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March 13, 2006
"Affix 13 Cents Additional Postage, Remove This Label, and Remail"
A letter I sent last week comes back with this big sticky note telling me to add 13 cents. So I go to the post office to see what kind of divvy-up options they've got going on.
This thirtysomething man wearing jeans and one of those netty athletic shirts with a stripe down the arm is in front of me in line. He wants to know howcome he's not getting his mail.
"You moved twice, see," says the postal worker (W). "Your new address is your old address."
"...?"
W: Your new address is your old address. Cause you moved back to your old address. [sighs]
"..."
W: Wait, what's your zip code?
The man tells him.
W: [sharp-toned] Well, if you live in Everett, you need to go to the Everett post office and sort it out there.
The man tucks his new, blank forwarding address forms under his arm, and pushes off the counter. He looks hurt.
W: Next person.
D: I'd like to get some one- and two-cent stamps today. What kind of preset packages do they come in?
W: Well, you can get as many as you want.
D: What kind of preset packages do they come in?
W: A sheet of fifty for one-cent stamps.
D: Okay, I'll take a sheet of fifty. And what about the two-cent stamps?
W: Sheets of twenty.
D: I'll take one of those sheets, too.
W: Okay. [opens drawers, lifts out waxy envelopes with colorful sheets inside]
[While he's doing this, I say, "And one ten-cent stamp" just to make it an even $1.00.]
W: [softening] One ten-cent'r.
D: Yes.
W: Would you like to buy some 39-cent stamps today?
D: No.
W: Telephone card?
D: No.
W: Your total comes to... a dollar even!
Posted by Dipika at March 13, 2006 9:12 AM
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Comments
This was alright but dandan could really use a bit more of that other guy. He writes nice posts.
Posted by: Edward at March 14, 2006 5:11 PM
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