NDBT

I believe I have called FedEx about 20 times today. The long and the short of it is; I won’t be getting it before Monday. Because, despite the fact that I submitted the form (that wasn’t given to me until 3 days after I started dealing with fedex customs) 24 hours ago, the second department it went to has not yet processed it. It’s now 1:30 which is the last delivery for chch until Monday.

I finally got a member of fedex customs on the phone (which took about 12 tries – even customer service couldn’t get through to them), and he is personally going over to the 2nd department to get the form processed. THEN they’re submitting it to NEW ZEALAND CUSTOMS. Yup – I’ve just been dealing with fed ex customs all week. Incompetent wankers. Nice, but supremely incompetent. So – say fedex clears it in the next hour. Then if official customs decides to clear it this afternoon, they’ll arrange for a saturday delivery. Who wants to bet on the chances to customs clearing it in 3 hours. Anybody?

So there goes having my weekend free to process all the work I need to do on my laptop. And this delay has cost me about an extra $40 in internet cafe charges. Not to mention all the stuff I REALLY NEED TO DO ON MY LAPTOP AND NOW CAN’T. And there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

I’m reading Office quotes. But I will go be productive in a couple of minutes… The best from Pam; “I have this little vacuum cleaner that’s broken. If Dwight doesn’t work out, maybe that could be manager.”

“Did I wake up this morning thinking I’d be throwing together a bird funeral? You never can tell what your day here is going to turn into.”

Pam: Jan’s making me keep a log of everything Michael does all day.
Jim: Wow. Do you think … you could send me a copy of that?
Pam: Yeah, totally.

“Did you want to tell me something? You look like you want to tell me something. You look like you have something really important to say and you just can’t for some reason. Come on, you can tell me. Jim, you can tell me anything.”

“I am actually looking forward to “Take Your Daughter to Work” day. I am not great with kids, but I want to get better. Because I’m getting married. So I put out a bunch of extra candy on my desk so the kids will come talk to me. Like the witch in “Hansel and Gretel.””
“You can’t fire me, Dwight, just ’cause Michael’s not here.”

Pam: Okay. Well, sometimes the gift is really about the gesture, you know, like what it means instead of what it is.
Dwight: You mean, like a ham?
Pam: No. Not like a ham.

“I don’t know if you guys figured out who did that to Michael’s carpet yet, but I have a theory that involves an interdepartmental conspiracy. Everybody in the office. We need to talk.”

“No, I didn’t mention that you cooked your foot.”

“It’s performance review day, company-wide. Last year, my performance review started with Michael asking me what my hopes and dreams were, and it ended with him telling me he could bench press a hundred and ninety pounds. So I really don’t know what to expect.”

“No, no cuz the ice melts, and then it’s like, second drink!”

“This was tough. I suggested we flip a coin. But Angela said she doesn’t like to gamble. Of course by saying that, she was gambling that I wouldn’t smack her.”

“If I knew I had a week to live, I would probably go to Europe. And South America. And the Grand Canyon. And I would want to see the Pacific Ocean. It would be a pretty busy week.”

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