Pulled teeth for the firm book and registered mail stickers 🤓
Had some fun at the post office yesterday! Apparently the final mail boss lives there and wanted to fight me about all my requests.. lol In my podunk Oklahoma town closest to the house (interestingly called Noble 👁), I was able to acquire the firm book, registered mail stickers, and some 2 cent stamps. When I requested first item (firm book), a little old lady heard me and ran upfront from the back...🏃🏻♀️ She told me that they were obsolete, antiquated, and nothing I needed to bother with. She told me I was just fine printing out the 3877 sheets off the website. I told her I was tired of printing them from online (I never have.. lol).. that the firm book is still discussed on the website and "antiquated" was fine as I have an old-fashioned, picky client who insists on it. 😆 I could hear her going back and forth with a man in the back knocking things over. He came out with a confused frown hugging the firm book (this man is who I call the "final boss" he came out super pumped up and a bit aggressive 😆). He asked me "aren't you a bit young to know about these? I haven't had a request for one in decades. You'd be happier printing the sheets".. I told him the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects from age discrimination and I'd just like the book. He reluctantly handed it to me finally, and apologized it was the 1994 version. 🤣 I then asked him for a roll of the red registered mail stickers and he immediately told me order it online. I informed him they did not have the ones with the bar codes online and asked if he had it in-house or could he order it for me. His forehead was sweaty and he got close to the counter and whispered that I didn't need those since they were only routinely for items at least $10k in value. I whispered back that wasn't true but good thing that six-figure values and up were very normal for my client, and I was most interested in the chain of custody function. He rushed off to the back grumbling to himself and seemed to argue with the little old lady again behind the cubicle wall.. lol