Thwarted

I was all set to mail out my assortment of Nova Scotia goodies to Scotland for fun and a laugh, when the eagle-eyed postal clerk saw me about to drop two fridge magnets into the box she'd just put together for me. She then informed me that magnets are prohibited items as far as Canada Post is concerned.

She had a laminated visual aid in case I had trouble following her logic. Reluctantly I removed the magnets from the box, as they were the initial reason for doing this cultural exchange in the first place. But having worked in customer service for many a year, I will never give another worker a hard time for doing her job. I mailed off the stuff that is not in the "Class 9 – Miscellaneous" section of the Canada Post grid outlining "Dangerous Goods". Although on the visual aid the drawing was more like those red U-shaped magnets that could hold up a bike. Don't think fridge magnets are meant to hold up appliances.

Now for my plotting and scheming. How to sneak my fridge magnets through the mail and across the sea...