Guest guest Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 How cool! That probably made everyone's day and hopefully they passed it on. Can I pass this on to another list while deleting your name and all? I'll just copy and paste it so that nothing shows up that could identify you. linda Shelly The coolest thing happened to me yesterday!! I went to the post office at 4 p.m. to purchase 2 cent stamps. Maybe I'm a little out of touch but I thought it would be a quick in and out trip. After making my way around the huge line about 60 people deep to get to the stamp vending machine, I discover it's " Sold Out " . Disappointed and a little irritated, I make my way to the back of the line, behind the 10 additional people who came in and got in line while I was standing at the vending machine. I look up at the back of the man in front of me and can't help but read the tattoo on the back of his neck that he obviously had put there for people just like me (thanks!) " F*** off " How nice. So glad I didn't bring my 7 year old, who loves to read, everything in sight, really loudly. Luckily, I had nowhere to be, so my irritation level was fairly low but as I looked around I could feel that was not the case with most of the people there. A postal worker comes out a few minutes into my wait in line and asks if anyone has one of those notices to pick something up. A few people yell out " We need stamps! " and the postal worker informs them of the vending machine. He got filled in about that situation and tells us to keep waiting because the clerk has " a few. " As we got halfway to the front desk, and after a wait of about 25 minutes, we notice that there are only two clerks helping all these people. The stress level went through the roof! Just then, the woman at the front of the line gets to the counter and says, " I'll take five bucks worth of 2 cent stamps " and I'm thinking shes probably buying all that's left!! Oh, no! Then she turns around and starts GIVING them away to everyone in line that needed them. It was like Christmas in there! Everyone taking what they needed and then passing the sheets of stamps down to the next person. She cut their line by about 2/3 and really diffused an ugly situation. So cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 wow, that's amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Awesome story, Shelly! May we all learn to be more like that stamp passing woman. :::coffeemug salute to all of good cheer::: Thank you also for reminding me that i need to get some of these little stamp buggahs before i try mailing out my bills tomorrow. ~ pt ~ Those who in youth and childhood wander alone in woods and wild places, ever after carry in their hearts a secret well of quietness and... they always long for rest and to get away from the noise and rumour of the world. ~ W.B. Yeats, 'Letters' ~~~*~~~*~~~> , " Shelly " <anislandgirl@c...> wrote: I discover it's " Sold Out " . Disappointed > and a little irritated, I make my way to the back of the line, [trimmed] Just then, the > woman at the front of the line gets to the counter and says, " I'll > take five bucks worth of 2 cent stamps " and I'm thinking shes > probably buying all that's left!! Oh, no! Then she turns around and > starts GIVING them away to everyone in line that needed them. It was > like Christmas in there! Everyone taking what they needed and then > passing the sheets of stamps down to the next person. She cut their > line by about 2/3 and really diffused an ugly situation. So cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I love this story it really gives me hope and makes me feel a wee bit humble at the same time as I'm not sure I would have thought to be so generous. One thing has been puzzling me though. Does the mail over there only cost 2 cents or has it just gone up by 2 cents? I know things are a lot cheaper in the USA than here, but I find I don't want to believe your mail only costs 2 cents, as it hasn't been that price here since Victorian times! Christie In , " ~ PT ~ " <patchouli_troll> wrote: > > Awesome story, Shelly! May we all learn to be more > like that stamp passing woman. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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