A Parcel of Trouble

[kerravonsen]

(grumble) I went to the post office today, to post some parcels, and they demanded ID! Which I naturally didn't have, since I don't drive those beastly things called cars. (grumble) I was all polite at the time, but I got crosser and crosser as I walked away off down the street, carrying my not-posted parcels. Bloody politicians! It doesn't make the country any safer, y'know. Like terrorists wouldn't have fake ID anyway. (grrr)

Then I went to a bookstore, to get a prezzy for Mum, and found... collected Lord Peter Wimsey short stories. Which I started reading in the bus on the way home.

I would love to see the 9th Doctor interacting with Lord Peter... (dreamy sigh)

Comments

[hawkeye7.livejournal.com]

I always give them my student id.

[kerravonsen]

But you haven't been a student in years!

My usual photo ID is my passport, but I don't make a habit of carrying it on me.

[hawkeye7.livejournal.com]

Not so - I am currently enrolled at UNSW!

[kerravonsen]

Sorry, brain-glitch didn't connect "student" with "PhD student".

[jomacmouse.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear this. I'm a non-driver too, and the last time I tried to post a parcel overseas the person at the Australia Post branch near me looked at my debit card in combination with an old student id I carry around with me just in case. I don't know if that will still work in light of recent events, but it might be something to keep in mind.

[grumpoldusenaut.livejournal.com]

I get the lecture on putting a return address on the envelope here in sunny Silicon Valley. Apparently it doesn't much matter what return address, so long as there is one...

I now get around this by using the Automat, which is a machine and doesn't care what I put on the envelope so long as it gets my credit card number and a photo of me - which, whatever I may think of it on civil liberty grounds, is actually a lot more useful in terms of finding out where envelopes full of white powder came from.