Hello darlings!

Those of you who have been reading my blog for a deal of time know that I have a nephew, Stephen, who does freelance courier jobs. He's one of the main reasons why I know so much about the industry, and why I can now rattle off postage & packaging costs for at least six different categories of parcels.

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Either way, the other evening, he and his little lad came over for tea. They were coming back from the boy's Taekwondo practice, which had apparently been cancelled – no surprise there! - and decided to drop in. They got complimentary tea and biscuits, of course, but I got something else – a blog post!

It all started with a little story I was telling Stephen. At church the other day, I mentioned how this horrid weather had been upsetting my nephew's courier jobs, and one of the ladies, whom I know from Bingo club, was surprised. “Disrupting?” she asked. “But don't they work indoors?” This, in turn, puzzled me, so I tried to work out what she meant, by asking her. “Well, the 'Courier', of course! It's out every Thursday! Don't you get it in the mail?'

Now, my darlings, I know it was terribly rude, but I couldn't help laughing – and neither could Stephen and little Liam, when I told them. I, of course, explained to that lady that we were talking about different 'couriers', but to my surprise, Stevie pointed out that it is not as uncommon a mistake as all that. He went on to detail some of the most amusing mistakes he had heard around the phrase 'courier jobs' – thus giving me today's write-up! Below is a short selection of what he considered 'historic' blunders around the term – and I have to say, any of them clearly tops my misinformed church acquaintance! Enjoy!

“Courier jobs are jobs you do your whole life. Like, 'I want to have a 'courier' as a footy player!' This was said by a child, but it still brought tears to my eyes from laughing. Sadly, the next few all came from adults.

'Courier? Oh yeah, that's the bloke who deals the cards at the casino, right?' (Honest mistake, 'croupier' is a French word. Still funny, though.'

'Ooooh, you're a courier! That's like in the supermarket, right?' (This was a girl Stevie had taken out on a date. Needless to say, it didn't lead to anything.)

'Courier? That sounds dirty!'

That's all for now. I'll post more if and when I have them. If you darlings have any you'd like to send in, feel free as well. Ta-ra for now!

Gertie
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