2/29/2020

thursday february 27

today i went to pick up a package at the canada post counter in shoppers drug mart. when i arrived and told the employee my name, handing her the pickup notice that had been left in my mailbox, she enthusiastically exclaimed, "i've been waiting for you!"

this was a little surprising, but in my head it made sense -- my package was a big, heavy one. maybe she'd been looking forward to getting rid of it.

"oh yeah??" i replied as she headed to the back to find my package. as i stood there, waiting for her to come back and explain further why she'd been eagerly anticipating my arrival, i glanced to my left and realized a canada post truck driver had shown up for his end-of-day stop-in, and she'd definitely been talking to him, not me.