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Mar. 12th, 2007 03:16 pmOn my way to drop my daughter off at school this morning, I stopped at the small-town post office near her school to mail a story to the UK. This is the first time in 20 years or so that I've been in this particular post office.
First thing, the woman chewed me a new one for not spelling out "UNITED KINGDOM" fully, as apparently there could be some confusion that will cause my mail to get lost if I use something as apparently ambiguous as "UK". It's been a rule for years, she told me. I'm willing to believe that, but I've mailed a metric tonne of stuff to the UK and never once had anyone have problems with the abbreviation.
Second, despite the fact that it was under an ounce and just paper, she made me fill out a customs form for it and says that's a new rule too.
WTF? Has anyone else had this happen to them?
First thing, the woman chewed me a new one for not spelling out "UNITED KINGDOM" fully, as apparently there could be some confusion that will cause my mail to get lost if I use something as apparently ambiguous as "UK". It's been a rule for years, she told me. I'm willing to believe that, but I've mailed a metric tonne of stuff to the UK and never once had anyone have problems with the abbreviation.
Second, despite the fact that it was under an ounce and just paper, she made me fill out a customs form for it and says that's a new rule too.
WTF? Has anyone else had this happen to them?
