I�m pretty sure I�ve previously logged about my experience in paying electricity bills at the post office but I really must write again, it simply blows my mind.
I walk in to the post office, which is absolutely freezing, in fact it�s colder in the building than outside. So there are approx 15 people in the queue and I think to myself it should take half an hour. This is a day where I have a million errands to run since I don�t have time during the week (I don�t take a lunch break and I am currently working more than 12 hours a day). The queue is moving very slowly, then people walk in off the street and apparently they�ve held their position in the queue previously, gone out for 20 or so minutes and when they return, their place in the queue is honoured. It simply blows my mind, try and do that in any other country.
So the 15 people become 25 and that�s not all. The people in the queue not only pay for one residence, they pay phone bills and electricity bills for other addresses as well. I�m not sure if these people own 4 or 5 residences or if they pay on behalf of their relatives. Needless to say the process becomes very long and after an hour and 10 minutes I was done. I guess I could use this strategy myself, except the next place I had to walk to and pay another bill was 20 minutes away.
Another annoying factor this week was when I went to have soup with a work colleague and for some conversation, the restaurant has Russian music blaring. I requested very politely to change the music or turn it off all together, I cannot stand Russian pop. Why still insist on playing this music? It drives me crazy!
On a good note, the city is so pretty, it�s still snowing and even at 1am when I get home from work, it�s dead quiet and everything is well and truly covered in snow. This is the first time we�ve had snow for 2 weeks non-stop in the last 10 years. Locals are finding it difficult using transportation in and out of town, a lot of the streets are closed due to heavy snow.
I walk in to the post office, which is absolutely freezing, in fact it�s colder in the building than outside. So there are approx 15 people in the queue and I think to myself it should take half an hour. This is a day where I have a million errands to run since I don�t have time during the week (I don�t take a lunch break and I am currently working more than 12 hours a day). The queue is moving very slowly, then people walk in off the street and apparently they�ve held their position in the queue previously, gone out for 20 or so minutes and when they return, their place in the queue is honoured. It simply blows my mind, try and do that in any other country.
So the 15 people become 25 and that�s not all. The people in the queue not only pay for one residence, they pay phone bills and electricity bills for other addresses as well. I�m not sure if these people own 4 or 5 residences or if they pay on behalf of their relatives. Needless to say the process becomes very long and after an hour and 10 minutes I was done. I guess I could use this strategy myself, except the next place I had to walk to and pay another bill was 20 minutes away.
Another annoying factor this week was when I went to have soup with a work colleague and for some conversation, the restaurant has Russian music blaring. I requested very politely to change the music or turn it off all together, I cannot stand Russian pop. Why still insist on playing this music? It drives me crazy!
On a good note, the city is so pretty, it�s still snowing and even at 1am when I get home from work, it�s dead quiet and everything is well and truly covered in snow. This is the first time we�ve had snow for 2 weeks non-stop in the last 10 years. Locals are finding it difficult using transportation in and out of town, a lot of the streets are closed due to heavy snow.
posted by lena at 2:48 PM
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