Going Postal
I don't really mean to take away from postal workers. When you think about it you realize they do a remarkable job, getting a little envelope with a scrawled address on it across the country in very few days, all for 41 cents. I have a delivery person who's been on the same route for years. He's highly intelligent and extremely efficient. We've had lengthy conversations about esoteric matter like the subtle differences between certain type faces. I'd love to know what it is, aside from the rare case where one of them goes bonkers on the job, that's earned them their reputation. In my opinion if there's any job that would drive one totally nuts in a very short time, it's working at the lost luggage counter for an airline.
posted by John M Crowther @ 7:17 AM
10 Comments:
I have a luggage counter story. My wife and I used to sail in the British Virgin Islands each winter. We would fly to the US virgins and then take a ferry over to BVI. On our way home we were behind an Extremely rude Brit who was doing everything possible to humiliate the pleasnt young man checking the bags. After he left we got to the counter and I commented on how gratuitously rude the man had been. The young man looked around and then leaned over and said, " He should have been rude at the other end of the trip. Now he is going to Gatwick and his bags are going to Istanbul." roger
LOL, Roger!!!! That's a keeper.
hahahah... sooo funny Roger!
Great cartoon John...so true. Have you noticed too how luggage marked "fragile - this way up" almost always comes out onto the carousel upside down and falling apart at the seams? Funny that.
Nothing to do with your cartoon, John C. but while tuning in here, I gave my dog an opportunity to jump up and devour the roast cooling on the counter. Peanut butter and jelly for me tonight. (Big Sigh)
Funny cartoon, by the way.
There's GOT to be a cartoon in that Lee! So sorry about the roast... it was smelling so delicious from here too! LOL
Hm, Lee I think John owes you a roast, (and I'm sure he'd provide a fine verbal roasting too...)
Great cartoon John! I've never had much trouble with the postal service but the airlines!!! Ugh. What a nightmare! Maybe I should be more civil to the luggage people like Roger...
You have my sympathies, Lee, if not a replacement roast. It happened to my family too. My mother had prepared a big roast for company, and leftt it on the dining room table. Everyone was in the living room enjoying pre-prandial drinks when my dog ambled in, licking his chops and looking like a cartoon where a snake swallows a goat and you cen see the poor victim in outline.
I can one up you on that roast.
We're packing to go out of town and I left a $50 honey baked ham on the counter to take with us for Easter dinner and our dog knocked it off, and has eaten pretty much all 7 pounds of it.
I guess Easter dinner will be at a restaurant this year.
Yes, you win that round, Kate. The beautiful thing is that a day later our dogs are completely forgiven.
Unless, John...they upchuck it all over the carpet...That act requires a hefty amount of forgiveness...
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