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Totally. Couriers are all geared towards businesses and there isn't a single one of them who care about residential customers!

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And I'm investigating postgraduate funding options, which means right now I hate the UK too! Let's start a revolution.

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YES. But before that, I think I need alcohol.

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Drunken revolutions are the best revolutions. I will try to bring back some vikings with me or something. They'd probably be on board with both parts.

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Vi Vi Vi Vi Vi Vi Viking Horn! HORNNNNNNN!

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*nostalgic omg* ♥;;;;

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scribblemoose

Is there an option for them to deliver to a local post office? Sometimes they hide that on their website, depending on the company.

Also, you could ring and find out who it's for and from. They're obliged to tell you, I believe.

Good luck!

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Citylink wouldn't do that. Parcelforce does it, sometimes even before you tell them to, and that's a problem in itself. Sigh.

Thanks!

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scribblemoose

Ugh, Citylink. They're even worce than parcelfarce.

I hope it's worth it when you finally get it!

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Leave it! It's probably to Liz, from me, via Amazon. They sent it with Citylink on the 13th.

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Oh okay! Then I guess Amazon or the Amazon marketplace people will be poking you later. If they do let you send to a different name and address, I can give you my work address where I can receive it and then bring it to Liz.

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Alrighty, I'll let you know. Sigh. It's Amazon proper, because I used her wishlist and the "secret" address there. I don't recall seeing any choice for weekend deliveries. Probably wouldn't have thought to use it, either, since I thought your mail troubles went mostly away ater moving out of London. Bah and humbug and a pox on the deliverers!

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Receiving things is a lot better out of London, but the system they use to deliver parcels is still the same, so there are often problems still. Weekday deliveries with estimated time of 7:30 - 17:30 really don't help matters. XD And the depots are always in an industrial estate somewhere inaccessible!

But if it's Amazon, at least they'll get back to you I'm sure!

If the parcel's for Liz, I can imagine the courier staring at her name and thinking "I CAN'T BE BOTHERED," which might be why there isn't a name on the card! XD

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As our local postman says, "I see you still haven't changed your name to Smith... D:"

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I don't get it! Your surname isn't that difficult. Okay, it has a syllable or two more than mine or Pez's, but come on! :|

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Our postmen are really nice and kind of chatty like that. XD Also, when people answer the door they'll say things like "parcel for Mr/Ms [name]," so I guess when they see Liz's name they go fdsdhkjafhskalfdshakl. *snort*

Only a syllable or two more than mine? Really? :P

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*giggle*

Mmmyeaaah.... *waves hand* More or less. I'm approximatin', yaknow. :P

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xiu

I still like how between me, Pez, and Liz we have all of two vowels in our last names, and I'm the only one with an E (Liz's pseudo-vowel Y doesn't count).

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I get the impression that you northern lot find it a lot less scary, actually, I think because of a) the fact that you automatically recognise all the vowels, where an english person might not necessarily, and b) your pronunciation of the letter j making it look a bit less completely bizarre in that position. I do think the way we sound letters in english by default makes it a bit scarier for people than it needs to be. Also that they just see the big string of letters with a j on the end and panic without trying to figure it out. XDDDDD

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That sounds like a sound theory, actually. English 'dz' for 'j' would make your name sound odd. It would've been far scarier to me if it had had less vowels. Polish names can be nightmarish. >>;

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kittyheaven.livejournal.com

If you stayed in they probably wouldn't even turn up anyway, it's a miracle they even gave you a card.

Oh the stories I could tell you about what goes on with City Link *sigh*

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I haven't had to deal with them many times, but the once or twice I had to... oh god. DX

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muzivitch.livejournal.com

UPS's "local" depot is across a large body of water from me. I have no way of getting there other than transit, which....takes two hours.

Fuckers.

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............Jesus. DX

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xiu

Secret answer D) Kidnap Syl and leave her there while you go to work. Because then you would have Syl AND monies when you see her. 8D

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You mean Syl and parcel, right? :P

I do want to kidnap Syl, but she can be hard to locate!

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semishade (from livejournal.com)

The Citylink drivers usually leave things outside my door if I leave a note outside saying that's okay (and sometimes when I haven't left a note at all - it's rather entertaining when they balance the doormat on top to "hide" things). Might be worth giving them a call if you have anywhere safe things can be left.

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