Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 13:15:36 -0800 (PST)
From: Cathy Green <dalek_cag at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Amtrak Security ? Yeah, right.
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Of course, you could also have mailed them to
yourself.  The media mail rate (book rate) is very
reasonable.

--cathy
USPS employee (speaking in an unofficial capacity of
course but still trying to drum up revenue in the
interest of job security)
--- Michael Walsh <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote:
> So . . .a few weeks ago I was in NYC.  Bought some
> books and decided to =
> send them to Baltimore ahead of me.  Packed 'em up
> in my suitcase, lugged =
> it over to Penn Station to Checked Baggage and was
> told that only =
> passengers with reserved seating tickets could check
> baggage through to =
> their destination.
>
> Peons like me, with a non reserved seating ticket,
> could leave the =
> suitcase at Checked Baggage to pick up later - for a
> small fee of $4.50.  =
> (I'm sooooo glad they didn't say "convenience fee"
> . . . )
>
> So . . . how many "security" holes can *you* poke in
> this.
>
> Y'now, I wouldn't mind most of the security hassles
> if they actually =
> accomplished anything - other than aggravation.
>
> mjw
> I got your $4.50 right here buddy . . .
>

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