A package gone astray
"Ladies and gentlemen, dear public, you can now
enchanted evening and take you to a fantastic story of how she saw the world a second time. Let me tell of the mysterious package, which took up all the way from Germany to Japan to bring me to the Christmas spirit. It is a story of detours, difficulties and disappointments, but also of unspeakable joy and happiness comforting.
Now listen, ladies and Gentlemen, and let pass the time a little.
It started at 11.12. of 2010, which is now in a few hours will lean towards an end. A loving mother packed in big cities Lichen Kaff Großdresbach together the home of the nutty animals and the general chaos that haunt the world even today, a Christmas package for their daughter, but rather un-Christmassy in Kumamoto in the far Japan will probably just spent an exceptionally relaxed Saturday.
This peaceful circumstances should you, dear audience, but do not mislead. Do not be fooled by this idyllic setting. The package was
now filled so well on the 9000km long way to its destination, with various delicacies and gifts of loving family. In 13 days, it knew it was Christmas and wanted to make their way to Kumamoto at any price up to that date. But the circumstances were against it: it can no longer be said with absolute certainty whether it was the severe winter weather around the world, or whether the progress of our great package by competition with so many other packages in his nature, was held back, but the weeks went by, one, two flew by so quickly and still was not the goal in sight. And so
it was that the recipient of his eagerly awaited and every day her letter box on the little note of the dorm office verified, but which was never in it. Even when Christmas finally stood at the door, as the holy evening came, followed by two days of Christmas, still had the package not found the way to her. Who can blame the poor thing? With all the kanji on the signs in Japan need indeed ever a good 10 minutes, until you looked up the first line in the dictionary.
No snowflake thought it necessary, the Christmas spirit to the lonely recipient to bring the whole and not even then was to mute, to celebrate the festival without her family. And so it was that she spent the worst Christmas days of her life and now almost certainly know what it means to have gathered his family safe and sound around them.
began on the last Christmas Day, the recipient of a flu and was on for 4 days in bed, except for a few minutes a day in which they are in pajamas the stairs went down to her mailbox to see if the package was it finally arrived. What a terrible end would have taken our history, they would not have been on 30 on the way to the shopping Mailbox opened completely, instead of just after the slip of paper was glued to the usual caretakers to the outside of the box.
See, in my letterbox a notification of Japan Post, which said that the delivery of the long-awaited package of 29 had not been possible. What a surprise! But ... What now? The caretaker's office she found 29 to 3.1. closed before. So only one path leading to the goal: it had to run with the note to the post office and ask the officer what had it with this slip up. After all, who studied for hours every kanji out on such a stupid piece of paper if you can also directly ask the experts? So thought our rotten recipient and put the plan into action.
The Office was received them from a rather bored civil servant who tried to explain to her briefly, and with mime gestures that they should call a designated number, which was on the list.
It is now undecided whether it was the dumbfounded expression of the recipient, which informed the officers that something as simple as "shite kudasai Kono DENWA bango" ("You must call this number") them absolutely for granted in normal Japanese were, or whether there was another reason which prompted the officer to the rest of the declaration to make far more incomprehensible terms. In any case, understood the recipient of our serviceable package now only Shanghai Railway Station. And then you put the officers also have a question! Now it was time to keep a clear head. Was it a yes-or-no question? Probably. Saved! "Hai" ("Yes!") Was always a good answer. And already babbled on the woman. For the entire word salad, our recipient tinkered so on the way home (it had, of course at that exact moment started to rain) with the fact that the woman had asked her if she was at home the rest of the day and that she should then call the number shown.
new courage so she ran home and barely noticed the apartment door behind her, she was not their doing. Had the woman not perhaps rather asked if they would be outside the home? What now? Council was needed. It quickly became their PC is turned on and, thank heaven, Marijke was found online. The pair were now so over the future of the mission "packet receive" and Marijke they pointed to the home page of the Post, on which was written that undeliverable packages at the following Day between 19 und 21 clock would be brought again. Good things waiting for the recipient so on the package: in vain.
So there was only one choice: they had to call in to a phone number from which not even know what that should ever be a number. The world had conspired against them.
After further discussion about whether they themselves or Marijke, should call their own or with their Chinese roommate to help with this number (because her Chinese roommate spoke much better Japanese than the recipient), she grabbed the levity and laundry ; Sample number - alone and without Assistance in the area. The probability was high but in the end that draws such a large company such as Japan post a belt loop, the caller, right? And if they do not understand something, then she could finally hang up and look up the words, right? Wrong!
For it, a woman reported at the other end of the line that sounded pretty real. "Help!" the recipient of our thought and began immediately to babbling unintelligible nonsense. That it had received a message from the post due to a package that could explain so far. But where were suddenly vocabulary to explain that she had not received the package and would have like to resent? After several failed attempts, she hit the woman at the other end, finally, explain to her in English, because where was the problem.
In English, of course, the problem was resolved quickly and it was searched all the necessary information together, which took the woman for the re-delivery. But where the hell the recipient should now get their phone number harsh, but if it was stored in the mobile phone with which she was on the phone with the woman from the post office?
Also for this Problem was found quickly a solution and so it happened that way, the recipient had to call Marijke, dictated her then her own phone number they gave it to the postal workers.
Pretty much effort for a package, you think? Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is Japan! But
was told that the package only a few hours later and finally after 20 days of the tour found its way into the hands of our recipient. And what not for beautiful and festive things in it were! The fresh tidy room sank immediately in the chaos of packing materials, gifts and eat and the more unpacked the recipient, the happier she became. And forgotten was the fixed date and the limited time, for all these things aroused the Christmas spirit in her as something else never before. And happy they started singing Christmas carols as they tucked the signs of the love of family, or sets up. While the outside was quiet the snow. "
Is that not even a slightly different Christmas story? ^ ^ It's not The Fairytale of Kumamoto, but The Nightmare After Christmas, but there was a happy ending but still:) So I would like
now available to all Thank those involved for this wonderful gift.
Thank Ningie and Dad for all these delicacies and practical things for everyday life. Of the glasses are all but one remained sealed and are now in the freezer. Can you eat the contents of the glass, which has risen, because now? Thank you also for the other gift ^ ^
Thank you, Grandma Edith, for the beautiful candles and the wonderful card:) The snow man is the coolest thing I've ever seen! He now sits in front of the small Christmas tree, with the bracelet on his hat, for that I can not make. But it's nevertheless good for decoration:) Thanks also for the generous donation;)
Thank you, Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Heinz, for my favorite cat's tongue and the body lotion. As always you had, Grandma, the right nose and sent me exactly the right thing, for I fear that my body lotion will not last much longer and that is exactly the lotion, which I always used! And thanks for the great gift. You understand already ^ ^ Thank you also to
Sisti for the cool T-shirt and calendar. You can tell, you know me really good ^ ^ My beloved Nightmare Before Christmas, even though this year was saved for me not from the U.S. Army and the real Santa Claus XD But for that I am happier now! And the calendar is already;)
This night it has snowed enough that a little lying on the roof remains, as this morning we went to the shopping, the air smelled of snow and it was cold as it should be for the winter. This alone has already put me in a good mood, because so far this winter has been missing here, something that is finally in place. And now, on New Year's Eve, I am now into the Christmas spirit that does not end with a dinner or gifts must, for your lovely gifts I got so at last. It is simply the feeling that you are with me:)
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