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Treasa's avatar

Laugh out loud the whole way through. This is so relatable. My postman told me recently that I do too much online shopping! Still feeling guilty?

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Martin Hughes's avatar

Hehe! Everything I get is delivered these days...even the groceries. It's a steady stream all week long. 😆

I'm not feeling so guilty now, because I'm sure the poor delivery person shouldn't have had the package in the first place.

It turned up the next day in a big lorry, with a 2-person crew to tackle it. Thankfully, the delivery was successful this time. 😅

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Treasa's avatar

Life dropped on your doorstep. More time for writing :)

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Penny Harrison's avatar

Such a simple every day occurrence (except for the giant size of the parcel) but with so many emotions attached! Quite interesting really, the onslaught of ‘stuff’ we’re dealing with, daily.

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Martin Hughes's avatar

It was an amusement for us, and despite the cheeky attempt by the driver, I still felt sorry for him. Peeps doing deliveries must have a constant barrage of 'stuff' to deal with. A surprise around every corner!

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Penny Harrison's avatar

Oh gosh, yeah they must! I always think it must be a pain for them when they need the loo too, but that’s another story!

What I meant by the ‘stuff’ we’re dealing with is how such ordinary things give us emotions to have to handle, like the slight guilt you felt for not taking it.

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Martin Hughes's avatar

True, every single thing we do is connected with everything else. There's so much beauty in it all, even though the emotions can feel uncomfortable from time to time.

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Priya Iyer's avatar

Wonder what was in it?

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Martin Hughes's avatar

In all that time, we hadn't even considered what was in it. 😆

Funnily enough, we'd been expecting a large delivery too yesterday. Not quite so large and heavy, but going in that direction. And *that* didn't turn up.

If the driver hadn't actually stated the name of the person the package was for, I might have started second-guessing all this and thinking it was meant for us all along...

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