Coffee Table Declarations
Friday, November 07, 2003
There have been a lot of humorous UPS mishaps around here lately. It started when a woman sending a package checked off that she wanted it to go three-day because that's cheaper. The UPS guy said "It's the next town over, it will get there tomorrow!" He informed me that if we wanted it to take three days, he could bring it to the warehouse first.
Then a man recieved a package, opened it up and pulled out the plastic pillowy stuff they use to protect things from damage during shipping. "Oh wow," he exclaimed joyously, "they sent me bags of air!" and walked off clutching his new found gains.
Finally, there was the ongoing saga of The Hawaii Package. A large box was returned to us because according to the UPS guy, it couldn't be delivered. We all pondered over what could be wrong. The guy sending it to his friend in Hawaii provided the friend's work address instead. It came back again. Finally someone smarter than the rest of us (the UPS guy) realized the problem and informed us that you can't ship something to Hawaii via UPS Ground.
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As I was walking back from getting my lunch today, I saw a banana peel on the ground. I couldn't believe people actually throw banana peels on the ground like in cartoons. I was very careful to walk around the banana peel so as not to trip and go flying. As everyone knows who has grown up watching cartoons, if you step on a banana peel, you will lose your balance, careen your arms wildly while suspended in midair for a split second, and then plummet to the ground resulting in the profound amusement of everyone except yourself. This was something I managed to narrowly avoid, thank goodness.
Then a man recieved a package, opened it up and pulled out the plastic pillowy stuff they use to protect things from damage during shipping. "Oh wow," he exclaimed joyously, "they sent me bags of air!" and walked off clutching his new found gains.
Finally, there was the ongoing saga of The Hawaii Package. A large box was returned to us because according to the UPS guy, it couldn't be delivered. We all pondered over what could be wrong. The guy sending it to his friend in Hawaii provided the friend's work address instead. It came back again. Finally someone smarter than the rest of us (the UPS guy) realized the problem and informed us that you can't ship something to Hawaii via UPS Ground.
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As I was walking back from getting my lunch today, I saw a banana peel on the ground. I couldn't believe people actually throw banana peels on the ground like in cartoons. I was very careful to walk around the banana peel so as not to trip and go flying. As everyone knows who has grown up watching cartoons, if you step on a banana peel, you will lose your balance, careen your arms wildly while suspended in midair for a split second, and then plummet to the ground resulting in the profound amusement of everyone except yourself. This was something I managed to narrowly avoid, thank goodness.
