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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