Thursday, April 30, 2009

The postman ate my chocolate!!!!

So, you thought the USA was the land of all opportunities!! Now, here is another story from Egypt, the land of all possibilities!
My dear friend Leen from Belgium sent me a little parcel some time ago.
The postman came to my door last Thursday with it but i was not there and he did not want to leave it with Elin (my room mate). He said i shud be there to receive it. Well, he never came back again, so i went to the post office yesterday around 4 pm. After many gestures and arms up in the air, and me trying to speak 5 words of Arabic and tell them i need my parcel, another man came (who spoke more English). He said: "you need to come back tomorrow, between 8 am- 3 pm". He couldnt tell me why...
I went back today - a different lady - i tell her the situation, she says my parcel is in Ramses - at the main post office in Cairo; i try to tell her that the postman had it last Thrusday, therefore my parcel is in Maadi; why would it go back to Ramses?? She doesnt quite understand me ... i dropped it, as i had the driver waiting for me outside (illegally parked - as if it matters, anyway!)
I left very disapointed ... i dont know what is in the parcel - might be some Belgian chocolate; i hate the thought of the postman eating my chocolate!! Just try and picture a postman eating my chocolate right now!! :(( :X

Friends from work said the Egyptian mail service is quite good and that they've received most of the parcels they were sent from abroad - even money in a card!!! (u shud've seen my shocked face when i heard that!).
i hope he didnt eat all of it, and i will be able to track it!

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