Unfortunately, the USPS stopped providing the larger box I remembered and has cheaply provided a flatter rectangular one and a small cube. I was perusing the selection of boxes, which happened to be next to the two policemen on duty in the post office.
ME
[picking up rectangular box]
COP
That's a rectangle shaped box.
MY INNER MONOLOGUE
Do I look like a dumb little girl?
[picking up cube box]
COP
That one's more like a square.
ME
Thanks.
[picking up rectangular box]
COP
That's a rectangle shaped box.
MY INNER MONOLOGUE
Do I look like a dumb little girl?
[picking up cube box]
COP
That one's more like a square.
ME
Thanks.
I brought both boxes to a table and figured that the box would be better and started stuffing the poor toy into it, scrunching it up so horribly that I felt bad for it. I stopped when I heard laughing and a high pitched voice behind me.
COP
[in high pitched cartoony voice]
Oh no! Let me out! Don't put me in here!
[in high pitched cartoony voice]
Oh no! Let me out! Don't put me in here!
I got really embarrassed because people started looking at me stuffing this huge toy into a tiny box. Maybe they thought I was cheap (trying to take advantage of the flat rate, which wasn't much of a deal), or like the cops, thought I was stupid. After I finally left, I waved to the cops, and one (I think did the cartoon voice) of them said, "Bye Sweetheart." I don't know whether to be enraged or just grateful not to be the butt of some USPS/NYPD joke anymore.
1 comment:
were the cops flirting with you? that's so weird!
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