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Tabris:
My dear local Postal workers:

I really do like you guys. Few to none of my items have gone missing in the last few years, and you're always so friendly about things, like when my friends mail me a package the shape and weight of a rhinoceros and I apologize and you say it's no problem, smiling as if it really isn't.

And Christmas cards--thousands of them, millions of them, coming to this city--many to my very own house! All for thirty-nine cents apiece! It's a steal. You certainly can't fly across the country for thirty-nine cents, and yet my friends have sent me good wishes for that paltry sum.

Having said that, though, I have one teensie request. My friend Barbara's Christmas card, although it did arrive, took ten days to get here from only 200 miles away--and when it arrived, it had tire tracks on the envelope.

I know a stamped letter is cheap, but that doesn't mean you should drive over it.

Thank you so much for your attention, and much love during this hectic Christmas season.

Yours affectionately,
Tabris

IndianInlaw:
Tabris, does your friend Barbara live in a city that begins with the letters "Fort" and end in "Lauderdale"?

Just askin ::)

Reika:

--- Quote from: IndianInlaw on December 18, 2006, 08:44:48 PM ---Tabris, does your friend Barbara live in a city that begins with the letters "Fort" and end in "Lauderdale"?

Just askin ::)

--- End quote ---

I'm wondering if there's something about that area since the bottled water company I was with had problems with the delivery men actually doing deliveries on time. ;)

Alida:
Where I used to work, we laughed about the mail.  Every so often we would get mail with footprints on them!  At least brush it off ;)

Tabris:
The letter in question came from New York. I've had things arrive mangled beyond belief from many different cities, though.

An ebay seller shipped me something on December 5th. It arrived yesterday. On Saturday when it still hadn't arrived, I'd emailed him and asked how it was packaged, etc. He said it had gone parcel post and I replied, "Then we have at least ten more days before I have any reason to panic." **sigh**  Our mail sorters are great, but sometimes they just fail to get to Parcel Post.

Hey, at least we can laugh about it.

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