Because I have several web based businesses that sell products, I spend quite a lot of time going to the post office.
I also keep a P.O.Box because it's handy and safe, and they'll accept packages and keep them till I pick them up.
The sun seems to be setting... on common sense
A few weeks back, I needed to mail a check to a local organization, for participation in their arts event. No big deal... as I am emptying my P.O.Box, I notice that the letter I need to mail is to Box 231-- mine is Box 234. The boxes are just two feet (60cm) apart.
So I stand in line for a bit, hand my stamped letter to the clerk and ask if she can postmark it and put it in the box. Which is right there.
The answer, of course, was no.
In fact, all the mail from our town goes on a truck that leaves here just before 6:00pm, and is driven to the mail terminal in Tacoma, some 80 miles (130km) away... where it is sorted, run through the machinery, stamps are postmarked and then-- very early in the morning-- it is put on a truck and driven 80 miles back to town.
So-- in short-- my letter which needed to travel two feet in fact went on a 160-mile journey to get delivered.
Now, I'm sure there are perfectly good "logistics reasons" why local mail isn't kept and sorted locally... but the whole thing just struck me as rather ridiculous.
How about YOU? Do you have any interesting stories of "lacking logic" and extreme inefficiency to share? Things that just don't make sense? Leave a comment-- would love to hear from you!
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