Postage Crime

I went to the post office to pick up a parcel for my mum. In the parcel picky upy area I overheard (was standing next to and listened to) a little discursiveness between the man behind the desk and a man .. well.. he was in front of the desk.
The situation is that a man had come to pick up from the post office with one of those slips that you get put through the door when you're not there to collect it.
It turned out that what he had infact come to collect was only a christmas card. The reason he had to come pick it up was because the sender had failed to put a stamp on, so there was a charge to pay.
First of all the man seemed unhappy that he had to pay money, so would I,but that's life, you miss the post, there's no stamp, that's the way it is. You can always demand payment from the sender later.
The man then in his moaning said that he didn't understand how this had happened, again. He was in his house when the post arrived and there was no knock at the door at all.
The man behind the desk explained to him, that it was true that post men at this time of year don't knock, they just push one of those slip things through the door, because there are so many unstammped cards being sent and they don't want the burden of carrying lots of loose change around with them.
The man replied in an offended and cursing tone that it's not very good service.
The man behind the desk quipped back, "It's not nice getting mugged either."
The customer then replied "I hardly think that's a relevant statement." and left with his card, leaving the post office attendant looking angry and hurt.


So.. Whom do you side with?

I'd generally tend to side with the serviceman as I know they have to stand there and take shit of the public all day long but I don't think his use of crime was valid.
There's always the potential to be mugged... maybe a bit more during christmas I'll give.. but I still think it makes his argument void.

I liked that one. Nice little thing to ponder over on he way back home with the parcel.