the post office

The local post office is a great place to wind away a couple of hours. It is an ideal place for old people to socialise due to the fact that there are very few young people who go there.

At the post office old people can stock up on ink for their fountain pens along with fancy letter paper and envelopes that only old people seem to buy.

Why not get there early?

Many old people camp out all night before pension day so they can be first in the queue  when it opens. This is a kickback from the ration days during and after the war where people used to cue up for things such as meat, bread, sugar and Birds Custard Powder.

Plenty to do

At the post office there are a wide range of activities to get involved in such as:

• Queuing up for ages
• Jumping the queue if there are any young people in front
• Moaning about the young mothers and children
• Moaning to the counter staff about the cost of a television license
• Asking for official forms that they do not have in stock
• Buying stamps for everything
• Talking to the counter staff about your life problems
• Holding up busy people who are trying to renew their car tax disc
• Posting things that take ages to arrive at their destination (if they ever do!)
• Buying cheap toys and tacky stocking fillers for your grandchildren
• Purchasing packs of letter paper and envelopes in violet colour
• Using old fashioned services such as sending letters by post

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