What's with the weird new virtual waiting room?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This is already getting old.

What's with the lines at the Post Office?  Why have all those teller windows if only one person is working?

And why do they keep leaving me "Sorry we missed you" notes when I know perfectly well they never rang the bell because I have been home ALL DAY with the baby?

They just wish you'd come and visit more often. Been a while since you've had a chance to chat.

[Richard Chuggar]

What's the deal with politics?

[Brownie]

Amazingly soft market for the Ricketts. I did buy two seats in 434 for Opening Day and 4 tickets in 137 for a July 18 game vs. the Phils.

[smg]

Amazingly soft market for the Ricketts. I did buy two seats in 434 for Opening Day and 4 tickets in 137 for a July 18 game vs. the Phils.

I bought one game, but it let me in for all tabs at the same time, and by the time I'd bought the one game, all the other tabs locked me out.  I also couldn't get three tickets to the St. Louis game and ended up with the Reds in August.  I'm limited to weekend games, and even have to skip some Sundays at that -- and I'm not going before June, because I have been too cold too many times, so now I'm stuck with whatever is left next time I get in, basically.

[Richard Chuggar]

Amazingly soft market for the Ricketts. I did buy two seats in 434 for Opening Day and 4 tickets in 137 for a July 18 game vs. the Phils.

I bought one game, but it let me in for all tabs at the same time, and by the time I'd bought the one game, all the other tabs locked me out.  I also couldn't get three tickets to the St. Louis game and ended up with the Reds in August.  I'm limited to weekend games, and even have to skip some Sundays at that -- and I'm not going before June, because I have been too cold too many times, so now I'm stuck with whatever is left next time I get in, basically.

Meet you at Slugger's after the game.

[Saul Goodman]

What's with people's knees? Cover your knees up if you're going to be walking around everywhere!

[smg]

This is already getting old.

What's with the lines at the Post Office?  Why have all those teller windows if only one person is working?

And why do they keep leaving me "Sorry we missed you" notes when I know perfectly well they never rang the bell because I have been home ALL DAY with the baby?

They just wish you'd come and visit more often. Been a while since you've had a chance to chat.

OK, before it was funny.  Now, I'm actually mad.  I just went to pick up the package from the slip they left for no reason.  It's not a real post office, it's a sorting facility -- they don't sell postage, do any of that complicated 98 options for how to send a package stuff, all they do with respect to the public is let you pick up packages.  It went like this: (i) she couldn't find the package, (ii) she couldn't find a scanner, (iii) she found a scanner, but it wasn't working, (iv) she found another scanner, (v) she found the package, (vi) she asked me if I had a pen, (vii) she went looking for a pen, (viii) she let me sign for it.  It took about 10 minutes, while the baby cried. 

The package turned out to be a Nordstrom gift card of indeterminate amount, as a baby present, from distant cousins.  Hey, thanks!  Probably the card isn't enough to cover a mascara from the cosmetics counter, but thanks for the outing!  Now, I have to write a thank you note, and find a stupid mailbox, which for some reason is always harder than it should be.  I know, I sound really grateful.

And did everyone discover that Cubs tickets are on sale at 11 or so?  Because once they kicked me back to the end of the line, I haven't moved up over an inch and it has been over an hour.  They could have warned us that it wasn't random this year -- I didn't join the line till just before 10, as there never seemed to be any advantage in getting in line half an hour before the sales started. 

[Slaky]

This is already getting old.

What's with the lines at the Post Office?  Why have all those teller windows if only one person is working?

And why do they keep leaving me "Sorry we missed you" notes when I know perfectly well they never rang the bell because I have been home ALL DAY with the baby?

They just wish you'd come and visit more often. Been a while since you've had a chance to chat.

OK, before it was funny.  Now, I'm actually mad.  I just went to pick up the package from the slip they left for no reason.  It's not a real post office, it's a sorting facility -- they don't sell postage, do any of that complicated 98 options for how to send a package stuff, all they do with respect to the public is let you pick up packages.  It went like this: (i) she couldn't find the package, (ii) she couldn't find a scanner, (iii) she found a scanner, but it wasn't working, (iv) she found another scanner, (v) she found the package, (vi) she asked me if I had a pen, (vii) she went looking for a pen, (viii) she let me sign for it.  It took about 10 minutes, while the baby cried. 

