7 Days: Day 3 – Nuts to the postman

21 December 2009

The gift I wanted to get Debbie for Christmas is best priced across the other side of the Atlantic and so I enlisted help from Bethany to place the order and then I’d pay her back (and we know how easy that was). Being a generous soul, Bethany enclosed a little something for me in the parcel too.

Today the packet arrived in the backlog of post that had built up over our snowy few days. Apparently our postman isn’t one for getting too much snow on his boots. There were envelopes from around the world for me and then Bethany’s parcel.

It was bound with tape that read “Received in damaged condition. Rewrapped by U.S. Postal Service”. The tape seemed to cover only a tear in the padded envelope and so I didn’t think too much of it. I opened it up and inside was the gift for Debbie, a Christmas card and a plastic bag – which had a sizeable rip in it and nothing but a few crumbs inside. The hand-written label revealed that they were the remnants of what I’m sure were delicious sweet & spicy candied nuts.

“Just for you” Bethany had written on the label, “Sharing is totally optional”.

Apparently not.

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7 Responses to “7 Days: Day 3 – Nuts to the postman”

Sonja
21st December 2009 @ 6:44 pm

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
I’m guessing our mailmen might be sorely underpaid. :(
Cindy Streams
21st December 2009 @ 7:05 pm

No fair! I hope that the grinch who ate your candied nuts got a major tummy ache. How could someone do such a thing? And then have the nerve to put the bag back into your package. What a jerk!
bethany actually
21st December 2009 @ 9:46 pm

Aw, man. I hope it wasn’t a poor wrapping job on my part that caused the problem. I don’t *think* the nuts would have been sharp enough to rip a hole in the bag AND the padded envelope. Sheesh.
Carolyn J.
22nd December 2009 @ 1:22 am

Bethany should send another round with Ex-lax mixed in.
SAJ
22nd December 2009 @ 7:24 am

No way! I can’t even believe this!!
Anita
22nd December 2009 @ 8:19 pm

Found your blog through SAJ will follow because I found it pleasant and I love those ornaments you make.
Nuts, monkey and otherwise : dreamdust
15th January 2010 @ 8:25 pm

[...] But talking of edible nuts: you will remember that the delightful Bethany sent me a bag of candied nuts at Christmas. And the postman, fearing I may have a nut allergy, did the festive, kind-hearted thing and ate them for me. [...]