i recently made halloween cards
for all of my grandies and nieces
and sent them out early
to make sure they arrived in time
imagine my surprise
when i opened my mailbox
and found a letter
that i had sent out
a day earlier
only to have the post office
deliver it back to me
instead of sending it on ahead
somehow they had managed
to process it on the back of the envelope
and decided that my return address sticker
was where it should be delivered
i often wonder about their logic
and am pleasantly surprised
when things actually get
to where i had intended them to go
i will try again tomorrow
and tell them that it should go
to where the mailing address is
on the front of the letter.
“you know you’re a fool when what you’re doing
makes even the post office seem efficient.”
-joshua cohen
My have pretty much been sent out too…..
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Our tax dollars at work
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Yes!
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So funny!
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Maybe it was a ‘trick’ (instead of a treat) from the post office. 🙂
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that’s it!
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Last year I sent a horror writer friend of mine a Halloween gift instead of a Xmas gift.
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perfect –
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The machine read it the wrong way. Or the operator fed it into the machine bass-ackwards, Beth!
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exactly! while i was excited to receive a card, i really wanted it come from someone else.)
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Ha! You betcha, Beth.
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Funny. Maybe the post office is trying out a new trick or treat regime.
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I’ll commiserate with you. I’ve certainly had my share of problems with the postal system over the years. One common mishap is that so-called Priority Mail takes days longer to arrive than the system claims it will.
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an odd thing, isn’t it?
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To my mind, what’s odd is that they get away with it year after year.
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Yes, there really is no check and balance system in place
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Aw…..the poor postal worker who didn’t have their coffee yet……
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that could explain it )
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lol
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Imagine the volume going through there…I am finding it now takes 3 or 4 days to get from one county here to the next…what’s up?
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i have no idea, it seems we are the last to know )
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Yep
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Sometimes I write “TO:” by the address to stop that from happening. I just got a note returned, something I wrote to my cousin, saying they couldn’t forward the letter. The address was perfect. I guess they couldn’t find her house. Don’t think about it for too long or you’ll never get out of bed.
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I just always find this mishaps to be quite funny
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Oh, well… at least you got a Halloween card too and the surprise was even bigger 😂
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Great point)
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This is wonderful, Beth!! I mean your doing the Halloween snail mail. 🎃👻
I hope they will reuse the stamp since it is still “new” and yay, for Jimi Hendrix! 😊 😀
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They didn’t agree with you but at least it’s on it’s way once again)
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Wow. How irritating. Someone over there is falling asleep, it seems.
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something is or is not happening, that’s for sure )
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Yes…It would appear that the postal workers are the ones who need to put their glasses on! 😊
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Exactly!
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Too funny and not surprising. Mail seems to take longer these days, but I also feel compassion for the postal workers. They never seem happy…:(
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i agree with both points –
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