Falling Asleep At Work

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I don’t think it’s a good thing that I can barely keep my eyes open today.

I have this problem usually when it’s cloudy outside, and of course in good ‘ol Tex-ass fashion, it can’t decide if it wants to rain or shine today. In the office, I have the sun behind me, but a completely gray and dark sky in front of me. I am squinting, which makes me want to go to sleep even more.

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I just got a ripe dose of a woman with the worst B.O. ever. My goodness. It’s been almost 10 minutes since she left and I still can smell her. How does she not realize she stinks???? And I, who am usually so bold, wanted to tell her so bad but I was afraid to open my mouth out of fear I would inhale the stink… and then what if I began to smell like her? Ew.

Even with that bit of drama, I am still on the verge of falling face first into my keyboard. It’s pretty much dead in here today. So much so everyone has run off to do mindless tasks while I am stuck waiting for the next genius customer who insists on talking on their cell phone while I stand there staring at them waiting and waiting so I can ask how they want their parcel sent. I will confess that once, this lady came in and was standing there yacking away on the phone ignoring me while we had a line behind her. Instead of doing my usual wave and “excuse me” stuff I decided for her how she

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Speaking of parcels, a customer called me not too long ago to tell me he did not sign any of the custom forms on the boxes he sent out yesterday. The conversation went like this:

Me: Post Office! This is Monique speaking, how can I help you?

Him: Oh hi. Yeah… Yesterday I sent out 4 boxes overseas and I just realized I did not sign any of the custom forms.

Me: Hmmm sir, that’s not good.

Him: Fuck!

Me: Well, maybe they won’t notice.

Him: Damnit! That’s a lot of money gone to waste if they do.

Me: It will get sent back to you, and then you can sign them and bring them back in.

Him: FUCK!

Me: Well ok.

Him: So I have to wait for them to go overseas and then have them sent back.

Me: Sir, I doubt it will even leave the country without a signature. If they come back, just bring them back in, I am sure it will not cost you extra.

Him: Motherfucker… I wish you people would have caught that shit yesterday before this happened.

Ok… hold up…. How is his stupidity our fault? HE did not sign the forms, not me. I remember this bozo, because at the time, we had a long line that we were trying to clear because they were taking the mail for the day. The guy before him had 17 express mail boxes ALL going overseas. And we were doing our best to make sure everyone in the office got their items handled so they wouldn’t be left waiting until the next day. We usually catch stuff like that, but ultimately, it’s up to the customer. Just like if they don’t add the right postage, or forget the stamps all together, it’s their problem, not ours. Now, we are a tiny office, and when we can, we will call and let people know they forgot the postage (if their is a name and return address) because we are nice like that. However, it’s still the customers responsibility to make sure everything is in order.

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He just called back again having a cursing fit asking me again what will happen with the boxes. I told him pretty much the same thing, only adding that the distribution center would more than likely be the ones to catch it and send it back. And because he is an idiot, he asked for their number. Does he really think they are going to dig through thousands upon thousands of boxes to find his four? Is this man for real?

I think it’s time for me to take a lunch and curl up in the backseat of my car for an hour or maybe even two if I can get away with it.