October 27th, 2005the post office
While my parents were here, my mom and I did a little shopping. It is my aunt’s (not my real aunt, my sister’s godmother, but the only person I will ever call aunt) birthday on Sunday, and we found a cute pair of earrings, but my mom thought we’d shop a bit more… just in case.
She called me on Monday and asked me to pick them up and mail them to my aunt in Texas. I said no problem and picked up the earrings yesterday.
At the post office this morning, the wide array of envelopes and boxes had me a little discombobulated. I finally decided on a small box that you put together yourself. Just so you know, the products at the post office are not customer-friendly.
There were no instructions, just serrated lines and bendy parts. So I wrote the address on the box, all while surreptitiously trying to ascertain how it went together.
OK, OK, I thought. I bend it there, and there and there…. and does this bend? Does it come apart? I don’t think so. Hmm… maybe I should call my mom. No, wait, it’s too early. Damn. Shit, I can do this.
After many minutes of struggle and under-my-breath cursing, I heard a muffled chuckle behind me. Turning, I smiled cloyingly at the two ladies behind the counter.
“These things should come with instructions you know,” I said.
“Bring it over here honey. We’ll help you out.”
And I did. And they did. While they laughed at me.
Stupid box.
Fortunately I live in a very small town, so not only did I know one of the ladies from the local coffee shop, but not a single other soul came into the post office during my time of duress.
Which is a positive, of course. Because you don’t really want the entire town knowing how easily a put-together box flumoxes your wits.
Stupid box.
the simplest of things are getting most complicated these days!
one of those days. feeling gloomy and sulky.
Comment by Prerona — October 27, 2005 @ 1:27 pm
okay, so i’m notorious for my 12yearold school boy humor… but everytime you said you had trouble figuring out how the box worked, i laughed. hehehe…
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 1:28 pm
and yes… even those boxes should come with instructions…
hehehehe.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 1:28 pm
Prerona… I KNOW! Why god, why?
Wendy.. you are so bad, rotfl. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 1:31 pm
i know. but it’s why you love me… right? right???
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 1:36 pm
Yup. It’s why I love you. And why English does too. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 1:43 pm
no he loves me because i didn’t need to read any instructions…
uhm.. is that tmi? it’s tmi isn’t it…
i just mean i can put furniture together like nobodys business… that’s all. don’t know what YOU were thinking.
perv.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 2:18 pm
Um… rotfl, lmao. TMI.
I wouldn’t have thought anything until you said something. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 2:22 pm
yea. right. you know you’re sharing the same half a brain as i am…
wait. does that mean? oh forget it. math isn’t my strong point.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 2:42 pm
Hey now.. so we each have one-quarter of a brain? No, no, no… lol
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 2:53 pm
no… silly we each have a half… cuz we’re sharing it… so i get it on weekends… and you can have it the rest of the time.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 3:14 pm
Um.. no. rotfl
Well, wait, actually… I don’t really do much on the weekends. So… OK. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 3:20 pm
oh dude… we are SUCH catches…
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 3:26 pm
Damn straight.
I think that’s why we hooked up with guys who live far, far away from us. (We’re fabulous in small doses. lol)
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 3:28 pm
hehehe… yes… i’m going to test that theory in like 17 days. English took the entire week that i’m there off of work. 24 hours of me. poor man isn’t going to know what hit ‘im.
that, or you’ll read about some poor american girl getting locked in a basement by her normally reserved english boyfriend after she pushed his buttons too many times… meh. either way.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 3:35 pm
Oh man, that would be hysterical.
Pictures. You must come back with pictures. And eat Cadbury Flake Bars while you’re there. 🙂
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 3:38 pm
i actually don’t like the flake so much… he does. i can bring some back for you… or something.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 3:42 pm
You don’t like the Flake bars?! That’s so… wrong.
And nah, thanks. They’re only good on that side of the ocean. Like Guinness in Ireland, y’know.
🙂
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 3:44 pm
i don’t think so… i’m not big on the super sweet chocolate. i’ll eat it, but i don’t remember if i really liked the flake. i can try again… oooh the one i really like is the “crunchy” bar. it’s yummers.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 4:02 pm
Hmm.. the crunchy bar? Which one is that?
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 4:04 pm
LMAO@YOU
Comment by Augustus — October 27, 2005 @ 4:35 pm
What part of Texas does she live in? I used to live in Mount Pleasant, near Texarcana.
Say, shouldn’t you be in college or something?
Comment by Augustus — October 27, 2005 @ 4:36 pm
I already graduated Augie. And she lives in The Woodlands.
And 😛
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 5:04 pm
it’s like astronaut ice cream covered in chocolate. oh wait… i think i have a pic of me with one…. must resist urge to put it on the blog since i look like crap… urgh, can’t resist… it’ll be there in a minute…. sigh.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 6:27 pm
Yeah, that’s a pic of a GIANT CAKE wendy. 🙂
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 6:32 pm
i know. it’s a colette peters… you should look at some of her other cakes… crazy lady.
oh and uh… crunchie… evil candy bar.
Comment by wendykat — October 27, 2005 @ 6:46 pm
OHMYGOD… cont’d at your blog…
Comment by the insider — October 27, 2005 @ 6:48 pm
huh? Cake, what? I’m lost…
Comment by Augustus — October 27, 2005 @ 11:57 pm
See, but if you follow the trail…
You’d understand. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 28, 2005 @ 12:05 am
or not. depending on it you have half a brain on time share or one quarter brain all to yourself…
Comment by wendykat — October 28, 2005 @ 7:22 am
rotfl.. he has about… um… hehehe
Comment by the insider — October 28, 2005 @ 11:45 am
he’s not sharing ours! nope. i’m not gonna allow it!
Comment by wendykat — October 28, 2005 @ 11:48 am
Oh well of course not!
We don’t share. Duh. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 28, 2005 @ 2:01 pm
Its on time share and they’re always ripping me off on the TIME!
Comment by Augustus — October 28, 2005 @ 7:56 pm
Damn straight sparky. 😛
Comment by the insider — October 28, 2005 @ 7:58 pm
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