Truely could not believe my ears...

[wulluff]

Having finally made it to the head of the queue in the Post Office, I said to the cashier "a package going to Paris".

To which she replied "which country is that?"

kin speechless...

[WorAl]

wulluff said:

Having finally made it to the head of the queue in the Post Office, I said to the cashier "a package going to Paris".

To which she replied "which country is that?"

kin speechless...

[DrTre]

Might be a Wim Wenders fan.

[skoff]

Paris, Texas in the US?

[WorAl]

skoff said:

Paris, Texas in the US?

Not exactly the obvious choice though is it?? surely he would have said "package going to Paris, Texas please"

Edited by WorAl on Friday 1st May 10:08

[Steamer]

might have said Powis

[WorAl]

he's not Jonathan Ross

[wargriff]

WorAl said:

skoff said:

Paris, Texas in the US?

Not exactly the obvious choice though is it?? surely he would have said "package for Paris, Texas please"

Instead of saying "package for Paris, France please" ?

If there is only has one destinantion of that name, no problem. If more than one option, asking where is not such a stupid thing is it.
How pissed would you be if he sent it to Texas ?

[skoff]

WorAl said:

skoff said:

Paris, Texas in the US?

Not exactly the obvious choice though is it?? surely he would have said "package going to Paris, Texas please"

Edited by WorAl on Friday 1st May 10:08

No, I was just being a smart-arse as it's Friday and we have a long weekend ahead... Feeling a bit giddy

[wulluff]

I suppose on reflection she may have thought I was sending Paris Hilton a prezzie

[PD9]

Could be anywhere really?

Paris, Arkansas
Paris, Idaho
Paris, Illinois
Paris, Kentucky
Paris, Maine
Paris, Michigan
Paris, Missouri
Paris, New York
Paris, Ohio
Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Texas
Paris, Virginia
Paris, Kiribati
Paris, Ontario
Paris, Yukon

[bonsai]

Why not say "a package going to France"?

[Dracoro]

PD9 said:

Could be anywhere really?

Paris, Arkansas
Paris, Idaho
Paris, Illinois
Paris, Kentucky
Paris, Maine
Paris, Michigan
Paris, Missouri
Paris, New York
Paris, Ohio
Paris, Pennsylvania
Paris, Tennessee
Paris, Texas
Paris, Virginia
Paris, Kiribati
Paris, Ontario
Paris, Yukon

No, an unqualified statement of Paris means France.

If it's any of the above, you must state as such else it's assumed to be French capital.

[WorAl]

skoff said:

WorAl said:

skoff said:

Paris, Texas in the US?

Not exactly the obvious choice though is it?? surely he would have said "package going to Paris, Texas please"

Edited by WorAl on Friday 1st May 10:08

No, I was just being a smart-arse as it's Friday and we have a long weekend ahead... Feeling a bit giddy

Same here so being a bit cheeky today

[wulluff]

bonsai said:

Why not say "a package going to France"?

But if I'd done that we wouldn't all have had the benefit of your wittty humour would we

[WorAl]

wulluff said:

bonsai said:

Why not say "a package going to France"?

But if I'd done that we wouldn't all have had the benefit of your wittty humour would we

She would have also said, "where in France?" im sure? whereas you did actually give her a destination

[Mr_Wendel]

I had a similar experience a few weeks ago. Package to go to France. Place it on the scales. Informed that it will be about £80 to send as it had to go via air mail. I politely enquired as to why it could not go via a road service, as it would be a lot cheaper.

The little old lady looked at me over the top of her glasses and said, with genuine venom, whilst firing bits of spittle at the partioning glass;

'How can it go by road when it has to go over the sea?!'


Almost as good as the time TNT offered me the economy express road service to send a package to Thailand. 6 week delivery time. As you would expect, they don't even offer a road service to Thailand!

[Neil_H]

It's customary to give the country, not the city, when sending overseas. She probably asked for the country knowing there was more than one Paris.

Although why I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to a postal worker, I don't know.

[sunbeam_alpine]

I can't believe your ears either. Was it a difficult breach birth? Did they really have to pull that hard?

(I can't believe I'm the first to post this. PH isn't what it used to be).

[King Herald]

wulluff said:

Having finally made it to the head of the queue in the Post Office, I said to the cashier "a package going to Paris".

To which she replied "which country is that?"

kin speechless...

Two weeks ago I waited 45 minutes in our new local Post Office, asked for two Postal Orders, £80 and £120, "sorry sir, you have to pay cash for Postal Orders, debit card, credit card, cheque etc not accepted".

So, off to the bank, get cash, queue for another 45 minutes!

What the PHUCK is THAT all about????????????? What ever happened to the cashless society, where all you needed was a card, where you never had to take the risk of carrying big chunks of cash?????