The day after Christmas. It’s always a bit bitter-sweet. I am always a tad disappointed when I wake up on December 26th and am not greeted with gifts neatly wrapped in colorful paper waiting to be claimed. It’s kind of like the last day of a wonderful vacation. Sure the vacation was great, but it’s painful to accept the return to reality.
Anyway, my father and I got up and went out to run some errands. Along the way we went to the post office to send my health insurance provider a check for $5.40. Somehow THEY sent me the incorrect invoice last month and then adjusted it leaving me owing them (adjustments somehow never end up in your favor) $5.40 by Thursday to avoid “termination of the participation in the Plan.”
The post office was quite empty. I for some reason expected it to be rather busy. We were greeted promptly and helped to send our letter: Priority with Delivery Confirmation. The post office has become rather confusing. There are all these different types of envelopes, small forms to sometimes fill out, and options to decide. If I am sending something other than a regular letter, which I do so infrequently now, I have no idea what I need to fill out to ensure that it gets there
, not necessarily the fastest, and that I get some type of confirmation. Let’s not even venture into the area of if I want insurance or not on the value of the contents contained. For these reasons, I urge our current Post Master General, Jack Potter, to simplify the process or have one line that is just for questions, because I often wait in line for 20 minutes only to find out that there is a small yellow or white piece of paper that I didn’t fill out.
So, I got everything resolved and decided why not give my $10 today to the nice man who helped us at the Post Office. I would list his name and basic things about him as I normally do, but I don’t want him to somehow get in trouble for any reason for taking my gift. I have heard about crazy things happening at the post office, so I am not taking any chances. We’ll call him “Phil.”
Phil said he was going to use the money to grab some lunch. It was just before noon, so my $10 came at the appropriate time!
Thanks for participating Phil. I hope you had a great lunch.
Year of Giving 