The package turned out to be a Nordstrom gift card of indeterminate amount, as a baby present, from distant cousins.  Hey, thanks!  Probably the card isn't enough to cover a mascara from the cosmetics counter, but thanks for the outing!  Now, I have to write a thank you note, and find a stupid mailbox, which for some reason is always harder than it should be.  I know, I sound really grateful.

And did everyone discover that Cubs tickets are on sale at 11 or so?  Because once they kicked me back to the end of the line, I haven't moved up over an inch and it has been over an hour.  They could have warned us that it wasn't random this year -- I didn't join the line till just before 10, as there never seemed to be any advantage in getting in line half an hour before the sales started. 

I hate thank you notes. What a waste of paper. Why can't people accept thank you emails? Let's abolish this archaic, anti-environmental process.

If I send you a gift, I can safely assume you are thankful. If you hate it, I don't care. It's yours now. I don't need confirmation of your gratitude.

[smg]

This is already getting old.

What's with the lines at the Post Office?  Why have all those teller windows if only one person is working?

And why do they keep leaving me "Sorry we missed you" notes when I know perfectly well they never rang the bell because I have been home ALL DAY with the baby?

They just wish you'd come and visit more often. Been a while since you've had a chance to chat.

OK, before it was funny.  Now, I'm actually mad.  I just went to pick up the package from the slip they left for no reason.  It's not a real post office, it's a sorting facility -- they don't sell postage, do any of that complicated 98 options for how to send a package stuff, all they do with respect to the public is let you pick up packages.  It went like this: (i) she couldn't find the package, (ii) she couldn't find a scanner, (iii) she found a scanner, but it wasn't working, (iv) she found another scanner, (v) she found the package, (vi) she asked me if I had a pen, (vii) she went looking for a pen, (viii) she let me sign for it.  It took about 10 minutes, while the baby cried. 

The package turned out to be a Nordstrom gift card of indeterminate amount, as a baby present, from distant cousins.  Hey, thanks!  Probably the card isn't enough to cover a mascara from the cosmetics counter, but thanks for the outing!  Now, I have to write a thank you note, and find a stupid mailbox, which for some reason is always harder than it should be.  I know, I sound really grateful.

And did everyone discover that Cubs tickets are on sale at 11 or so?  Because once they kicked me back to the end of the line, I haven't moved up over an inch and it has been over an hour.  They could have warned us that it wasn't random this year -- I didn't join the line till just before 10, as there never seemed to be any advantage in getting in line half an hour before the sales started. 

I hate thank you notes. What a waste of paper. Why can't people accept thank you emails? Let's abolish this archaic, anti-environmental process.

If I send you a gift, I can safely assume you are thankful. If you hate it, I don't care. It's yours now. I don't need confirmation of your gratitude.

I totally agree.  I'm much more likely to write a thoughtful, personalized note, if I can type it quickly.  My handwriting is rotten, and the process is hideously annoying.  I had to go buy notes and postage when I was 8 months pregnant and write a zillion notes.  Then I had to write more notes and get them mailed after my c-section, when the baby had to be fed or I was involved in some kind of feeding process 18 hours out of every 24, and was forbidden to drive.  And now that the pace has slowed, I lose all economies of scale, since I have to do them one at a time.  I'm usually driving to a mailbox on the way to someone else, which means stopping and starting the car, which in addition to all the energy spent delivering the mail, and on the cards/stamps is really bad for the earth.  How about an Amazon gift card that can be sent by email and that I can redeem without driving to the mall and spending on something so overpriced, I could have bought it for 30% less on Amazon anyway?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

This is already getting old.

What's with the lines at the Post Office?  Why have all those teller windows if only one person is working?

And why do they keep leaving me "Sorry we missed you" notes when I know perfectly well they never rang the bell because I have been home ALL DAY with the baby?

They just wish you'd come and visit more often. Been a while since you've had a chance to chat.

