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Recently I made a rather large purchase of spiders on the inet from a couple of different dealers. This past Wednesday I was expecting a package from Spiderpatch that would be coming through US Mail. Well, our mail carrier apparently was in a rush or something and had the 'Sorry We Missed You' slip already filled out, gave a light rap on the door, and was going to put the slip on the door when my wife, who'd been watching from the living room the whole time, tells her to wait. So my wife gets to the door and is all smiles and whatnot, and the mail carrier gives her the package, which she signs for, and my wife says "Great, my box of spiders is here!" The mail lady was apparently taken aback and asked if they were alive, to which my wife replied "Oh yes, live baby tarantulas. Thanks!" and goes back into the house.
Cut to Saturday morning, I'm expecting a package from Golden Phoenix Exotica, which will also be coming US Mail, and I'm pondering the possible scenarios:
1. Mail carrier yells 'Get your damn spiders!' drops the box on the deck and runs screaming back to her car.
2. Mail carrier asks if the first package was really live spiders to which I say "Nah, my wife was just messing with you." then wait for her to breathe a sigh of relief before saying "No, THIS is the box of live spiders you're holding right there."
3. Get a knock on the door and a polite notice that the Post Office will no longer be delivering anything to me at all.
Instead, it was actually quite the opposite, a nice, loud, clear knock and a very polite and courteous delivery of the package. I think it helped that our miniature pinscher bolted out the front door and I had to baseball slide on the front lawn to catch him, since it showed that we also own "normal" pets.
In addition to Spiderpatch and Golden Phoenix I also ordered from Kelly Swift, but that came in through Airborne Express so there were no antics with the Post Office.
Adrian
Cut to Saturday morning, I'm expecting a package from Golden Phoenix Exotica, which will also be coming US Mail, and I'm pondering the possible scenarios:
1. Mail carrier yells 'Get your damn spiders!' drops the box on the deck and runs screaming back to her car.
2. Mail carrier asks if the first package was really live spiders to which I say "Nah, my wife was just messing with you." then wait for her to breathe a sigh of relief before saying "No, THIS is the box of live spiders you're holding right there."
3. Get a knock on the door and a polite notice that the Post Office will no longer be delivering anything to me at all.
Instead, it was actually quite the opposite, a nice, loud, clear knock and a very polite and courteous delivery of the package. I think it helped that our miniature pinscher bolted out the front door and I had to baseball slide on the front lawn to catch him, since it showed that we also own "normal" pets.
In addition to Spiderpatch and Golden Phoenix I also ordered from Kelly Swift, but that came in through Airborne Express so there were no antics with the Post Office.
Adrian