And this one rates an honourable mention. My daughter sent a package from Germany which was air-mailed March 1. "Air" mailed, as in, it flew in an airplane (not "air", as in what was principally occupying the cranium of the German postal worker who handled it). It took an entire month to reach us. And no wonder. It flew to Indonesia first. Cuz, you know: JAKARTA.... SASKATCHEWAN. Anyone could make that mistake. They both have a K and some A's in the middle.
Remember when I tried to send you a book and my Pennsylvania post mistress confused Scott, SK with Scotland? That sounds like an intelligent error by comparison.
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ReplyDeleteOur family postman doesn't even read this blog, so you'll have to tell him the joke next time you see him.
I see Jakarta has made a stamp for exactly this purpose. Must happen a LOT...
ReplyDeleteMy mailbox was vandalized last week. Someone tried to punch out the keyhole. That meant I had to drive about 25 minutes to pick up my mail and was expecting a parcel with plants in it. When I asked how long it would take to fix the mailbox the lovely lady who DELIVERS the mail told me she had no idea because that was "delivery services," an entirely different department. Who knew?
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