:15:11 PM new
brighid... that's a good one!
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Shoshanah
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posted on November 29, 2000 08:30:52 PM new
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soldbyj
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posted on November 29, 2000 08:36:34 PM new
I live in a one horse town, across the Ohio river from a town/city of 38,000. I went to my local post office to get an international money order, asked the clerk for one, and she said,,,, are you ready,,,? " You have to go to the post office to get those" I was STANDING in a regular post office. go figure.
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mindreader747
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posted on November 29, 2000 11:05:54 PM new
Some woman was standing at the post office window in front of me and had a full size hockey stick she wanted to mail to her son.
The clerk told her several times that it had to be in a box of some sort. She left in a huff--but not before I suggested she stick it up her a$$.
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grumpyebayer
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posted on November 30, 2000 02:12:19 AM new
Lady in front of me tries to mail a letter with a 32 cents stamp. The clerk tells her that stamps cost 33 cents. The lady became very irate and wanted to know when stamp prices had been raised. According to her she mailed letters "all the time" and no one charged her 33 cents. She said it in one of the nastiest, bitchiest voices I have ever heard. The clerk (who is not known for her friendy manner) lost it. I doubt that lady will mail anything ever again.
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number47
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posted on November 30, 2000 09:40:32 AM new
Two times whe I was in a P.O. line in Manhattan I saw the following (I swear to God):
1. Two young ladies have a large box to mail. They hand it to the clerk. He turns around to weigh it and they both shout out, "DON'T TIP IT!!" He looks at them, looks at the box, then hands it right back to them. I always wondered what was inside.
2. A very expensively dressed 30-something (furs and Chanel) is arguing with the clerk. She cannot understand why First Class postage to Ohio should cost just as much as a letter with First Class postage to California. After all, she reasons, Ohio is much closer than California.
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virakech
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posted on November 30, 2000 10:14:19 AM new
We have a postal worker that not only has a negative attitude, but REFUSES to touch anybody or anything that has touched anybody (except the packages and envelopes, but probably rather not)...He will NOT put your change into your hand or place your debit card in your hand...and he won't take either out of your hand, he tells you to place it on the counter for him to pick up...I know no-one likes to get germs and colds but SHEESH...I guess I should mention my husband tries his best now to sneeze in his direction everytime he can.
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potvin48
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posted on November 30, 2000 10:39:16 AM new
Geesh...that is just a little anal...
wow...gotta start to wonder about people like that...
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dejavu
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posted on November 30, 2000 10:41:16 AM new
maybe your postal clerk is French or of French ancestry..... it is considered RUDE in France to hand a sales clerk money directly. You are supposed to put your money in the thing that looks like an ashtray on the counter. The clerk then retrieves your money and puts your appropriate change in the ashtray thingy. Just a helpful travel hint!
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helnjoe
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posted on November 30, 2000 10:50:59 AM new
I worked with a woman in a department store who took all the change out of register, took it to the lady's room and washed it. This was every time she came to work. She was absolutely paranoid about paper money; she couldn't wash that.
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macandjan
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posted on November 30, 2000 03:47:16 PM new
What you are ,describing there is OC - Obsesive Compulsive. A very common mental problem. If it is mild you can live with it. But if for example you have to wash your hands so often they crack and bleed you need treated.
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mjh2
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posted on November 30, 2000 03:56:27 PM new
People mail coconuts from Hawaii all the time and have for years: write out the address, stick some stamps on it and it's mail.
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jlb444
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posted on November 30, 2000 04:21:30 PM new
One of the postal guys at my post office when I asked if the Fragile tape really makes a difference took my package and threw it over the wall! Said if you can't treat it like that then you don't have it packed right. Okay so I am dumb thinking he's a nut and had to ask another guy....another day....before I could get a response believe it or not the first postal guy I asked overheard me runs over the first guys area and draws a target on my package. This is no lie this actually happened. These guys are all real nice and friendly to me when I come in they actually think they are being funny. I of course now go to another post office as often as I can.
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sonsie
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posted on November 30, 2000 09:27:52 PM new
Re: washing coins. Up until just a few years ago, the very classy Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco actually had a mechanical coin washer that had been in daily use since the hotel opened about 100 years ago. Back in the old days, women wore kid gloves (usually white) whenever they went out, and a lot of the nicer stores actually did wash their coins so the ladies' gloves wouldn't get soiled. The Fairmont just kept it up longer than anybody else. They had a picture of this gadget in the paper when they finally took it out, and it looked like the craziest old Rube Goldberg contraption you can imagine.
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heygrape
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posted on November 30, 2000 09:33:35 PM new
True: I saw a brand new transmission with a toe tag tied on it with the shipping address mailed at our Post Office. No Box. And no problem, except the gal couldn't lift it onto the scale and had to get a supervisor to help.
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CAgrrl
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posted on December 1, 2000 04:25:39 AM new
LOL - thanks for the giggles everyone!
Sonsie- an interesting tidbit!
OK, I can understand coconuts...but a TRANSMISSION???? That's insane!
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tc61380
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posted on December 1, 2000 10:31:57 AM new
You'd think it's just the PO...but...read this from another forum board..
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OT: Shipping to Canada [ FORUMS : THREADS : REFRESH : NEXT THREAD ]
ctowle
Senior Member Date Posted: Nov/30/2000 10:07 PM
What EXACTLY do I tell my postal worker when I got to the post office tomorrow?
It seems I get the RCA puppy dog look (dazed and confused, but cute) whenever I go to the post office and ask for anything besides stamps or priority mail.
This is what I want:
1. I want to sent a package to Ontario
2. I want to send it via the equivalent of USPS priority. (2-3 day)
3. I want to have delivery confirmation.
4. Insurance (if possible). I dont want to overvalue this thing (Radeon). I dont want to stick him with a 'tax' or whatever.
This is what I do know (not much):
1. I know to mark it as a 'gift'
2. I know to mark it is 'used electronics' or 'used computer parts'
Please tell me in exactly what type of service I need to get to accomplish my task.
Thanks in advance.
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sadie999
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posted on December 1, 2000 10:50:44 AM new
jlb444 - Thanks for the laugh, but really, they're giving you good advice.
After a 3 breakages (one a wood salad bowl!) in a three month period this summer, I set myself a challenge to thwart the USPS' mangler-crusher machine. Now on shipping day, when we pack things, we throw them across the living room. If they're ok, we figure we've done everything humanly possible.
Knock on wood for the xmas season.
Re: the Madonna stamp - was it her Virgin phase or the Blonde Ambition version? (Kidding)
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kerryann
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posted on December 1, 2000 06:12:20 PM new
I live in NYC and there are near riots in the Post Office every time I go. I've seen little old ladies with blue hair bash people on the butt with a cane or umbrella if they seem to be cutting in the line, people in the line screaming at customers who are gabbing with the clerk. It's quite an adventure.
The worst offense-- and one I see constantly-- is a person who has advanced to the front of the line and waves their friend who just entered the post office to come up and stand with them. That is the equivalent of throwing a large, wet turd into a high speed fan.
Not Kerryann on eBay
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