Why do the post office only put 3 staffers on duty on a Monday afternoon? Why? Do they get a kick out of watching the frustration on their customers' faces
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Why do the post office only put 3 staffers on duty on a Monday afternoon? Why? Do they get a kick out of watching the frustration on their customers' faces?
Yes, actually they do. It's on page 229 of the Civil Service Employee's handbook, "As increases in salary can be sporatic, the US Postal Service offers its employees a select and specific vicarious pleasures, to-wit:
(1) waiting until your line holds the maximum number of customers and then closing your window to take a break; (2) forcing customers to navigate a roped off labyrinth and then stand behind a line arbitrarily painted on the floor when there are no other customers in the office; (3) understaffing on Mondays in order to watch the frustration on the faces of the customers; (4) hunting season on fellow employees.
Please note that (4) is to be only utilized during the scheduled vacation of your supervisor."
Ah, I'm so glad you enjoyed it. Just remember, if you go in and see anyone wearing one of those fluorescent orange hunting jackets, turn around and run as fast as you can. lol
So, did E mess up the kitchen? Ooohh..habaneros are hot. My ex-husband used to eat them raw (!) and I remember once he kissed me like an hour later and my mouth burned.
Hurrah for the new hummingbird feeder! My dad always has one in his yard. Once I was out on the deck smoking and a hummingbird came right up to my face, like 2 inches from my nose, and just hovered for the longest time, staring at me. It was very cool.
I'm so glad you rec'd "Needfire". I left a review. Now I anxiously await the next chapter.
Hey, wait...what are you doing reading a WIP? Huh? :)
Nope, there wasn't too much of a mess since I had the ingredients all chopped up and everything else laid out. I just needed to wipe up the usual spatters.
I remember once he kissed me like an hour later and my mouth burned.
They do have a kick, don't they? It's been 5 hours now and my fingers still feel tingly from handling those suckers! And ugh, I can't imagine eating habaneros raw!! Yikes!
I'm glad you enjoyed Needfire too. I just knew the premise would be right up your alley. ;)
what are you doing reading a WIP? Huh? :)
I know, I know... lol. But it's melisande88! I could read her grocery list and be happy. :D
And yep, hummingbirds are the coolest. E was smoking on the stone steps a few feet from the feeder once, and this aggressive hummingbird flew up to him and "threatened" him for being too close to his foodsource. It was too funny!
Just chapter 3? Not 3 and 4? *pouts* Ah, I hope your beta's RL settles down some. I shall reread chapter 1 when you post the next update.
Thank you for the tip on no food colouring. I am opposed to adding chemicals into the solution actually... but didn't know how else to attract them. Am LOLing at your petunias from hell. I think I shall use the sticky notes instead. ;)
Tell me about it... It's amazing how parking spaces keep getting smaller and smaller and the vehicles people drive get bigger and bigger. Oh yeah, that's logical. *nods sagely*
The parking thing is always a constant annoyance. At work we even have signs in front of some of the spaces that say "Compact Cars Only". Of course it's hard to see the signs when the Suburban or Excursion is parked in front of them.
One has to wonder what on earth are people thinking when the cars they drive get bigger by the year whereas the parking spaces get smaller and smaller. A whole lotta sense that makes!
Argh on the post office. May I mention they also have the need to cut their number of clerks from 5 down to only 1 during lunch hour. How convenient!
I'm always mumbling to myself on how people park! My favorite is the man with the plastic hair driving a $90,000 Porche, parking on an angle to take up two spaces. I mean, I know some people are inconsiderate when it comes to opening their car doors in parking lots, but damn. Don't drive your Porche to the shopping mall!
May I mention they also have the need to cut their number of clerks from 5 down to only 1 during lunch hour.
Oh it's the same over here! I really think they get a perverse sense of satisfaction out of annoying their customers, the bloody people.
My favorite is the man with the plastic hair driving a $90,000 Porche, parking on an angle to take up two spaces.
LOL, have you seen the Seinfeld episode where the gang was lost in that humoungous parking lot? There was a guy who parked across two spaces too, which annoyed the hell out of George. That was a funny episode!
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Yes, actually they do. It's on page 229 of the Civil Service Employee's handbook, "As increases in salary can be sporatic, the US Postal Service offers its employees a select and specific vicarious pleasures, to-wit:
(1) waiting until your line holds the maximum number of customers and then closing your window to take a break;
(2) forcing customers to navigate a roped off labyrinth and then stand behind a line arbitrarily painted on the floor when there are no other customers in the office;
(3) understaffing on Mondays in order to watch the frustration on the faces of the customers;
(4) hunting season on fellow employees.
Please note that (4) is to be only utilized during the scheduled vacation of your supervisor."
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ROTFLMAO!!!! Oh L, you crack me up! I'll never look at going to the post office on Mondays the same again... *wiping tears of mirth from eyes*
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Hurrah for the new hummingbird feeder! My dad always has one in his yard. Once I was out on the deck smoking and a hummingbird came right up to my face, like 2 inches from my nose, and just hovered for the longest time, staring at me. It was very cool.
I'm so glad you rec'd "Needfire". I left a review. Now I anxiously await the next chapter.
Hey, wait...what are you doing reading a WIP? Huh? :)
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I remember once he kissed me like an hour later and my mouth burned.
They do have a kick, don't they? It's been 5 hours now and my fingers still feel tingly from handling those suckers! And ugh, I can't imagine eating habaneros raw!! Yikes!
I'm glad you enjoyed Needfire too. I just knew the premise would be right up your alley. ;)
what are you doing reading a WIP? Huh? :)
I know, I know... lol. But it's melisande88! I could read her grocery list and be happy. :D
And yep, hummingbirds are the coolest. E was smoking on the stone steps a few feet from the feeder once, and this aggressive hummingbird flew up to him and "threatened" him for being too close to his foodsource. It was too funny!
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Thank you for the tip on no food colouring. I am opposed to adding chemicals into the solution actually... but didn't know how else to attract them. Am LOLing at your petunias from hell. I think I shall use the sticky notes instead. ;)
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Tell me about it... It's amazing how parking spaces keep getting smaller and smaller and the vehicles people drive get bigger and bigger. Oh yeah, that's logical. *nods sagely*
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I'm always mumbling to myself on how people park! My favorite is the man with the plastic hair driving a $90,000 Porche, parking on an angle to take up two spaces. I mean, I know some people are inconsiderate when it comes to opening their car doors in parking lots, but damn. Don't drive your Porche to the shopping mall!
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Oh it's the same over here! I really think they get a perverse sense of satisfaction out of annoying their customers, the bloody people.
My favorite is the man with the plastic hair driving a $90,000 Porche, parking on an angle to take up two spaces.
LOL, have you seen the Seinfeld episode where the gang was lost in that humoungous parking lot? There was a guy who parked across two spaces too, which annoyed the hell out of George. That was a funny episode!
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