[Dx-qsl] IRC Saga

[Dick Flanagan]

Every big post office has a retail window supervisor whose job it is to 
train new retail clerks and keep all of them up to date on new 
changes.  He/She will often work one of the windows when they get busy.  If 
it comes up again, ask for that person and give them a copy of the sheet I 
sent you as you outline the conflicting information you had received 
earlier.  If they're doing their job, they should thank you.  Mind did.

73, Dick

At 06:44 AM 5/12/2007, Joe Stepansky wrote:
 >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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Dick Flanagan K7VC NV SM
k7vc at arrl.org