mysteries of the universe (part 1)

The Mystery Of Banking

I had no idea there was anything to be mystified about with regards to banking until yesterday, when a perfectly innocent conversation with a coworker revealed that I may have been banking *wrong* all this time.

See, I work at a store, and we go to the bank pretty much every day — get change, make deposits, that sort of thing. Whenever I go, I just hand over the bank bag and let them do their thing. I thought that’s how *everyone* did it.

But yesterday, we’re chatting at work, and my coworker says, “So I was over at the bank this week, and I had everything laid out for them just like they do, and [the teller] said it was so easy that way. She said when [another coworker] brings the banking, he confuses the hell out of them.”

Okay, WHAT? First, I have no idea what she was talking about. Are you supposed to set up the moneys for them like in Monopoly? How do I not know these things?

And SECOND, how could anyone *possibly* create confusion around our banking? It’s all written down! I’ve never had any trouble with it, and I don’t even do anything!

Basically, I learned that there are at least *three* ways to bank: the easy and helpful way (SADLY, DETAILS STILL A MYSTERY), the dullard’s way (MY WAY, SADLY AGAIN), and the ‘confusing as hell’ way (NOT SO MUCH SADLY BUT MORE WTF!BAFFLED).

Banking! Who knew?

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mysteries of the universe (part 2)

The Mystery of Mailing

On November 14 (note: a Monday), a package was shipped to me. Estimated delivery: 1-3 days. I even got a handy link to track the Post Office’s progress on my box. Yay!

Little did I know of the MYSTERIOUS MYSTERY lurking between Ohio (where my box started) and New Hampshire (where I am). Tracking started out just as expected:

November 14: URBANA, OH

From there it traveled to the bustling hub of Columbus, OH, and by November 16th was as far as Memphis, TN. Then, the Mystery Spot.

On November 17th (note: a Wednesday), the package was “processed through USPS sort facility” in (this is straight from the tracking site) UNKNOWN, UN. And disappeared off the grid for three days. What happened in UNKNOWN, UN? I’m not sure I even *want* to know.

The package re-appeared today, tracking through New Hampshire for delivery. Not exactly 1-3 days, but far better than being lost in UNKNOWN-ville forever.

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