The Post Office

What a magnificent thing our postal service is. You write a little something to someone anywhere in the world, shove it in an envelop, put the address on (for anywhere in the world I must repeat) put a square of sticky paper on it and give it the nice peeps down at the post office

and they deliver it! Magnificent

and at Christmas you can go up with your parcel of goods to send to Aunty Christine and the kids, possibly wrapped, possibly not. Not important but you grab the postpak and take the armful up but then it doesn't fit so you have to go around again but its okay we can wait because the post office is a wonderful place and we love sitting in the line heck why not comeback say three or even four times with quite specific question but its okay we can wait because the post office is a wonderful place and we can browse their collection of slim dusty CDs and mobile phone prepaid plans while you work out how to put everything in a box which none of us think your presents will fit but its okay we can wait because the post office is a wonderful place and we have nothing else to do and why not take all the desk spec with your things its okay you have obviously never been in a post office before or even knew they had a website www.auspost.com.au/ which provides details on postpaks and weights and things but that's okay we can wait\ its all Christmas cheer which is a little different form the cheer we all make when you finish

and a quick shout out to my favorite post office. Fitzroy north, Scotchmer St 068. A great combination of slow, confused and annoying (if I have the card from my PO Box its is probable my card as I would need the key to get it out! )