Bit o' brute muscle saves me £2.40!

[swee'pea99]

Handed the package to the lady behind the counter. 'What's in it?'
'Aspirin. My daughter. Says she's too ill to even get to the chemist.'
'Sweet! You're spoiling her you know.'
'Yeah, I know, but she really does sound terrible.'
'First class or second?'
'Oh, first please.'
'Ok, that'll be...£3.30.'
'Wow. How come it's so expensive? It doesn't weigh anything!'
'I'm afraid it won't go through the slot for large letters, so it has to go as a small parcel.'
'Wow. Well, ok, if that's what it costs, that's what it costs. That's more than the pills cost! ...Should've just taken 'em out of the box....Come to think of it, can I just crush the box? The pills won't mind.'
The woman crushed the box, got it through the slot, 'That'll be 90p please.' That's more like it!

 

[snorri]

Olde style service with a smile.

 

[PeteXXX]

Lateral thinking... GPO style

 

[ScotiaLass]

When my daughter was in the Army riding school in Knightsbridge I sent her copious amounts of stuff for her bruising and pain killers

 

[vernon]

Handed the package to the lady behind the counter. 'What's in it?'
'Aspirin. My daughter. Says she's too ill to even get to the chemist.'
'Sweet! You're spoiling her you know.'
'Yeah, I know, but she really does sound terrible.'
'First class or second?'
'Oh, first please.'
'Ok, that'll be...£3.30.'
'Wow. How come it's so expensive? It doesn't weigh anything!'
'I'm afraid it won't go through the slot for large letters, so it has to go as a small parcel.'
'Wow. Well, ok, if that's what it costs, that's what it costs. That's more than the pills cost! ...Should've just taken 'em out of the box....Come to think of it, can I just crush the box? The pills won't mind.'
The woman crushed the box, got it through the slot, 'That'll be 90p please.' That's more like it!

If she's so ill, will she have the strength to open the package?

 

[Spinney]

If she's so ill, will she have the strength to open the package?

Yup - the kind post office lady has weakened the package for her...

 

[Drago]

The Woman crushed the box? Heavens above. Is she a wookie?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Handed the package to the lady behind the counter. 'What's in it?'
'Aspirin. My daughter. Says she's too ill to even get to the chemist.'
'Sweet! You're spoiling her you know.'
'Yeah, I know, but she really does sound terrible.'
'First class or second?'
'Oh, first please.'
'Ok, that'll be...£3.30.'
'Wow. How come it's so expensive? It doesn't weigh anything!'
'I'm afraid it won't go through the slot for large letters, so it has to go as a small parcel.'
'Wow. Well, ok, if that's what it costs, that's what it costs. That's more than the pills cost! ...Should've just taken 'em out of the box....Come to think of it, can I just crush the box? The pills won't mind.'
The woman crushed the box, got it through the slot, 'That'll be 90p please.' That's more like it!

You'll be claiming compensation for the damage then?

 

[damj]

As a former rm employee you'd be surprised what your average postie could squeeze through someone's front door - sadly its all about profit these days

 

[ColinJ]

If she's so ill, will she have the strength to open the package?

Or even get down the stairs to the front door?

 

[byegad]

Getting our local postie to put small padded envelopes through the door is impossible. Three times this week he's knocked on the door with stuff that needed no signature and easily goes through the letter box. I even demonstrated with the last one and he looked at me like I was a magician doing the impossible trick.

 

[Ron-da-Valli]

So now she will get a package of white powder! Not to be sniffed at.