Yesterday, September 30 2009, I arrived home to find a delivery notice from Canada Post. The Canada Post employee stopped by my house at 12:40 and I was home about an hour later. So I missed it fair and square. Can't be home all the time. I know its 4 paperback books I ordered from Chapters last week. Nothing urgent, but I'll be happy to start reading one of them soon. I kind of wondered why it wasn't just left in my mailbox, albeit sticking out a little, or else left in the gap between the storm door and the front door. I mean its 4 paperback books. How big a package can they come in?
My notice says to pick up after 1300 tomorrow. So that would make it today, Oct 1 after 1pm.
Today its raining but I took my dog, Lacy, and walked to the postal outlet in Shopper's Drug Mart at the Clover Square Village. I arrived at 2pm. The clerk looked at my card, punched the number into her computer, and said she didn't think my package was there. To her credit she went into the back room and searched and also went through some drawers behind her counter looking for it. Nope. Not there. She offered the explanation that the driver must not have dropped it off last night and suggested I phone after 7:30pm tonight and see if its shown up.
Gee, I sure hope the package does turn up. I'd hate to think its lost in action or some Canada Post employee is kicking up their feet and enjoying one of my novels.
It makes one wonder why did the Canada Post employee who left the card put on it to pick up after 1300 tomorrow if he or she was unable to meet that time frame? Like I said its raining and being outside for over half an hour and now dealing with a wet dog all for nothing is not my idea of a fun way to spend the afternoon.
Curling up with a good book and a cup of hot chocolate. Now I'm talking!
I have had this happen to me more than once here in Cloverdale.
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