The entire situation seems a little ridiculous now, but back then when I was trying my best to find extra cash outside of my day job, this was a genuine disappointment. But it was the story I wanted to share at the time, and so I kept it exactly as it was for posterity’s sake. Looking back on the story now a decade later, there are definitely some things I would’ve done differently, too young to fully understand the impact of words and the magic you can create when you use them correctly. So in the end, the story was never sent and I never had my shot at the $250 prize. 9:02 pm: Hurriedly arrive at the Shoppers, only to realise that it closed at 9 and this submission just wasn’t going to happen.Īll that work and all I got from it was a LESSON □.8:47 pm: Realise that my BlackBerry no longer holds a charge like it used to, and the phone dies mid-conversation, so I make the only choice I could and continue on to the Shoppers.8:46 pm: Call Sarah to let her know that I’d be visiting the Shoppers by Spadina station because I distinctly remembered it closing at 10 back when she lived by there.8:45 pm: Arrive at Postables, only to discover it closed at 7.So I search for the next location on my BlackBerry… 8:35 pm: Arrive at Shoppers only to find that they no longer have a post office.Off to the Shoppers Drug Mart by Pape subway station! 8:15 pm: Head out in search of the nearest post office since the one around the corner closed a few weeks before. ![]()
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