Day 2 with the post office

Ankoor and I collected all the right materials to get this finalized. We drive back the post office and no one is speaking. Just silence. Before I know it I am sitting across the desk from the person who frustrated me so much yesterday and he carefully examining all the documents while sitting relaxed in his chair. It is obvious he does not have care in the world and he certainly does not care about me. I am not totally convince he can speak English, nevermind actually read it. But what he can read are numbers...

When the man puts the papers down, Ankoor signals to me it is time for the money - Rs. 1000. I slide it across the table and my file folder is laid down on top of it. As soon as that exchange is complete he points out that the cost of my shipping is $31.00 and that needs to be added into the tariff. I sharply respond that shipping costs have no bearings in a tariff tax and this is ridiculous. He says it increases the value of the package and therefore the tariff. I tell him that if this package was lost and I have to file an insurance claim that I would not be reimbursed the cost of the shipping and only the value of the contents. I look to Ankoor and his face tells me to drop it. I am not going to win this one. So after I pay the man the penalty he raised my traffic from Rs. 2300 to Rs. 2700 (or about $8).

I am now wondering if I will receive my package. He tells Ankoor that it should be delivered to the KJWW office either tomorrow or the day after. We will see.