So, I just stood in line at the post office to use the automated kiosk to buy holiday stamps. The line for the one (ONE) person working the counter was 20 people deep, while I was third in line to use the kiosk. Why does a woman who has never used the kiosk and has 8 (yes EIGHT) packages to mail and stamps to purchase take THAT MOMENT to learn how to use the touch screen (not just the kiosk, it was pretty clear she had never used a touch screen before!!!) So after 20 minutes of waiting for her to finish, a passing postal work announces that said woman has purchased the last of the stamps from the machine. (yep, the machine that not only sells fancy stamps, but prints out ugly ones, too, is OUT of stamps).
So I need jokes. Good jokes. Someone needs to make me laugh. Anyone?
Okay, yes, I am lurking here ALL DAY! That's right. I don't want to do work, so I'll be here, enjoying whatever you can offer. And DAMN! Why didn't I think of the grocery store!!!??? Tomorrow is another day! I'm doing that!
Eta - so yeah, after this, I locked myself out of the house and had to run to a neighbor's house in my socks through the snow to call my husband to come home from work. Ugh! Thanks for the funnies!
Ugh. That sucks! I have cultivated a great deal of patience for standing in line but the machine being out of stamps is just not a scenario that you can find anything good about.
I went to Walgreens to fill a prescription and pick up teacher gifts. The pharmacy line was long and people were clogging up almost all of the aisles. I went to the only vacant section to get away from it all. I hope the teachers like their Depends and Poise. ;-)
Post office? Who goes there? I get my stamps at the grocery store. The clerks have them in their drawer and can ring them up with the rest of your groceries. (in case you didn't know most offered that)
Hmm... My son asked the other day, "When did the hipster start drinking coffee?" The answer: "Before it was cool."
Wish I had some good jokes for you... oh, this one is not a joke, necessarily-- my husband was commenting that one of the staff at his work is very high maintenance and sent him a whiny email on his day off~ I replied "Too bad you can't say 'Go see the accountant-- they can cut you a reality check.' "
Around here, most of our jokes are 'pun'-ishment. :)
I sympathize. When Joe suggested stopping by the post office to mail a package, I said "just a minute-- I'm going to go grab a book." Sadly, too predictable.
Ok woman...you asked for it ;)
But..you might want to strangle me after your stamp fiasco and my holiday kooky jokes.
a.Why is Santa good at Karate???
b.What do you call a piece of snow that forgets to fall?
c.What happened to the angry snowman?
d. How do you spell "cold" with 2 letters?
a.He has a black belt
b.A flake
c. He had a meltdown
d. "I" "C"
We keep a Holiday joke book at the dinner table and pass it around every night telling jokes. By the end of the month we know them all.
Also, I get my stamps at Costco or at the grocery store. I never go to the post office or DMV unless I am summoned there :)
So last week my two younger kiddos (ages 6 & 4) were driving to the store, accompanying us was my 16 year old as well. I had a childrens CD in the tahoe that the little kids were listening too and i dont know the name of the song but the chorus goes like this "we all got together in a little cricked house"
so my 16 year said "mom, what kind of CD did you get the kids" and I was like "wa, uh?" and she said "i am so sure they are saying we all got together in a little frickin house". I busted a gut and said "no they are saying cricked house".
oh my gosh.... well.. maybe you just had to be there!
I was reading your post thinking why in the world would you go to the post office this time of year to only buy stamps???? Our grocery store sells them and at the end of your transaction they always ask "do you need ice or stamps?" I can only imagine how frustrating that was! I feel for you!!!
Do you read Carolyn Hax? She is an advice columnist, and every year at this time she does an online chat devoted to everyone's holiday stories. It is HILARIOUS!
Click here http://live.washingtonpost.com/carolyn-hax-live-131213.html or google Carolyn Hax Hootenanny of Horrors 2013
She does 1 hour of serious questions, and then 1 hour of holiday horrors, so scroll down about halfway if you don't want the serious stuff. You will laugh for sure.
The only thing worse than the post office is the DMV :-(
