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Re: Mailing fish ... and going postal
I recently had one of my cariers see the Live Fish on the side and drive
them out to me directly before starting the rounds so that they wouldn't
sit in the truck baking all that time. Of course, when folks say "X
(health care, 7 eleven, whatever) would be run like the post office!" I
usually think to myself "well, that'd be a pretty good improvement then!
Doug
>I've had the same great service, but I always have them shipped to me at
>work and the delivery guy calls up when he gets there so I can go down to
>the basement and pick them up. It would take an extra day or two to get
>them at home unless they left them outside, in which case they would be
>cooked by the time I got there.
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> Drummond
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>>From: "Doug Dame" <dameda at shands_ufl.edu>
>>Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
>>To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>>Subject: Re: Mailing fish ... and going postal
>>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 13:41:04 -0400
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>>Canada isn't involved but ..... heh, this is almost on-topic ....
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>> ... I got a phone call this morning.
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>>From my local post office, where I don't personally know anybody. (I'm
>>never there during normal hours.)
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>>"We have a package just come for you. It says it has Live Fish in it."
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>>(1) I'm in Florida, and this package came from Ohio, and was supposed to be
>>mailed yesterday, so that's quick.
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>> [But wait, there's more. Not only do you get these 6 ginzu knives but
>>....]
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>>(2) The lady at the post office called my house and left a message on the
>>machine there.
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>>(3) She then somehow figured out my work number ... maybe it was on the
>>package, although I don't recall having given it to the sender ... and then
>>she made another call and got me at work.
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>>(4) My work isn't even in the same area code .. it's a long distance call.
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>>WOW. Talk about delighting the customer !!! They went waaay beyond my
>>expectations.
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>>(I'm going to have to send them an xmas card. Guess I ought to hand-deliver
>>it, tho.)
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>>
>>Doug Dame
>>Interlachen FL
>> * home of some great postal people
>> * who knew ??? now I do
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