11.24.2007

FOUND! in my mailbox...


Chaz and I found this little gem in our mailbox the other day. It took us some time to figure out what the note meant, but, after some discussion and decoding (thanks to living in Japan I think we have some semi-developed skills in this area) I think we got it. The problem, it seems, is that there's no apartment indicated in the mailing address and, since there are three mailboxes chez moi, the poor Sears Catalog Delivery Person has no idea which mailbox it belongs to. Isn't that cute? I mean, I would imagine that if I were delivering a Sears catalog I really wouldn't care that much. This individual clearly deserves a raise seeing as how they are going above and beyond the call of duty in order to ensure the catalog gets to the person who requested it. The problem is, I'm not sure who the catalog belongs to (nor do I feel like asking the people upstairs if they should be getting the catalog...who has the time to walk upstairs and then talk to the people who live there?! I would clearly never cut it as a Sears catalog delivery person.). I actually think it might belong to Chaz and I (I think I remember Chaz getting tricked into giving our address to someone at Sears when we were walking through one day, but I may have made that up in order to explain why we suddenly started getting a Sears catalog on a semi-regular basis despite the fact that neither one of us shops there). So I'm not sure what to do seeing as how I don't actually want anything to do with the catalog... If I don't leave a note it will clearly break the heart of and/or frustrate this individual, who is so clearly dedicated to excellence in the workplace, and I certainly wouldn't want to be responsible for that! But, leaving a note facilitates the process of this catalog making it's way into my mailbox, and I certainly don't want to be responsible for that! So maybe I can leave an note asking to be removed from the mailing list? But what if the delivery person takes it personally? That would surely be devastating for him/her, and I wouldn't want to devastate anyone over a catalog. I also must admit that part of me wants to keep this person in my life...people who are so committed to excellence are a rare breed, and, I'm not going to lie, those are the people I want to be associated with, you know? I mean, I might be able to hire this person for Youth Drop-in someday or something...you never know! So maybe I could just keep getting the catalog in order to save our relationship with the delivery person? I was also thinking I could leave a note indicating that the catalog belongs in one of the other mailboxes at my house, even though I'm pretty sure it doesn't. That seems like the most "me" way of dealing with this obviously difficult and sensitive issue, especially since I would have to be stealth-like in order to make this happen in such a way that the other people who live in my house don't notice that I'm signing them up for a Sears catalog, which ups the fun factor significantly. Yay for a new mini-project!

2 Comments:

Blogger Unknown said...

I just read the note. WOW! Did you keep that gem? That's the best Sears catalogue delivery person EVER! Please submit this to FOUND.

Any updates on the catalogue? How often do then come? And how will you know if you're successful?

12/17/2007 2:16 p.m.  
Blogger bag marla said...

But is it really found if it was meant to be in my mailbox? I think that's cheating.

We got another catalogue...this one actually had a name on it and it's supposed to be going to the people on the main floor. That kind of takes the fun out of it :(

12/19/2007 4:05 p.m.  

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