[Dx-qsl] IRC Saga

[Joe Stepansky]

Well, I went back this morning with the sheet Dick, K7VC, sent me.  For 
brief background, there are four windows which I'll label, as you're 
looking at them left to right,1-4 (there's a reason I'm doing this).  I 
recognized the clerks at windows 1-2 as having been there awhile.  Clerk 3 
(new) was the guy who told me IRCs were discontinued and Clerk 4 (new) was 
the same one who "confirmed" Clerk 3's belief about discontinued IRCs.

Clerk 2 waited on me.  I showed clerk 2 the paper and told him someone on 
Thursday told me IRCs were being discontinued, but clearly they're not (I 
didn't tell him who told me).  So he looked at the sheet, then looked in 
his drawer for IRCs.  He asked me how many I needed.  I said "how many do 
you have?".  He had none at his window.  He went down to clerk 4.  She had 
none.  Over to clerk 3.  He had five.  Keep in mind that clerk 3 is the 
same person I went to on Thursday.  He said "I didn't know they were in 
there".  OK, I guess, maybe, sure.  Clerk 2 then asked clerk 1, who didn't 
even look in his drawer and shook his head no.  I'll give him a pass, 
though, because he's been there awhile and I've found him to be a straight 
shooter.

So there you have it.  I now have five IRCs, courtesy of the stamp drawer 
of the guy who told me they were being discontinued.  I left the sheet with 
Clerk 2, but I'm sure it will find its way to the circular file by day's 
end.  Anyway, thanks to all for the assistance.

73, Joe KQ3F


At 06:48 PM 5/10/2007 -0400, Joe Stepansky wrote:
>Late this afternoon I went to the post office to get some 2 cent stampes 
>and to try and get some IRCs.  The clerk then told me that because of the 
>pending rate increase, IRCs have been discontinued.  He said he'd 
>remembered reading that.  He asked the clerk next to him and she also said 
>they were being discontinued.  It was closing time and there was a line of 
>people in back of me, so I didn't pursue it further.  But I can go back 
>Saturday morning if necessary.
>
>Did I miss something?
>
>73, Joe KQ3F
>
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