邮局: the Post Office

UIBE, 25ºC, scatters showers

When I arrived in Beijing, my bags were already overflowing. 然后我买东西 Then I starting buying things, lots of things. It dawned on me that transporting everything home would be nigh on impossible. So today, I went to the post office, hoping that I would be able to ship a fairly large box of belongings home.

My post office vocabulary (from week 1) needed refreshing, so this was a good test of my Chinese, especially considering no one in the post office spoke a word of English. I successfully bought a box, enquired about different shipping methods and prices and asked them to seal up the box. The one mistake I made was to not ask how much it cost before they sealed my box. When the cashier told me how much it cost, she sounded almost apologetic. I was a little aghast, and was even more concerned when I discovered that they only accept cash. The only record I had was a little piece of paper that had some numbers scribbled on it. At least there was an electronic tracking number!