This Woman At The Post Office

seems to be mildly racist in her own strange way. I've only been to the post office twice, and had the fortune of getting her both times.

1. I had an Amazon parcel that wasn't delivered because it couldn't fit through the mail slot and they didn't have the temerity to leave it by the bins, which I would have been fine with, so they left a card with the details on it. I could have reordered the delivery, but I'd feel a bit silly doing so since the post office is a 7 minute walk away (albeit uphill) so I might as well collect it myself. Anyway by the time I've gotten around to going to the post office I've lost the card, so I explain the situation to This Woman and she gives me a bit of paper to write my name and address on, and tells me to underline my surname. She comes back with an envelope with a random Asian name on it, with one word that starts with the same letter as one of my names and a completely different address. WTF??????????

2. I have to mail my visa application and I want it delivered ASAP, and there are different addresses for courier and postal, so I need to ask her about the quickest options and which address to write on the envelope. 

'Hi, I'd like to mail thi-'

'Hong Kong?'

'No, uh, Durham.'

'Japan?'

'No, uh, Durham.'

'Japan?'

'No, England..'

She starts peering at the envelope I have been holding in plain sight and sees 'UK Border Agency' written on it and gets it and gets on with business. She's as polite as they usually are and all that and I'm not really offended or anything, it's just a bit eeeehhhhh what was that?