Packages
The Spanish secret stash wasn’t the only package we’re getting these days. It’s already Xmas (according to BTC), and climate seems to be backing their claims…
… so the time comes for celebrating these days with full spirituality, following the true meaning of Xmas… i.e. going on a shopping spree.
Problem is, I gave up on shopping the classic, local way, as every time I need something a bit specific I’m met with a long confused stare, or the price is plain ridiculous… then I’m the one staring.
There’s always the option of crossing the border, but not without a price; they won’t let you escape without paying cestnina… (which means… “bleeding you slowly to death”). So one cannot do this every day.
And the last way, most commonly used by a lot of Slovenes, is to buy online. Usually payment options are somehow diminished comparing to the ones you have if you buy from another EU country, and postage expenses can be up to three times higher than usual… depending on the shop. (I guess the truck driver has to pay cestnina and…). But making a bit of maths, it’s still cheaper than buying here. So that’s the option we usually take.
Normally we don’t have much problems with packages -as long as you stay away from UPS, they just suck, here and almost everywhere-; they arrive safe (with a casual overbumping), sound (like broken glass) and relatively quickly (with lightning speed, if they’re bills). It is true that Slovenes keep raping my name even if they have it written 1 cm below in perfect, clear typeface. But after some theraphy, it stops being a problem.
Revenge for the Slovakia mix-up? Traumas with Speedy Gonzales?
And… why the first z they always get right?
I can turn a blind eye to the fact that the box was full of bumps and the manual was upside down, its pages torn apart. If we’re gonna inspect, let’s do it thoroughly, I agree.
And I wouldn’t even be angry if you took the disk, installed it and played for a while. It was a really good game!
Just… can you please return it to the box -and consequently, to me- once you’re done?
But still, we’ll have to be more careful from now on. And so will St. Miklavž (night of Dec 5th, for religious people). Božiček (Dec 24th, more for capitalists), Dedek Mraz (Dec 31st, communist invention, when the others were forbidden/unwanted), and of course the Sveti trije kralji (Jan 5th… forgotten by malls around here, but the only ones that truly rock)
Good luck to all of them.
