One evening, I was pushing a York cheerfully along. For someone who had applied for seasonal work, one such coworker didn’t seem very hardworking or focused. These can weigh up to a quarter of a ton. Several of us were assigned to push heavy trolleys called Yorks. Me: “I… I don’t feel right helping that woman go to a foreign country.”įor my sins, sometimes I have done seasonal work for Royal Mail. The instant I hang up, my coworker speaks up. I’ll call to set up an appointment once we have everything.” My coworker has stopped smiling and is now staring at me in a mix of confusion and concern.Ĭaller: *Cheerfully* “Thank you.
Me: “No? You’ll also need your certified birth certificate, photo ID, and current photos.” Got it! So, we just need application forms?” You can pick one up here at the office.”Īt this point, I’m not going to walk her through getting the online form.Ĭaller: “D.
We can take the photos or you can-”Ĭaller: “Is there any sort of application form we need?”
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Me: “Birth certificates, application forms, a photocopy of your driver’s license or state ID, and a current photograph. My coworker has been listening to my side of the conversation and looks pretty amused.Ĭaller: “Cer.
Me: “No, you’ll need to photocopy the front and back of your driver’s license or-”Ĭaller: “What was that first thing you mentioned?”Īgain, I hear scribbling while she talks. You can get a copy from our office or print one off from the Department of State’s website.”Ĭaller: “We’ll probably come in. What were you saying about an application form?” It has to have a clerk’s seal, so the type issued by hospitals generally doesn’t work.”Ĭaller: “Cer. We have them here, or you can go online to-”Ĭaller: “What sort of birth certificate do we need?” Me: “A passport application form called a DS-11. I can hear scribbling while she sounds out the words, so I assume she’s writing them down. Me: “A certified copy of your birth certificate.”Ĭaller: “Cer. Judging by the sounds, the woman spends the next four or five minutes roaming her house, walking up and down stairs twice. You’ll need certified copies of your birth certificates, a DS-11 application, which is-”Ĭaller: “Sorry, could you let me grab a pen to write this down?” Me: “ Post Office, how can I help you?”Ĭaller: “Hello, my husband and I need to get passports. We’re used to people calling with questions about the process, but this call was special. The post office I work at is the only one in the immediate area that processes passport applications. She handed him the parcel with no apology and no awkward laugh or joke about not having her morning coffee. You need to be twenty-one for me to release this package to you.” Worker: *Getting irritated* “YES, and I said that it’s not yet August. Partner: *Dumbfounded* “I was born in 1980.” It’s 2021 and the worker is clearly having a bad maths moment. I have no idea why he would need to be twenty-one because eighteen is the legal drinking age here, but that is beside the point. You have to be twenty-one and it’s not August.” My partner, who looks very much like a middle-aged man, hands over his driver’s license which shows that he was born in August of 1980. One month, he collects it himself and the following craziness ensues. The workers know me and skip the formality of asking me for ID. I am often at the post office for business, so I am usually the one to collect it. My partner subscribes to a whisky club that sends him a bottle of whisky every month. I’m sure her face would have been priceless. I almost told her once I finished her transaction, but I didn’t. I didn’t have the heart to tell her I was Chinese, as I don’t have the standard oriental look.
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I didn’t know how to process this because this was the most racist thing anyone had done in front of me. Nothing Chinese! I don’t want anything to do with the Chinese!” Me: “We have stamps for a Chinese nuclear physicist if you-”Ĭustomer: “No. These two are normally not as popular, so I have a feeling she doesn’t have them. We also have August Wilson stamps for Black Heritage. Me: “Most of them we have had for a month or two already.” Me: “Okay, well, everything we have is up on the door.”Ĭustomer: “How long have all of these been up?” An elderly lady walks in and looks at the stamps we have on the door.Ĭustomer: “Yes, I want to get stamps I don’t already have.” This means we mainly only ship things out, but we also sell stamps.
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