The PO is trying not to hire holiday workers this year -- according to the USPS friend of my UPS driver. She was very jealous that my driver got a temp helper!
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theodosia - Dec 14, 2009 11:15:30 am PST #24935 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2009 11:16:21 am PST #24936 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I hope the line for the automated system isn't too long.
I was going to use the automated system, but they have a big sign on the drop box that you put packages in (after getting the postage) that says that only packages weighing less than 16 oz. could be put in that drop box; anything heavier has to go to the counter clerk. And since I was mailing 3 large books (1 hardcover), it was a safe assumption that it was more than 16 oz. So I was doomed to the counter.
Steph L. - Dec 14, 2009 11:16:55 am PST #24937 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
The PO is trying not to hire holiday workers this year
Heh. I can attest to that.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2009 11:19:02 am PST #24938 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The automated machine always mocked me at my old post office -- there would be a huge line of people mailing internationally, picking up packages (usually me), or buying money orders.
Dana - Dec 14, 2009 11:20:47 am PST #24939 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
anything heavier has to go to the counter clerk.
Yeah, but you can usually just drop it on the counter, rather than waiting in line. At least, in my post office, which doesn't normally have genteel old ladies yelling at people.
brenda m - Dec 14, 2009 11:21:10 am PST #24940 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Thank dog I have a post office in the building so I can scope out when the lines are bad. The p.o. in my neighborhood is a freaking nightmare.
Zenkitty - Dec 14, 2009 11:23:43 am PST #24941 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The PO is trying not to hire holiday workers this year
Oh good grief. Note to self: don't wait until the last minute to mail stuff this year.
DavidS - Dec 14, 2009 11:28:18 am PST #24942 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Back from the doctor. My pee is good. No pneumonia. No infection. Just a flu. "A real flu, like swine or the seasonal." I just have to tough it out through the rest of this week, and continue my ibuprofen gobbling ways.
So. That cost $15 and three hours of my day. And I had to sit in a waiting room for an hour with a mask on my face.
On the plus side: the doctor was nice.
erikaj - Dec 14, 2009 11:40:47 am PST #24943 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
well, still good to know there's not a UTI...my last one would not GET OUT, and the anti-b that works the best now gives me hives...that was like the worst August ever.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2009 11:45:12 am PST #24944 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hmm. I wonder how full-featured the mailroom at work is. It would be too much to hope they'd let me give them money for postage, I guess. But at least I can drop a package off there.