The Perplexed Postal Clerk

Rama Rao
My friend Shaba works in a post office and she sells stamps. One day a man walked in and kept Seventy five paisa on the counter and requested, ‘Please give me some 2 paisa stamps, six times As many as one paisa and for the rest of the amount give me 5 paisa stamps. The bewildered Shaba thought for a few moments and finally she handed over the exact fulfilment Of the order to the man with a smile. How would you have handled the situation? Answer: I don’t know about you, but I would have handed over 5 two paisa stamps, 30 one paisa Stamps and 7 five paisa stamps.    

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