Re: The Traveling Apron
Yowzer!! My 50 cents!!
The list is a good idea for those that can look ahead and figure they’ll play in the next few weeks.
If you don’t think you can play in the next few weeks or so, then wait until you can before you say “Hey add me to the list”. Post that you are interested, but you’ll wait to commit in a later post.
In the US, First class mail is 2-3 days no matter where you go. Down the street or across the country, it’s 2-3 days max.
Seriously, let the apron travel.
As Vera said, the apron comes to you, and you do your best to get it back in the mail within 1-2 weeks. Shipping will be 2-3 days tops. Allowing a user to hold it 1-2 weeks should accommodate any sudden things that pop up. And we ARE a family and we do post regularly. So post when you get it, and post when you think you can mail it off.
If we sit around and try to logistically plan where everyone is located geographically, it will be a nightmare. First come first serve as your time schedule allows. Let the USPS do the rest of the work.
If you’re 5th in line, and the 3rd person has it and you see it’s going to be a problem for you, then post and ask to be taken off the list “for now”, and you can get back on the list a bit later. There should be a good week between mailings, so that gives us all time to get ready and know if we can accept and then mail out the apron.
If you don’t want to take your picture in the apron, then string it over a scarecrow, your dog, cat, beer keg, a chair, a mannequin, or next to a plate of food and snap the pic. Then sign it, and mail it on.
This is supposed to be fun. This is supposed to be a chance where we all join hands and hold and touch the same thing, instill it with positive energy, and send it on to the next member.
In the US, the mail is fast, so it doesn’t matter if you’re 50 miles or 500 miles apart. Just mail it on.
Really, for the sake of fun, let’s stop over-thinking it and just bring the USPS back into our lives and let them do what they do best. Electronic communication makes us forget snail-mail, but it still works well.
So I say, first come first serve on the list.
If you see it’s going to be a problem for you, then announce it before the person ahead of you mails it and you can be taken off the list until you are ready. In fact, don’t even give the person ahead of you your addy until they PM you, and at that time you can decide if you’re ready. If not, post, and we’ll see if the next person in line is ready.
When you get the apron. Post that you have it. Sign it and take a pic. Then post that you are ready to mail it. If all else fails, then the person that is ready can post and verify that the next in line is ready, if not, then the NEXT one can speak up.
When you get it, you are not required to take a pic of your person. Instead, just take a pic. Show the apron, your sig, and your cat or favorite cake if you like. If you don’t have a camera, that is fine, just sign the apron and pass it along.
When you mail it, post that it is in the mail so the next person can look out for it within the next 2-3 days.
With good communication, like we all have, and lots of posting, it should be very easy to handle emergencies and problems while we let the USPS do their job.
Seriously, I love you guys, and this isn’t really that hard. There will be at least a week between each person, and we all post nearly every day, so there is plenty of time to handle sudden changes. If you figure on weekends (2 days), a person holding the aprons for at least 2 days (or more), and then 3 days transit time, it’s always going to be 7+ days between each person. Lots of time.
And one other thing…..how many of us are going to do this? If it’s only 10 or so, then there is really no need to rush it…..lets take our time and savor it!!! Waiting on the mail can be a good thing. Let this baby age!
Ok……..thoughts?
