or does anyone else
see the irony
in
a 10-minute limit
for parking
at a post office?
why do they
threaten us
with an
unknown
punishment
(maybe having to work a shift there?)
if we are
still parked in their lot
after 10 minutes
and then
force us
to stand in line
for 45 minutes?
—-
the federal government spends millions to run the Postal Service.
i could lose your mail for half of that.
– pat paulsen
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credits: many thanks to my boyfriend, marc for sharing the ironies in life with me.
your hidden words, has a great meaning and story to tell us!!
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thank you –
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what a great shot you grabbed here – and so true your words are 🙂
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thank you, yp )
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Yep, that sounds about right.
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doesn’t it though, paul ? )
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Oh yes the joys of waiting in line to buy one stupid stamp! Shame on them and there rules of parking, 😊
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i agree, jen –
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Funny quote from Pat Paulsen!
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he really gets it, doesn’t he? )
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Ha! We don’t have the “10 minute parking rule” in my parts . Too funny.
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isn’t it though? )
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Unless it says ‘you will be clamped’ over here in Ireland no one would pay a blind bit of notice to a ten minute threat. In fact they’d probably park there on purpose. In general not a great nation for following orders, or order for that matter.
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so funny, tric. i always park there for hours, it’s right in the city center, and do all i need to do, ignoring it of course.
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I bet you they would be able to deliver on the punishment. HA! HA! HA! 🙂
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funny!
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My post office has three non-handicapped spots (small country town) so I park in the church parking lot and walk over. And take my sweet time! The only thing I could offer about the “ten minute” sign is that probably nobody is really monitoring it!
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i agree, and i park there all the time. for hours.
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How true.
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So glad to see the Post Office still has a sense of humor!
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yes, that’s one tradition they’ve held onto. and i think it’s quite by accident )
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Too true. The line is so long because the other worker is phoning the tow truck.
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oh, i love your answer so much, brenda –
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A bit snarky, but hey, that’s me. 🙂
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Who put their stamp of approval on that time limit, Beth? They give us 12 minutes here.
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love your postal pun, mark. ooh – 12!
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yes!!!
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yep, yep )
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A supervisor’s optimism that those seemingly disengaged clerks will move that line and require frequent turnover in the lot for all those satisfied customers…. maybe not
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ha!
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Google “buy us stamps” Beth ……… 10 minutes online parking ! 😉 heehee ! ❤
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so funny, ralph )
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True! True!
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indeed, dk )
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delivering
wishful thinking 🙂
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yes!
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Ha! I know right? We have the same thing over here. Too funny.
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It really is )
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Too funny 😀
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they are, tess )
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Loved your comment about the 10 minute parking and the 45 minute line!! Very Ironic, Beth!! I also loved the Pat Paulsen comment, he sure was a funny guy! His face was so serious and his lines delivered with such a dry, droll voice! Big smiles!!
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thanks for all of that, robin. truth is most often funnier than fiction )
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I’ve always wondered about that one, too. It’s impossible to spend 10 minutes at the PO.
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there is no way for this to work –
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I’d say your Post Office obviously doesn’t understand irony.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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that’s right )
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So very, very, true. Sigh.
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sad, but yes )
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Happy new year and best wishes to you and yours for health, happiness, peace & prosperity in 2015!
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thank you, and to you too, rr )
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A Pat Paulsen quote? And here I thought you were 18. ;p
I love going to the Post Office. Love, love, love it. Seriously. Seriously, seriously, seriously.
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3 grown and married daughters and 6 grandchildren later, i am an amazing 18 year old. i love going to the post office too, yet find their systems to be crazy. maybe that’s why i find it all so fun.
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Bravo! I really liked this one.
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thank you )
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hot damn…soooooo true…do not even get me started on the postal service’s ineptitudes and aloofness in the face of their constant missteps…arghhhhhh, matey!!!
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i had a feeling you had some feelings about this……)
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I’m so tired of government bureaucracies that I’ve now taken to bringing a book to read with me while standing in line! I swear, I’ve “AGED” since the last DMV appointment!!!! 🙂
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And i’m sure we all have )
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LOL! So true! 😀
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Dave WestermanJuly 11, 2011 – 1:44 Thanks Tom,I’m going to get into the assessment more in PART 3. Look out for PART 2 because I’ll get into more of the details of what’s going on in the chain rehaniot.tcanks
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Ha ha… Good they don’t have one of those signs at the DMV or we would never get our tags!
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true!
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