Every other person who came to collect a packet today commented about how quiet it was and they expected a queue. In fact it was a hectic day. What they didn't see is that people came all day at a slow trickle, just long enough between for me to walk back to the desk, log back in to the computer and start booking in the next packet before someone else would ring the bell, so that, although I never had much of a queue, I spent the entire day walking back and forth to the door. The "big boss" apparently finally admitted that he should have allocated our office far more temporary staff than we got and the chaos was basically his fault. It's no consolation really. It's gritting-your-teeth-for-the-final-push week, in theory the peak is over and things should tail off now, except all the last-minute panic buyers will just use the special delivery system and that will be swamped the next couple of days.
Sitting in bed listening to the sound of sellotape being unrolled; the girls are wrapping presents downstairs and watching Muppet Christmas Carol.
Stay safe. See you tomorrow.
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