OK, before it was funny.  Now, I'm actually mad.  I just went to pick up the package from the slip they left for no reason.  It's not a real post office, it's a sorting facility -- they don't sell postage, do any of that complicated 98 options for how to send a package stuff, all they do with respect to the public is let you pick up packages.  It went like this: (i) she couldn't find the package, (ii) she couldn't find a scanner, (iii) she found a scanner, but it wasn't working, (iv) she found another scanner, (v) she found the package, (vi) she asked me if I had a pen, (vii) she went looking for a pen, (viii) she let me sign for it.  It took about 10 minutes, while the baby cried. 

The package turned out to be a Nordstrom gift card of indeterminate amount, as a baby present, from distant cousins.  Hey, thanks!  Probably the card isn't enough to cover a mascara from the cosmetics counter, but thanks for the outing!  Now, I have to write a thank you note, and find a stupid mailbox, which for some reason is always harder than it should be.  I know, I sound really grateful.

And did everyone discover that Cubs tickets are on sale at 11 or so?  Because once they kicked me back to the end of the line, I haven't moved up over an inch and it has been over an hour.  They could have warned us that it wasn't random this year -- I didn't join the line till just before 10, as there never seemed to be any advantage in getting in line half an hour before the sales started. 

I hate thank you notes. What a waste of paper. Why can't people accept thank you emails? Let's abolish this archaic, anti-environmental process.

If I send you a gift, I can safely assume you are thankful. If you hate it, I don't care. It's yours now. I don't need confirmation of your gratitude.

I totally agree.  I'm much more likely to write a thoughtful, personalized note, if I can type it quickly.  My handwriting is rotten, and the process is hideously annoying.  I had to go buy notes and postage when I was 8 months pregnant and write a zillion notes.  Then I had to write more notes and get them mailed after my c-section, when the baby had to be fed or I was involved in some kind of feeding process 18 hours out of every 24, and was forbidden to drive.  And now that the pace has slowed, I lose all economies of scale, since I have to do them one at a time.  I'm usually driving to a mailbox on the way to someone else, which means stopping and starting the car, which in addition to all the energy spent delivering the mail, and on the cards/stamps is really bad for the earth.  How about an Amazon gift card that can be sent by email and that I can redeem without driving to the mall and spending on something so overpriced, I could have bought it for 30% less on Amazon anyway?

You could be the new Bill Hicks.

[Shooter]

I hate thank you notes. What a waste of paper. Why can't people accept thank you emails? Let's abolish this archaic, anti-environmental process.

If I send you a gift, I can safely assume you are thankful. If you hate it, I don't care. It's yours now. I don't need confirmation of your gratitude.

I totally agree.  I'm much more likely to write a thoughtful, personalized note, if I can type it quickly.  My handwriting is rotten, and the process is hideously annoying.  I had to go buy notes and postage when I was 8 months pregnant and write a zillion notes.  Then I had to write more notes and get them mailed after my c-section, when the baby had to be fed or I was involved in some kind of feeding process 18 hours out of every 24, and was forbidden to drive.  And now that the pace has slowed, I lose all economies of scale, since I have to do them one at a time.  I'm usually driving to a mailbox on the way to someone else, which means stopping and starting the car, which in addition to all the energy spent delivering the mail, and on the cards/stamps is really bad for the earth.  How about an Amazon gift card that can be sent by email and that I can redeem without driving to the mall and spending on something so overpriced, I could have bought it for 30% less on Amazon anyway?

Sounds like somebody needs to get laid.

[Eli]

OK, before it was funny.  Now, I'm actually mad.  I just went to pick up the package from the slip they left for no reason.  It's not a real post office, it's a sorting facility -- they don't sell postage, do any of that complicated 98 options for how to send a package stuff, all they do with respect to the public is let you pick up packages.  It went like this: (i) she couldn't find the package, (ii) she couldn't find a scanner, (iii) she found a scanner, but it wasn't working, (iv) she found another scanner, (v) she found the package, (vi) she asked me if I had a pen, (vii) she went looking for a pen, (viii) she let me sign for it.  It took about 10 minutes, while the baby cried. 

