It took a bit more than an hour and a half, but we finally managed to get them all in order. No, they are not ducks, but rather the boxes of envelopes that are distributed to parishioners every year at this time of the year.
For the second year in a row, the boxes of envelopes have been labeled and sorted in alpahbetical order. They are now all sitting ready and waiting for their intended owners to claim them. The specifics about how the boxes of envelopes get distributed varies depending on the parish. In this case, the practice (up until last year) was to just put them all out in the church and let people pick them up. There's only one problem with this apprach. A fair number of the regulars want their envelopes (that means a specific envelope number) and they'll stop at nothing to get them (including churning through all the boxes until they find what they're looking for).
In an attempt to establish a somewhat more orderly system of distribution, I suggested last year that we try to alphabetize the envelopes, assigning the same numbers if possible to families and individuals who were registered users this past year. It worked, but as always there were other suggestions to improve the process, so this year will be yet another experiment. From this point of view, it seems that we've caught a few other snags, and the process should work out relatively well.
Once the people arrive to pick them up, our theories will be tested, and we'll see whether or not we meet with success.
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