I love my mother in law…
…but she is a little nuts.
We spent the thanksgiving holiday with Kev’s family, and for fun we packed up the wii and took it with us. Kev’s nieces and nephew were thrilled and had fun playing bowling and boxing, etc. Then we gave our nephew a game for his game cube system as an early birthday present, and while he was distracted, we packed up the Wii and left for atlanta (OK, it didn’t happy exactly that way, but it was close! The poor kid became very attached to that Wii, and no way could his parents afford it for christmas this year).
In the packing up of the Wii, I must have missed the Wii sports game disk, and a couple days later, Kev’s mom called to let us know. We hadn’t even noticed, really. I told her to send it back to us whenever, no big rush.
She called last week and asked how she should send it.
MiL: The girls put it in an old DVD case they had.
ESC: that’s fine. Just get a big enough envelope and send it in that.
MiL: is that enough? I mean, are you sure it will be OK in just an evelope?
ESC: oh yeah. get a padded envelope, or just stick a piece of cardboard in there, or something.
MiL: ooook then!
a few days later, she called back.
MiL: I dropped the game off at the post office. It’s sent priority, so you should get it in a few days.
ESC: oh, ok! Thanks!
MiL: I hope I put enough protection around it.
ESC: I’m sure it’s fine.
Here is what we received in the mail today. Keep in mind…this is for a single Wii disk.
The box:
the second box inside the big box:
see that white thing? that’s the dvd case
Next time she calls, I’m going to tell her that the disc was crushed because there wasn’t enough packing material.
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That would be really, really mean. Of course, the best part is the K-Pax case.
How I hate that movie.
OK, now I know what I’m doing wrong in the soaping biz–I don’t pack well enough!
Ok, I’m off to get peanuts, and bubble wrap, and corrugated cardboard, both the shredded (for shipping liquid) and the extra box dividers, and strapping tape, and duct tape, and whatever other tape, and, and…
Ha! Hahahahahaha That’s the way my mom packs up some stuff. Except Maple syrup. For some reason, that gets no padding. I think she has something against the USPS.
Oh my gosh!!! She must have read Jen’s post about people not using enough freaking packing material!!!
Between this story and Brittany’s comment, I might pee myself a little from laughing so hard!
she called last night. Kev told her the disk got crushed, and she FREAKED OUT! then when he laughed, she threatened to drive over here and beat BOTH our asses.
HEEHEE!
I’m not suprised she was going to ‘beat your asses’. But hee hee, thats exactly how my mum overpacks things. Bless.
How much did she think that disc was worth? She spent more on the packing, and shipping! Did she also purchase insurance?
You people go ahead and laugh it up. You have no idea. Working for the office of posting things, I can tell you tales of woe that would take that smirk right off your faces! I believe I detect either a delivery confirmation or insurance sticker, there, too. Good for your MIL.
My [ex] MIL once saw a bat in her woodstove and she ran screaming to the bathroom to wrap a towel around her head so the bat wouldn’t make a nest in her hair. One might make the argument that they’re both overly cautious, but at least yours doesn’t sound like teh crazy.