Random House has a problem. There's so much security in the building that writers are afraid to bring manuscripts in person. Maureen Johnson decided to send hers by FedEx. But the FedEx agent, a young man, said they couldn't ship her package.
The rest of the exchange, which she swears is real, reads like a modern remake of the Abbot & Costello routine known as Who's On First. Link -via Breakfast Links
(Image credit: Flickr user Dan McKay)
MAUREEN: Why?
FEDEX: (very disapproving look) I can’t send this to a random house.
MAUREEN: What?
FEDEX: I can’t send this to a random house. You need an address.
Now MAUREEN gets it. She can barely believe this wonderful thing is happening, but she gets it.
MAUREEN: Oh! No, no. It’s a publisher.
FEDEX: Yeah, but I can’t send it.
MAUREEN: Why?
FEDEX: I can’t send to a random house.
The rest of the exchange, which she swears is real, reads like a modern remake of the Abbot & Costello routine known as Who's On First. Link -via Breakfast Links
(Image credit: Flickr user Dan McKay)
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I'm going to assume the Fedex person was just in a joking mood. Since the author would have had to have the publishing companies actual address on the package too!
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She did have the entire address on it; the dialogue was a lot longer than the excerpt I posted here.
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