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Post office 1

Me: “Hello, I would like to send a package to Belgium. Is this the right desk?”
PO worker no. 1: “You can’t send packages from here, only letters.”
Me: “And where can I post the package from?”
POW 1: “I don’t know.”
Me: ?!
POW: 2: “Ask someone in the back.”
Me: “Thank you for your help and for being so kind.”
POW 1: “You’re welcome.”

Post office 1, in the back

Me: “Hello, I would like to send a package to Belgium.”
POW 3: “Not from here. You have to go to post office no. 41.”
Me: “Where is that?”
POW 3: “On Banu Manta street.”
Me: “Where is that?”
POW 3: “It’s the street with the city hall.”
Me: Okay… (?!)
Another customer: (gives directions)
Me: “Thank you.”

Post office 2

POW 4: “What do you want?”
Me: “Oh hi. I would like to send a package.”
POW 4: “Where?”
Me: “To Belgium.”
POW 4: “Not this desk. Go to the back.”
Me: “Thank you.”

Post office 2, in the back

POW 5: “What do you want?”
Me: “Oh hi. I would like to send a package to Belgium.”
POW 5: “Do you have it wrapped?”
Me: “No, I was hoping that I could buy a box or something from you. It’s not big, it’s just a… ”
POW 5: “This is not a box shop. You should send it in a big envelope, if it’s not big.”
Me: “I thought about it, but it’s too big for an envelope.”
POW 5: “Is it is heavier than 2 kilos?”
Me: “No…”
POW 5: “Well then, send it in a big envelope.”
Me: “Okay, how much is an envelope?”
POW 5: “We don’t have envelopes.”
Me: *aghast*
POW 5: “We ran out of envelopes.”
Me: “And are you sorry?”
POW 5: “What?”
Me: “Are you sorry?”
POW 5: “Why would I be sorry?”
Me: “Because you ran out of envelopes.”
POW 5: “I guess I am, why?”
Me: “Because you didn’t say that you were sorry that you didn’t have envelopes.”
POW 5: ???

(Did I mention that I was once almost arrested for smashing the glass door of a post office?)

Original post: here.
Bogdan is a 32-year old translator who loves cats, björks, and cold, rainy days.