The package turned out to be a Nordstrom gift card of indeterminate amount, as a baby present, from distant cousins.  Hey, thanks!  Probably the card isn't enough to cover a mascara from the cosmetics counter, but thanks for the outing!  Now, I have to write a thank you note, and find a stupid mailbox, which for some reason is always harder than it should be.  I know, I sound really grateful.

And did everyone discover that Cubs tickets are on sale at 11 or so?  Because once they kicked me back to the end of the line, I haven't moved up over an inch and it has been over an hour.  They could have warned us that it wasn't random this year -- I didn't join the line till just before 10, as there never seemed to be any advantage in getting in line half an hour before the sales started. 

....

I totally agree.  I'm much more likely to write a thoughtful, personalized note, if I can type it quickly.  My handwriting is rotten, and the process is hideously annoying.  I had to go buy notes and postage when I was 8 months pregnant and write a zillion notes.  Then I had to write more notes and get them mailed after my c-section, when the baby had to be fed or I was involved in some kind of feeding process 18 hours out of every 24, and was forbidden to drive.  And now that the pace has slowed, I lose all economies of scale, since I have to do them one at a time.  I'm usually driving to a mailbox on the way to someone else, which means stopping and starting the car, which in addition to all the energy spent delivering the mail, and on the cards/stamps is really bad for the earth.  How about an Amazon gift card that can be sent by email and that I can redeem without driving to the mall and spending on something so overpriced, I could have bought it for 30% less on Amazon anyway?

[smg]

OK, before it was funny.  Now, I'm actually mad.  I just went to pick up the package from the slip they left for no reason.  It's not a real post office, it's a sorting facility -- they don't sell postage, do any of that complicated 98 options for how to send a package stuff, all they do with respect to the public is let you pick up packages.  It went like this: (i) she couldn't find the package, (ii) she couldn't find a scanner, (iii) she found a scanner, but it wasn't working, (iv) she found another scanner, (v) she found the package, (vi) she asked me if I had a pen, (vii) she went looking for a pen, (viii) she let me sign for it.  It took about 10 minutes, while the baby cried. 

The package turned out to be a Nordstrom gift card of indeterminate amount, as a baby present, from distant cousins.  Hey, thanks!  Probably the card isn't enough to cover a mascara from the cosmetics counter, but thanks for the outing!  Now, I have to write a thank you note, and find a stupid mailbox, which for some reason is always harder than it should be.  I know, I sound really grateful.

And did everyone discover that Cubs tickets are on sale at 11 or so?  Because once they kicked me back to the end of the line, I haven't moved up over an inch and it has been over an hour.  They could have warned us that it wasn't random this year -- I didn't join the line till just before 10, as there never seemed to be any advantage in getting in line half an hour before the sales started. 

....

I totally agree.  I'm much more likely to write a thoughtful, personalized note, if I can type it quickly.  My handwriting is rotten, and the process is hideously annoying.  I had to go buy notes and postage when I was 8 months pregnant and write a zillion notes.  Then I had to write more notes and get them mailed after my c-section, when the baby had to be fed or I was involved in some kind of feeding process 18 hours out of every 24, and was forbidden to drive.  And now that the pace has slowed, I lose all economies of scale, since I have to do them one at a time.  I'm usually driving to a mailbox on the way to someone else, which means stopping and starting the car, which in addition to all the energy spent delivering the mail, and on the cards/stamps is really bad for the earth.  How about an Amazon gift card that can be sent by email and that I can redeem without driving to the mall and spending on something so overpriced, I could have bought it for 30% less on Amazon anyway?

Wow, I had no idea that guys thought the Cathy cartoon was funny.  I find it to be sexist drivel, but that's just me.

[CT III]

OK, before it was funny.  Now, I'm actually mad.  I just went to pick up the package from the slip they left for no reason.  It's not a real post office, it's a sorting facility -- they don't sell postage, do any of that complicated 98 options for how to send a package stuff, all they do with respect to the public is let you pick up packages.  It went like this: (i) she couldn't find the package, (ii) she couldn't find a scanner, (iii) she found a scanner, but it wasn't working, (iv) she found another scanner, (v) she found the package, (vi) she asked me if I had a pen, (vii) she went looking for a pen, (viii) she let me sign for it.  It took about 10 minutes, while the baby cried. 

