Ok. Nearly an hour in line at the post office could have
been massively annoying (well, was a little), but it was actually pretty
hilarious. A common enemy will serve to unite a people... the People of the
Line. There was one fellow who was pretty vocal and kept up a running
commentary about how ridiculous it was that only one person was doing the
packages line for most of the time we were in it (another clerk showed up
later), but he was very amusing. I pulled out the scarf I'm knitting, when I
realized it might be a marathon wait, and several ladies, agreed, "See?
She's got the right idea!" There was a strip of broken floor that had
caution tape over it, and one lady was telling people not to fall over it, and
I said, "but if you -do- fall and you get hurt, do NOT leave to go to the
hospital until you have your package if you've already waited this long!!"
That got laughs and led to more conversation. The fellow who was keeping up the
running commentary took a phone call and was telling the person on the other
end that he was on line and someone should make a documentary about it... it
would be a "saga." I quipped, "A Trilogy..." When he was
done, he got bonus points and a big laugh from me when he said, "And
Madame DeFarge here... so what are you making?" I laughed, "a
scarf..." He said, "It'll be a sweater by the time you're done
here!!" When the other clerk showed up, she called out did anyone have
yellow slips (which is picking up stuff from post boxes, as opposed to people
with pink slips which is registered or packages that couldn't be delivered to
apts.), and I and several other people joyously yelled, "YES!" (By
this time I was 8th in line, and the chatty guy was 3 in front of me...) We
pretty much danced to the front and gave her our slips and we were high-5ing
each other, LOL. The chatty guy was joking, No way!! And we with yellow slips
collected our packages and wished everyone else, "good luck!" and
went our merry ways. But that was all not as awesome as what was in the box I'd
been picking up...But for this, I need my camera...
I've got a unicorn out of whose butt come sprinkles & you
don't!!!
I am now the proud owner of the most hilarious tchochke I've
seen since I bought my Dad the crabby looking plastic sheep with a Santa hat on
that "poops" root beer jellybeans when you press down on it. To cheer
me up after having to go to the ER last week, my brother and sister-in-law sent
me a plastic unicorn "sprinkle shaker"!! BWAHAHAHAH, you put
sprinkles in it, and then they come out 3 holes on top of it's backside. I now
need to go buy ice cream so I have something to sprinkle sprinkles on. And if
that weren't enough, they also sent a Hello Kitty Pez dispenser.
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