If you worked in the post office, you would probably run into all kinds of people. One postal worker says she is used to dealing with moody people.
She tells about an irate customer who stormed her desk one day. “What’s the trouble?” the postal employee responded in her calmest voice.
“I went out this morning,” the customer began angrily, “and when I came home I found a card saying the mailman tried to deliver a package but no one was home. I’ll have you know, my husband was in all morning! He never heard a thing!”
After apologizing, the postal employee got the woman’s parcel.
“Oh good!” the woman gushed. “We’ve been waiting for this for ages!”
“What is it?” the postal worker asked.
The woman said with pride, “My husband’s new hearing aid.”
Well, no wonder . . . !
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