People can be so nice sometimes...

So we headed out to mail off my bad cf card. We had specific instructions.

1. It had to be in an anti-static bag.
2. It needed to be shipped in a box, not an envelope.
3. It could not be packed with packing peanuts, newspaper or bubble wrap.
4. It could be packed with foam rubber??
5. It had to have a label with specific information they had emailed us.
6. The box had to have a specific number written on it LARGE so it could be quicker.
7. It had to have a tracking number or delivery confirmation.
8. It couldn't be from a PO Box, had to have a physical addy.

So we set out on this mission to meet these 8 goals. Anti-static bag??? Okay, so I look it up and It's one of these Hey that's cool and all, but where do you buy one of those??? I had one when it was shipped to me, but that's long gone. We take off to Walmart thinking hey maybe, just maybe. Nope, but the guy there said try G&S Computers downtown. Okay, but where is that??? I have lived outside if this town my entire life, but only know the basics (how to get to the post office, the bank, pizza hut, the school, and walmart) Nowhere in my database is G&S Computers. So Walmart guy says they may just give you a bag, they are easy to come by for them. (#1 nice person of the day) Yeah I imagine so.

Anyhow we drive down the main street downtown, no store. Okay, try the next street, this is where all the bars seem to be. What do ya know! There it is!!!!!!! Hubby goes in and asks the lady at the counter, she smiles and shuffles a few things (I can see through the window) TADA!!!! We're in business! It's a used one, but she gives it to him FREE!!!!! Hubby tells her thanks and she's awesome. She grins. (#2 nice person of the day)

Next, find a box... ugh come back to that later, we need to see how big this box needs to be considering the restrictions on packing peanuts and such. So Foam Rubber. Who has that and sells that? Nope not Walmart. Try the UPS store across the street. Nope. She suggests Radio Shack next door. (#3 nice person of the day) Radio shack guy says nope, they don't have any laying around, but aren't surprised the lady at ups store sent him over, they always bum that stuff off of them. He suggests the other mailing center downtown. (#4 nice person of the day)

We go and find the mailing center, which is just doors down from the computer store. The lady in there grabbed some foam stuff she had laying around and wrapped it up and taped it as well. Money refused again. (#5 nice person of the day) Now to find a box. We're off to the post office. I've already got the label printed out from home. Hubby brings out a box, a tiny one. We need this big wad of foam to fit in that??? So I take the foam apart, use the excess tape to tape the label on and we're in business. I then write in HUGE letters the given number on the label, for quicker processing. Only two more. Delivery confirmation ~ check and no PO BOX ~ check, that's the only one that scares me, our mail gets lost if we use the physical addy, but I'm hoping they ship it fedex or ups!

So there for less than $5 to ship and 5 nice people in a day later, it's on its way. As far as I see nice people just don't come around often enough these days. It was quite a pleasant experience all in all. It's just a nice change to see people helping people instead of all the grumbling about their days, rotting in their little portions of the earth. How often do you see nice people? Or am I just in a very angry, annoyed part of the country?