The package turned out to be a Nordstrom gift card of indeterminate amount, as a baby present, from distant cousins.  Hey, thanks!  Probably the card isn't enough to cover a mascara from the cosmetics counter, but thanks for the outing!  Now, I have to write a thank you note, and find a stupid mailbox, which for some reason is always harder than it should be.  I know, I sound really grateful.

And did everyone discover that Cubs tickets are on sale at 11 or so?  Because once they kicked me back to the end of the line, I haven't moved up over an inch and it has been over an hour.  They could have warned us that it wasn't random this year -- I didn't join the line till just before 10, as there never seemed to be any advantage in getting in line half an hour before the sales started. 

....

I totally agree.  I'm much more likely to write a thoughtful, personalized note, if I can type it quickly.  My handwriting is rotten, and the process is hideously annoying.  I had to go buy notes and postage when I was 8 months pregnant and write a zillion notes.  Then I had to write more notes and get them mailed after my c-section, when the baby had to be fed or I was involved in some kind of feeding process 18 hours out of every 24, and was forbidden to drive.  And now that the pace has slowed, I lose all economies of scale, since I have to do them one at a time.  I'm usually driving to a mailbox on the way to someone else, which means stopping and starting the car, which in addition to all the energy spent delivering the mail, and on the cards/stamps is really bad for the earth.  How about an Amazon gift card that can be sent by email and that I can redeem without driving to the mall and spending on something so overpriced, I could have bought it for 30% less on Amazon anyway?

Wow, I had no idea that guys thought the Cathy cartoon was funny.  I find it to be sexist drivel, but that's just me.

You'll have to forgive Eli.  He's been casting about ever since "For Better or For Worse" ended.

[Richard Chuggar]

OK, before it was funny.  Now, I'm actually mad.  I just went to pick up the package from the slip they left for no reason.  It's not a real post office, it's a sorting facility -- they don't sell postage, do any of that complicated 98 options for how to send a package stuff, all they do with respect to the public is let you pick up packages.  It went like this: (i) she couldn't find the package, (ii) she couldn't find a scanner, (iii) she found a scanner, but it wasn't working, (iv) she found another scanner, (v) she found the package, (vi) she asked me if I had a pen, (vii) she went looking for a pen, (viii) she let me sign for it.  It took about 10 minutes, while the baby cried. 

The package turned out to be a Nordstrom gift card of indeterminate amount, as a baby present, from distant cousins.  Hey, thanks!  Probably the card isn't enough to cover a mascara from the cosmetics counter, but thanks for the outing!  Now, I have to write a thank you note, and find a stupid mailbox, which for some reason is always harder than it should be.  I know, I sound really grateful.

And did everyone discover that Cubs tickets are on sale at 11 or so?  Because once they kicked me back to the end of the line, I haven't moved up over an inch and it has been over an hour.  They could have warned us that it wasn't random this year -- I didn't join the line till just before 10, as there never seemed to be any advantage in getting in line half an hour before the sales started. 

....

I totally agree.  I'm much more likely to write a thoughtful, personalized note, if I can type it quickly.  My handwriting is rotten, and the process is hideously annoying.  I had to go buy notes and postage when I was 8 months pregnant and write a zillion notes.  Then I had to write more notes and get them mailed after my c-section, when the baby had to be fed or I was involved in some kind of feeding process 18 hours out of every 24, and was forbidden to drive.  And now that the pace has slowed, I lose all economies of scale, since I have to do them one at a time.  I'm usually driving to a mailbox on the way to someone else, which means stopping and starting the car, which in addition to all the energy spent delivering the mail, and on the cards/stamps is really bad for the earth.  How about an Amazon gift card that can be sent by email and that I can redeem without driving to the mall and spending on something so overpriced, I could have bought it for 30% less on Amazon anyway?

Wow, I had no idea that guys thought the Cathy cartoon was funny.  I find it to be sexist drivel, but that's just me.

You'll have to forgive Eli.  He's been casting about ever since "For Better or For Worse" ended.