So I had to stop by the Post Office today, as part of running errands.
As per usual, there was a bit of a line, so I had to await my turn for a while. No biggie.
Man at the counter is getting agitated at the postal clerk because they don't have his mail. Amelia (the clerk) is an ocean of patience.
*The central Post Office in our town. LOOKS like a "Government Edifice," don't you think?
"Yes sir, I understand you want your mail," she explains, "but that box number is not AT the post office, it's down at Mail Boxes, Etc."
The man remains very agitated: "That's fine, but the mail had to come through THIS post office!"
"Yes sir, it did, but it is delivered to the address on the envelopes, which is an address at Mail Boxes, Etc."
Apparently, this doesn't really matter to him: "Well, whatever. I don't see why you couldn't just have kept it HERE!"
"Well sir, we ARE required by law to deliver the mail where it is addressed."
Seemingly unperturbed "Well, this is just really inconvenient! The mail is addressed to a box number, so I expect to be able to pick it up at the post office!
With the patience of a saint, Amelia attempted to explain the difference between the post office and a private mailbox at another facility about a half-dozen times, evidently to little avail.
Most of us "spectators" gradually started wondering just how this individual could have gotten a private mailbox without knowing where it was located... but one has to assume that perhaps he was collecting a friend's mail, or maybe he was a newcomer to town who'd opened the box by phone. Or something like that.
Eventually, the man gave up and stomped angrily out of the post office, muttering to himself.
Purple clover
Just Because You Believe Something...
The whole incident just seemed slightly surreal, but it reminded me of the way some people seem able to insist that whatever "reality" they have manufactured inside their heads is actually the real one, and everything actually unfolding around them is not.
Although this was quite a different situation, it also reminded me of certain *"New Age Woo-woo" types who seem to think that their bank accounts will magically fill because they sit around and "visualize abundance" without actually taking any sort of tangible action.
Just because you happen to believe something doesn't mean that's what actually is. Like our friend with his mail.
Well, short post today. Getting ready for an "event" this weekend. Mrs. Denmarkguy is one of the keynote speakers at the 2019 UFO Paranormal Summit at Ocean Shores, Washington and I will be there as her "assistant" as well as a vendor. It'll be nice to take a "side trip," for a change!
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