I went to the post office by my apartment to send off a gift to a friend in the Seattle area. As I walk up they have a display of priority shipping boxes. Wow I think, $7.70 for anything in this box.. Sold I say and I actually grad the display box and stuff my items in it and proudly walk up to the cashier. "That will be $13.65" she says. With a dumbfounded look on my face, I ask about the $7.70 special. She replies, "It has to have a red special printed on it" and she hands me an exact replica of the same box with the red special printed on it.
So I take this box that only exists behind the counter and repack the box contents. I pull a new # ticket as there is a line now and the clerk that I would go to next has his customer leave. Instead of calling the next #, he goes around the corner and sits down. He looks around the corner every so often to see what is going on as I stand there for the next few minutes waiting my turn with one of the other clerks.
Finally, my number is called and I go back to the original clerk. I hand her the exact same box dimensions, the same labels, all in a box that has the red special printed on it. Being the big spender I am, delivery confirmation of $.45 is added.
Six pack of Lonestar anniversary tall boys: $4.32
Shipping to Seattle via Priority Mail : $7.70
Delivery Confirmation : $ .45
Seeing my tax dollars at work : Priceless
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