No use trying to teach this dog any new tricks

The Post Office. that's right.
I received a slip saying that I had a package to pick up at the post office which didn't fit in the mailbox. Of course I managed to lose the slip. So I went down there anyway, and they said they couldn't help, and without the slip, there was no way they could find it.
It seems they put a sticker on the packages and then file them away, without any method of cross-referencing the name to the number. Now, I know that they could do this if they wanted, since they have scanners that read and sort mail. Or they could file it under "S", for my last name. Instead, it was in slot 6606. I figured that out when I found the slip later. I received a reminder slip 2 full weeks after I got the first one. The lady at the post office told it would only be one week until I got a notice, and I would just have to wait.
I tried to explain to them that their system didn't make any sense, and she just said "that's how we do it. Next!"
After that, you don't want to know how rude I was to her in return... I was so angry, my Norwegian turned into babble as I was walking away.