I got a note from the rental office (dated Nov. 28, 2001) about a package waiting there for me, with a note saying to please pick it up since the holidays are busting their storage space. That’s cool. I can go ahead a go pick it up, confident that it isn’t anthrax or anything in the likes.
Anyway, I’m curious as to what could be in the rather small package. I don’t know of anyone in Niles, Illinois, and anyway it was from a post office, so it most likel had to be something that was purchased.
But I don’t remember ordering anything.
Early Christmas gift.
Not likely, if the results of my birthday gift totals are of any indication (Thank you, Yahoo! for being the only one besides my dad to remember.
I open it up, and it’s a plaque.
…and so on and so forth.
Take a close note at the years carved on this plaque.
Is this company so disorganized, incompetent, or whatever as to just now be getting to sending their 1999 plaques to the awardees to whatever the hell it is that they reward (successful interception of my momma’s money, most likely). I don’t even remember anybody ordering anything from them (well except that picture book, so I could see just Who’s Who).
So I take a gander at the post mark — Dec 14 PM.
Oh My GOD!
It’s from the Future!
Or most likely, from 1999 (though I can’t completely rule out 2000)!
That means it’s been ‘in transit’ for at least a year-- most likely two!
There can be two culprits. The Post Office and the Rental Office.
I doubt the Rental Office, because I’ve had to pick up packages from them before, and they do their best to unload those things as quickly as possible. If I go to pay rent, and they have something for me, they make you take whatever package home – no matter if you didn’t bring the little slip with you. They even have noted that things not retrieved within two weeks will be discarded, unless you inform them that you won’t be able to retrieve it (for examply, you go on vacation).
So I have to wonder what priority the USPS gave this piece of “Priority Mail”. It was stamped as such and had $3.20 in postage? I’m glad that they managed to have it arrive at destination within my natural lifetime, and that it appears anthrax free.
Maybe I can pawn it for tuition.