Got the question at the Post Office today
Dave99B
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Shipped some coins out this morning, insured mail, in padded mailers.
PO: Do these contain anything fragile, liquid, perishable ... blah, blah ....
Me: No
PO: What's in these packages...
WTH?
Dave
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I usually say 'Jeep parts'
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Altho, none of you blanking business is the correct answer, why do that?
I would say that I sell sea glass on ebay that I collected on the beach and ask the clerk, "Can you believe people buy this chit?"
If they ever asked that to me, I’d just say it’s a custom cat figurine. No one would want to steal that...
I would have said toilet paper sheets.
"Plastic storage cases."
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isn't it the same thing that's "in the bag" from the hitchhiker?
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Dirty laundry.
"Why do you want to know? Can I get your name in case my package goes missing and I'm interviewed by the postal inspectors?"
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the post office again huh. sounds like my football team they don't deliver on sundays either
"It's classified."
Believe it or not the US military uses registered mail to send items with a SECRET or lesser classification.
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how about bubble padding and paperwork?
That was good
I say artifacts and they look at me dumbly and move off the topic.
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At least they didn’t ask if that was a roll of dimes in your pocket
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Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
I've always wanted to say Titanium Washers.....but have never been asked.
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Once I actually had a bank teller as me what the check i was depositing was for, as in why did someone write me the check...
my business account gives mine away "old collector coins." i can be pretty witty sometimes but it's tough to wiggle outta that one.
Stamped planchets.
I usually tell them the envelope is flammable, but they never ask whats in it.
Silver and Gold.
What do you mean you lost the package, it's only been two minutes.....
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I usually say "nothing illegal."
I said that once and the clerk, who I know and see all the time said, "One time we had a guy come in here and mail a gold bar."
I said, "Wow, that's interesting. Who would mail something like that?"
Next time it happens, I'm going to tell him the joke about picking up a hitchhiker in the rain........
Self sealing stem bolts...
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If i'm not mistaken USPS employee's are not even allowed to ask you that
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This was a new Postal employee. Not sure what happened to the three regulars I’ve seen for 5+ years. I’ve only seen this gal working the counter the last four trips. I know she’s new because every transaction is a cluster. Not clear what’s going on, frankly. I’m fairly sure they aren’t supposed to ask what’s in the package.
Dave
My go to answer—car parts.
If I’m annoyed—none of your business, or, are you nosey?
“Junk mail”
Type set parts
Looked her straight in the eye and said "I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to say".
After a few seconds of me staring her in the eye without blinking, she turned around and placed it carefully in her stack of outbound packages without saying another word. I expected nothing less.
I also once had a teller ask why I was cashing yet another check for $4k or $5k. He was just making small talk, I'd visited him a half-dozen times in a month.
Without blinking an eye or missing a beat, I said "Same as always: Hookers and blow." just loud enough for the tellers and customers on either side to hear.
I've banked there for decades, have two dozen checking accounts there, and own a decent amount of stock in the bank. I figured I'd earned those shocked looks.
--Severian the Lame
How do you keep 2 dozen checking accounts straight?
never been asked that just the common questions about if the package has anything harmful and such in it, then nothing else is asked
those who are laughed at always have the last laugh
I was asked that a few months ago. My answer was stuff I want insured! She didn’t ask me anything after that.
Whenever this happened to me, I always repeated, "Nothing fragile liquid hazardous or perishable". Only once, did the clerk ask again. I asked if there was form that I needed to fill out that required that info. He said no and just have me a dirty look. What a jerk.
Unless they were a new employee they should know better than to ask such a question.
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I was asked once, and I said "Commercial metal components." No further comment....Cheers, RickO
A good response would be "May I speak to your supervisor?"
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
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Stupid questions deserve a stupid answer. It's like the zippy-mart I entered to buy some gum. Clerk asked me if I had gas outside. No I said, I wait until I come in so everyone can enjoy the fragrance.
"Oil pan crush washers"
Landlord. I have a separate checking account for each property or cluster of properties.
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i got that once. i was mailing a collection of coins to CAC registered and i stepped up to the counter and handed the form to the clerk...she looked at it and exclaimed in a very loud manner:
"FORTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS!" what's in this???
sheesh, keep it down, ok!
Wow.