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I didn't have the right postage ..and usually don't ..so I walk into my local post office ..as I have many times before and take my little sample thingie. A guy flags me from the waiting line and I hand it to him ...I know the drill so I say "liquid, non-hazardous". Now this is the first time ..out of about a dozen such mailings where the person behind the counter asked "What liquid? Water?". I said "No, oil." He says, "What kind of oil?" I say, "Motor Oil". He goes, "Well that's hazardous." I said, "No it's not ..thousands are mailed everyday". I then point to the senior postal lady who knows all about these things ..and has sent my samples a few times, "She knows all about them". He ignores me and continues on with some rhetoric ..with some deliberate confidence of "knowing" type stuff that you expect from Lennie Briscoe minus the sarcasm. He then calmly put the stamp on it and gave me my change.
It was what appeared as some type of "spot check". I imagine that this was some "target of opportunity" for many of our public servants that need a good excuse to prove that they're doing their job.
For some odd reason ..he was attempting to make me tap dance.
I just can't keep up with that type of tune anymore.
Now for those that will surely be compelled to tell me to drop it in a mail box ..read the top line again
Aside from holiday letters/cards ..I mail about 3 letters a month ..if that. Postage usually goes through a rate increase before I exhaust one or two books of stamps ..and my supply of $0.01 stamps is never enough.
It was what appeared as some type of "spot check". I imagine that this was some "target of opportunity" for many of our public servants that need a good excuse to prove that they're doing their job.
For some odd reason ..he was attempting to make me tap dance.


Now for those that will surely be compelled to tell me to drop it in a mail box ..read the top line again
