As some of you may know, I work in a used books shop and my boss sometimes brings me postcards after he’s been out hunting books.
A couple of days ago, he gave me two small boxes of them, most already stamped and sent, but with a fair number unused ones, mainly from the 80’s and 90’s, but some earlier ones as well.
I was pretty surprised when I realised that a lot of the used ones had been sent to the husband/family of someone who often visits the shop.
She doesn’t buy books, but is a stamp collector and I help her ordering stuff online. I suspect some of the cards were also sent to her parents, but as I don’t know her maiden name I can’t be sure.
I look forward to a fun talk next time she comes into the shop. I’ll keep the blank ones, but if she wants the rest back it doesn’t feel right to keep them.
I was wrong, my boss hadn’t found the cards when he was out book hunting. Our customer had given them to him in a deal of some sort a couple of years ago.
My mistaken version was so much more fun though.
Still, I got a bunch of useable cards out of it, so I probably shouldn’t gripe too much about it.
I’m actually lucky to have a boss who’s amused I’m involved in this hobby of ours
Well I still think it might be fun to tell her about it the next time she comes to visit! You can start a conversation about your Hobby and maybe she will be interested in seeing the cards again.
Of course the first Version of your post would have been a crazy coincidence, but I think the second version is nice as well
Knowing her, I doubt she’d be very interested in hearing about Postcrossing or even postcards in general. She’s completely focused on stamps and only Swedish ones.
It doesn’t matter if the situation is not as you originally thought. I think we all like stories of surprising connections. I can understand your disappointment but you do get a glimpse of moments in time that ordinarily you would not have had. That in itself is a treasure.
