Deodorant And Bath Gel And New Shoes

I like Ebay. I buy stuff and I sell stuff and I think it's just about the most fabulous place for stuff IN THE WORLD. You can find ANYTHING on Ebay. So Tom needed some new deodorant recently. He has some seriously annoying important issues with deodorant - it has to be a certain brand and a certain smell and, OMG, it has to be a clear stick, not a clear gel or a clear solid but a clear stick, or THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT WILL COME TO AN END. Or his pits will break out. You know. Whichever comes first.

We had looked at several stores and come to the conclusion that they must have quit making the stuff. Isn't that just the most annoying thing in the world? When they quit making that stuff you like and you use and you really, really need? So, we thought. Hey, Ebay! And because Ebay has, like, everything that you might possibly want on God's green earth and then some extra stuff that nobody in their right mind would want, they had his deodorant. So we bought some. You may think I am kidding. So here's my evidence that we actually bought deodorant. On Ebay.

I have also found an elusive fragrance of bath gel from Bath and Body Works that they quit making - again, don't you hate that? And I might possibly have bought one three six pairs of shoes on Ebay one time. So you can see when I saw this youtube video, I could totally relate. Totally. Can't you?

Is your package ready to MAIL??

I mail a lot of packages. I list and sell on Ebay, so I mail a lot of packages. My packages are always neatly packed with a preprinted label. Even when I have to stand in line to send something by Airmail, the item is IN THE PACKAGE. I realize I have learned a lot about the packing and mailing process in the last couple of years, but come on.

What's with the people who don't have their packages ready? I'm not talking about those who haven't sealed their packages because they don't, apparently, own tape (Duh, they DO sell tape EVERYWHERE) or don't have a label (Again, Duh) or need to look up a zip code. I'm talking about those people who walk in the Post Office with their item, like literally a little outfit for precious Suzie's birthday, not even in a package. They have no envelope or package, no label, no tape. Just a clueless look. And an expectation that the clerk at the counter will help them package up their items and get them in the mail. And, because the clerks at the Post Office (at least at some branches) are nice, understanding people, they do help them get everything ready to mail.

Meanwhile, I am standing there in line with my nicely sealed package, just waiting to send it by Airmail. Tapping my foot. Getting more annoyed.

I think they should have two lines at the Post Office. One that says "Get in Line Here if You Have Packed, Taped, Sealed and Labeled Your Package and Are Ready To Go Home Because You Have Worked Hard All Day Teaching Children Not To Wipe Boogers On Each Other Because It Is Not Polite" (OK, maybe that could be slightly shorter. Or not quite so specific.)

And the other one says "Clueless Losers Who Are Holding Their Items In Their Hands And Are Not At All Ready To Mail Them".

What? It could work.