Public display of deck affection

hmmm I sometimes wait days to open tarot packages...I have to emotionally work my way up to it....I love the torture of expectation.

Le Fanu said:

You sat on your hands while driving?

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Don't worry, I'm insured.

canid said:

What's a SAHM? And my mail comes to my home too. Sometimes I wish I had a po box & wouldn't have to wait on a mail carrier's schedule. We're at the end of it.

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Stay At Home Mom. And I just read your post about ripping it open on the way back to the door...LOL. I'm not that skilled, I just scurry back in as fast as I can. It's usually lunch time and sometimes I have to actually feed my children before I can open it. It kills me!!

canid said:

Don't worry, I'm insured.

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Oh that's all right then...

lark said:

hmmm I sometimes wait days to open tarot packages...I have to emotionally work my way up to it....I love the torture of expectation.

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OMG, did you hear that? How? I mean why? I mean, what on earth...

Le Fanu said:

What's that Oprah campaign; don't text and drive? What about "don't tear open tarot packages while driving"!

Take the pledge!

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Hahahaha.....

I haven't got any good shops here (I refuse to buy decks at Barnes & Noble), so really it's all mail order for me.

I like to sit down and savor the opening process, anyway, if I can. Does that mean I have good self control?

I have to open a deck as soon as I get it. I've been crouched in shop doorways out of the rain, sitting in a local cafe with the deck furtively in my lap, on the train on the way back from a visit to Watkins.

Most of my decks come by post though so I'm usually salivating privately.

It's the occasional trips to esoteric bookshops in London that leave me publicly exposed in my new deck affection.

Le Fanu said:

I am among the first to arrive at work and as most of my decks get sent to work where there is always a secretary there to receive them, I go into the privacy of my office and open up uninterrupted. If it were later in the day I wouldn't get a minute's peace and would never be able to open them.

So often the secretaries are wittering on at me about something or other and I have a goodie package under my arm from an AT trade or Alida or baba store or something and I just want to slap them and run to my ofiice, tear open and GORGE like that Queen (of Swords?) in the Barbara Walker Tarot!

Reacting to a new deck is such a private matter, I try to avoid opening in public. But there have been spectacular fails, like stopping in the middle of the street and just not being able to control oneself!

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I used to have my own office--and a nice one at that, with a grand view of the Empire State building--but we have switched to an open floor plan. Many companies are doing that these days. When I had an office, I would partake in the same enjoyment as you, but now I have two options:

1) Domestic decks are shipped home. I open those when I get home. I am patient with these arrivals. Wait, that's not always true. Who am I kidding?
2) International decks are shipped to work. I can't open them in my cubicle . I already have it decorated with The Answer Deck cards on one entire wall, and Crowstones in a basket with crystals and shells, 60's-era Sci Fi books line one wall (I work in publishing) and...

[stay away from the crazy person's cubicle]

So, sometimes, I must open them on the way home from work. I simply cannot wait. I have also opened packages on the way to the subway/train while walking. I may have even been muttering to myself. Who knows. We do what we must, for the love of Tarot!

hunter said:

My addiction is out of control. I'm not a closet reader, and am no better than a drinker who drinks in public. My problem is right out here for all to see. At least I have not curled up in a corner yet, cuddling my deck, because I am too overcome to make it home. Is that the next step for some of us?

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I am laughing [silently in my cubicle]. See muttering to oneself comment above.

canid said:

Yep, I'm right there with ya. Except for the highrises. If it comes by mail, I'm usually expecting it & greeting my mailman at the road, who now 'knows'. Then I'm ripping into it & by the time I reach the front door I've got packages & parcels hanging from my mouth & under my arms, trying to reach the treasure, which is usually open before I go through the door if I can pull that blessed tab. Don't you just hate it when the tab on the shrink wrap isn't working properly? You have to go get a knife, carefully insert it hoping not to scratch a card...

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My postwoman knows too. I work from home on Fridays and if multiple packages arrive, I am there to great her. I greedily take everything and start opening on the way to the kitchen since I, too, almost always need a knife or scissor to open trade packages.

My Postman knows too. He banged enthusiatically on my door yesterday morning shouting "Are you INNNNN? - its a parcel FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC!!!!" I opened the door & grabbed it that fast I almost yanked him inside with my long awaited Pewters!! - he has even been knows to accost me streets away while I'm out with the dog, shouting, "another box for you Becki!" - After which I have juggled the dog lead from one hand to another to tear the package open to peek in while I'm almost running home....
Yes, I do rip open packages at the traffic lights also, if I'm at work when Postie tries to deliver something thats too big or requires a signature I have to collect next day from the local sorting office & if I have time I open it as soon as I get in the car for a quick perusal. If I'm in a hurry, i.e if I go before work I have to move off right away but can't contain my excitement so at every stop or pause I rip a bit of envelope til I can peer in greedily! but... Knowing my luck the traffic is moving quickly & I have to wait until I arrive on the car park at work to actually get the deck/bag/whatever out & hold it in my hands properly!

MysticalMoose said:

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if I'm at work when Postie tries to deliver something thats too big or requires a signature I have to collect next day from the local sorting office

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Definitely, even though it means a detour on the way to work. I also have to get it in person so I can look at it straight away. I can't cope if my OH goes to pick it up and then has it sitting on his desk all day while I have to wait until he comes home.

Must say I'm a very patient person. I'm also very private when it comes to decks so I never open them when anyone else is around and absolutely not out on the streets. If a slip arrives from the post office telling me that I need to pick up a new package it can take days(even up to one-two weeks) before I finally go and pick them up(of course it depends on what deck it is, sometimes I go and get them right after grabbing the slip from the mailbox).

At times I can even go for hours without opening a package, even if it's right there on my desk/bed