\tI don\u0092t know what it is about the people who work in the post offices here, but they all think that it\u0092s part of their job not only to mail your package, but to advise you on how to mail it. Maybe not so much advise… as scoff at your idea.
\n \tI went this morning to mail a package with not a great deal of monetary value, but with a fair amount of heft to it. Yes, it\u0092s a Christmas gift which I\u0092ve waited until the 9th of December to mail. No, it isn\u0092t vital that it get to its recipient on time, but it would be nice.
\n\tSo I hand over my package and tell him I want to send it \u0093prioritaire.\u0094 No one sends things priority mail here. They just won\u0092t spend the money. He looked at me like I had to be pulling his leg and he didn\u0092t care for the gesture. \u0093Prioritaire???\u0094 he asked the question as if he were certain by my accent that I was using the wrong word. \u0093Oui. Prioritaire. C\u0092est pour noel.\u0094 (Yes, priority. It\u0092s for Christmas.) He said something about how that is so expensive, if it isn\u0092t urgent there\u0092s no need…. the need is that I\u0092ve sent this \u0093economique\u0094 in the past and if you mail it 2-3 months ahead of when you need it, it\u0092s fine. So I asked him how much prioritaire would cost. He didn\u0092t even know, yet he\u0092d scoffed. So he looked it up. 36 Euros and change. Ok, that is a lot. That\u0092s three and a half times more than the value of the package. How much is economique? Twenty-four and change. Still too much, but maneageable. So basically the employee of the company talked me out of spending 12 Euros I\u0092d have otherwise happily (ok, maybe not exactly happily) spent. I have no idea why the French government is facing a spending crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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