Our small town Post Office fired one of its carriers last summer. He didn't think he did anything wrong in taking a continuing education course. He paid for it himself and did it on his own time. But when the postmaster found out he had learned to recognize all his numbers, he was overqualified.
My dad worked in the Post Office. In the old days the employees came up with most of the jokes about their inefficiency. They knew how to laugh at themselves. When the cost of a first class stamp was raised from 7 cents to 11 cents, they explained, "It takes so long to deliver mail that we have to charge for storage." (Back then they delivered their route twice a day.)
Our small town Post Office fired one of its carriers last summer. He didn't think he did anything wrong in taking a continuing education course. He paid for it himself and did it on his own time. But when the postmaster found out he had learned to recognize all his numbers, he was overqualified.
My dad worked in the Post Office. In the old days the employees came up with most of the jokes about their inefficiency. They knew how to laugh at themselves. When the cost of a first class stamp was raised from 7 cents to 11 cents, they explained, "It takes so long to deliver mail that we have to charge for storage." (Back then they delivered their route twice a day.)
YEP, that’s still relevant today.
Stamps are so expensive the college kids can’t afford to write home for money. (From Milton Berle)
Most of the time people get what’s coming to them — unless it’s mailed. ( Same source)
Great one-liners! George and Gracie were great... and George on his own. I enjoyed his book 'All My Best Friends'.
Wow, I completely forgot about George Burns.