Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4787621)

Consider it washed - spent half an hour in the Post Office at Chermside :eek: if I don't murder that old cow one day it'll be a miracle.

Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 4787635)

Do you want some help :D

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4787872)

Todays extravaganza didn't involve the usual "your British passport is illegal in Australia" fiasco, it centred around "I'd like to buy this please"
"Theres no price on it"
"well, could you please find out the price as I'd like to buy it"
"theres no price on it"
"well could you look it up"
"Its new"
"well could you look it up please!"
"That means I have to find the invoice"
"Could you do that then please, I don't mind waiting"
"WHY? You don't REALLY want it do you?"
"Well, thats why I've been standing in the queue!"

The woman running the next till said that I had been so patient I should get it for free :D which wound up Mrs Pom Hater even more then ever!!!

After 30 minutes it turned out the price was $5.95, which was what I'd suggested in the first place, and the other woman said she couldn't understand my patience as she'd have hit her colleague by that point :D :D

This round to me I feel......!

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4787872)

Todays extravaganza didn't involve the usual "your British passport is illegal in Australia" fiasco, it centred around "I'd like to buy this please"
"Theres no price on it"
"well, could you please find out the price as I'd like to buy it"
"theres no price on it"
"well could you look it up"
"Its new"
"well could you look it up please!"
"That means I have to find the invoice"
"Could you do that then please, I don't mind waiting"
"WHY? You don't REALLY want it do you?"
"Well, thats why I've been standing in the queue!"

The woman running the next till said that I had been so patient I should get it for free :D which wound up Mrs Pom Hater even more then ever!!!

After 30 minutes it turned out the price was $5.95, which was what I'd suggested in the first place, and the other woman said she couldn't understand my patience as she'd have hit her colleague by that point :D :D

This round to me I feel......!

Originally Posted by rossifumi (Post 4788305)

Which Post Office is this, I'm going to have to visit.

Originally Posted by annqldau (Post 4788368)

Where did you pop up from, we just commented the other day you seemed to have disappeared of the face of the expats?

How goes things?

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4787872)

Todays extravaganza didn't involve the usual "your British passport is illegal in Australia" fiasco, it centred around "I'd like to buy this please"
"Theres no price on it"
"well, could you please find out the price as I'd like to buy it"
"theres no price on it"
"well could you look it up"
"Its new"
"well could you look it up please!"
"That means I have to find the invoice"
"Could you do that then please, I don't mind waiting"
"WHY? You don't REALLY want it do you?"
"Well, thats why I've been standing in the queue!"

The woman running the next till said that I had been so patient I should get it for free :D which wound up Mrs Pom Hater even more then ever!!!

After 30 minutes it turned out the price was $5.95, which was what I'd suggested in the first place, and the other woman said she couldn't understand my patience as she'd have hit her colleague by that point :D :D

This round to me I feel......!

Originally Posted by rossifumi (Post 4788305)

Which Post Office is this, I'm going to have to visit.

Originally Posted by annqldau (Post 4788368)

Where did you pop up from, we just commented the other day you seemed to have disappeared of the face of the expats?

How goes things?

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4788491)

Chermside :D She's the one with blonde hair and viscious looking nails. Offer her a British passport and she holds it gingerly as if she's going to catch somehting from it, then declares it an "illegal document and not proper ID". Thought I was in luck today, she wasn't in evidence, but she emerged from her lair when her colleague couldn't work out the price! Have to admit I was tempted to leave the thing, wasn't worth the hassle, but once she got involved I couldn't walk away!!

Originally Posted by rossifumi (Post 4788502)

Next to the pet shop?

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4788538)

Thats the one. She lurks at the back counter looking savage. Used to work at Toombul and had a lovely argument with me there about how I couldn't post a parcel until i brought in my Aussie driving licence......don't have a British one never mind an Aussie one! The whole queue had a go that day as she insisted everyone has a driving licence and those waiting patiently proceeded to rubbish this statement as it deserved. She's now followed me across to Chermside .....

Originally Posted by Hutch (Post 4788785)

Should round up 50 or so expat chums and send 'em all in, one after the other ... hopefully the old bat will blow a fuse like an out-logic'd robot :D

Originally Posted by rossifumi (Post 4781680)

One month, I had people haranguing me at the airport when we landed. :D