Between indepth phone conversations (as indepth as you can be with children on each end giggling, then shrieking); forays out into the wide, wild yard to push the grinning toddler on the swing and, later, wash dog poo off his bare feet; and a less-than-calm dinner featuring half-masticated chicken nuggets and a real, live, human milk-spouting fountain right next to me, I concentrated on a puzzle involving the post office and my Pay Pal shipping.
A customer got a package that needed over $3 in additional postage, which is not only embarassing, but also confusing for me, since I weigh each item, pop it all into PayPal’s shipping page and then out pops a label. Oh, and postage is usually just a tad under $2 a package.
I mean, what could be the issue?
Apparently…and this is a good one–the package is too small for delivery confirmation, so it was probably bumped up to Priority. So, I have to ADD bulk to each package to make CHEAPER to ship. Does this make any sense?
I’m sure somewhere there’s a reason, but I’m having a hard time figuring it out right now. Damn you, post office. Damn you.
It’s too bad I lurve your pretty stamps, your nice local postal workers and your free pickup.
Kim says:
I’ve always loved to hate and hate to love the post office! I’m sure there is sense in there somewhere.
August 7th, 2008 at 11:48 am