Last night.
Dec. 5th, 2006 02:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mamadebLast night, I walked into the little pharmacy about a block away from my office. I needed new scrunchies for my hair, and if I ever want to wear my new boots without socks, I need insoles. What I found was less than satisfactory, but it's a neat little pharmacy - one of those with a huge and varied inventory in a tiny space. For example, they have the entire selection of Burt's Bees products, next to shelves full of beautiful soaps - bars of several sizes, and neat shapes, in rich scents and colors. The sort of soaps you'd arrange in a basket as a gift (and, hey, I wonder if my mother-in-law would like that for a Chanukah present?)
So, I wandered around for awhile, and thought about superduper floss and fancy toothpastes and maybe getting the insoles anyway, even though I think socks are the way to go right now. You know, just...being there, I guess. And then I went to the Burt's Bees display - again, not so much a Display as just shelves - and tried out hand cremes just to do. And as I was deciding that I like the almond one better than the banana one, but wasn't going to get either, a woman walks up to the counter.
"Hi. Is your notary in?"
"I'm sorry. He's out right now."
Well, I've had fantasies about this, you know? And I was needed and, anyway, who could pass this up? "I'm a notary!"
"Do you have your stamp with you?"
"Yes." I do - I share my desk, so it lives in my purse.
She was laughing, I was laughing - it's a rather cool thing. "It is I, Notary Woman!" We ended up using a cardboard display of glycerin soaps as a makeshift desk, and there was some trouble getting my stamp to imprint properly, but we finally managed it, and she gave me $2 even though I offered to waive the fee.
And when I bought my ponytailt things, I told the lady at the counter where I worked because I know how it feels to disappoint people and notaries are thin on the ground here.
And while I was writing this post? Three people walked in a row walked in needing a notary, and were directed here by the pharmacy clerk. Since one person needed four stamps, I just earned $12.
Go, Notary Woman!
So, I wandered around for awhile, and thought about superduper floss and fancy toothpastes and maybe getting the insoles anyway, even though I think socks are the way to go right now. You know, just...being there, I guess. And then I went to the Burt's Bees display - again, not so much a Display as just shelves - and tried out hand cremes just to do. And as I was deciding that I like the almond one better than the banana one, but wasn't going to get either, a woman walks up to the counter.
"Hi. Is your notary in?"
"I'm sorry. He's out right now."
Well, I've had fantasies about this, you know? And I was needed and, anyway, who could pass this up? "I'm a notary!"
"Do you have your stamp with you?"
"Yes." I do - I share my desk, so it lives in my purse.
She was laughing, I was laughing - it's a rather cool thing. "It is I, Notary Woman!" We ended up using a cardboard display of glycerin soaps as a makeshift desk, and there was some trouble getting my stamp to imprint properly, but we finally managed it, and she gave me $2 even though I offered to waive the fee.
And when I bought my ponytailt things, I told the lady at the counter where I worked because I know how it feels to disappoint people and notaries are thin on the ground here.
And while I was writing this post? Three people walked in a row walked in needing a notary, and were directed here by the pharmacy clerk. Since one person needed four stamps, I just earned $12.
Go, Notary Woman!
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Date: 2006-12-05 07:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-12-05 10:29 pm (UTC)- How much do you charge to notarize a document? Here the going rate is $20 for commissioning and $35 for notarization (since notaries are generally lawyers, mayors, etc. and most documents just have to be commissioned).
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Date: 2006-12-06 12:03 am (UTC)---
At the U there are several people on campus whose jobs require them to be notaries. I haven't paid for a stamp for years.
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Date: 2006-12-06 03:25 am (UTC)$2/signature. In New York State, I can't legally charge more.
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Date: 2006-12-06 04:41 am (UTC)Generally people don't need things notarized except in rare cases - when transferring real property, when preparing filings for court cases, and the like. I've needed the services of another commissioner twice in 42 years.
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Date: 2006-12-06 03:07 am (UTC)This made me smile a lot.