Sunday, January 17, 2010

More postal bitching

Maybe two weeks ago I got notice from the PO about an item which could not be delivered because it was "too large for my mailbox". So I asked them (through several channels, one the more uncertain than the next) to redeliver. It was Sunday (I guess they're working overtime), so I was not quick to answer the doorbell, so he... put it in my mailbox...

3 comments:

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

D'uuuuhhhh.... so what?
Gawrsh, meestur! I fail to take the full measure of your problem. Hyuck! I say, by and large, it seems not that big of an issue. At first glance. Ah doen't get it. Wide you get upset in the first place... sice it DID fit in the first place (the mailbox) eventually? Do think outside the box. Is it a key issue? Let's not go postal and blow this out of proportion. ("Or, if you insist, why not blow it with our mail-order kamikaze vehicle-bombing kit, already assembled in an elegant jalopy, hand-made by dedicated children in Pakistan, satisfaction guaranteed or your money back?")
Let me be an a postal of peace and bring you at least a parcel of wisdom to deliver you from this conflict and stamp out the anger. Amen.

BTW, what was it you ordered? A USB to Bluetooth plug in foot-thick bubble wrap? A yakkety Yack? A LEM Missie? A 1/1 scale model of the Hindenburg blimp? A parrot-toting peg-legged parliament filibuster? A postage-delivered blog post? A cinder block post? A North pole asunder? A candy cane? A candid cannon? Les Pensées de Pascal? A printout of Santa's full list for 2009? A...
[Pointless list mercifully abridged by Blogger's nifty new Pascal-specific application]

Eolake Stobblehouse said...

Just a DVD. Easy fit.

Pascal [P-04referent] said...

Depends on the width of your slot, doesn't it?

(Sorry, Mom, I couldn't help myself!)