it's a world gone mad
Dec. 2nd, 2005 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ramtopsI just phoned TNT, in a hopeless sort of way, to find out the whereabouts of teh shiny.
we all know couriers, don't we - never answer the phone. If they do, they put you on hold then cut you off.
phone was answered on the second ring by a polite, competent woman. She told me how late they might deliver. She told me exactly when they were open in the morning. She told me exactly what paperwork I would need to collect it.
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bet it doesn't catch on ...
we all know couriers, don't we - never answer the phone. If they do, they put you on hold then cut you off.
phone was answered on the second ring by a polite, competent woman. She told me how late they might deliver. She told me exactly when they were open in the morning. She told me exactly what paperwork I would need to collect it.
...
bet it doesn't catch on ...
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Date: 2005-12-02 03:37 pm (UTC)Maybe she can infect my local DHL office. It's on an industrial estate somewhere, and when the phone is answered, and that's a big 'when', it always sounds as though the janitor has just put down his broom and come in to take the call out of the goodness of his heart. I never quite believe things are going to arrive.
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Date: 2005-12-02 03:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-02 05:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-12-02 08:05 pm (UTC)