US Post Office

This post office is awful. Everyone here OBVIOUSLY HATES their job. The line is always long. They use to have a few decent ladies working there but now I dread having to go. From now on, Im going to the a further location. There are so many people who actually want to work. Instead they hire lazy, disrespectful, sad people. Smh… get it together!

I requested redelivery online with USPS. Their online system told me that redelivery will be today 2÷18÷15. I went out to meet the mail carrier at 4:43pm and she informed me that no other attempts at delivery will be made. I have had problems in the past with USPS. I have caught them on surveillance video making no attempt at delivery, and not even getting out of the vehicle. I have had items that show «out for delivery» for 5 consecutive days, and the item cannot be located at the post office until I filed a theft complaint. USPS is required by the DMM, Domestic Mail Manual to make 3 attempts at delivery. You’re lucky if these slugs attempt one.

I recently drove by this post office, and every time I do, I get angry all over again by an experience I had in April. April 17, to be exact. Tax day, 2012.
I had called around to find out which area post offices were open the latest, and the P.O.‘s recording for Tax Day explicitly stated that this particular location’s lobby was open till 6:30, so I took the 20 minute drive to make it there to get my taxes post-​marked on time, having already stamped my envelopes and being a responsible tax payer and all.
When I arrived there, the lobby was full of people waiting for the ONLY stamp-​dispensing machine. I went to the counter with my stamped envelopes and was informed that the «truck had left for the day,» so she was not able to cancel my stamps, that she would be breaking the law if she canceled it with that day’s date. I explained that I had driven there specifically because the recording specified that location. She insisted I was wrong. I asked to speak to the manager because I wanted him or her to know what the recording at his (he was a he) branch said. He said he didn’t know anything about the recording. I gave him the phone number and told him to call it. I was super P.O.ed, so I told him that his incompetence had inconvenienced a whole mess of people.
Back in the mega line, the other taxpayers and I helped each other out with the postage-​dispensing machine, sharing transactions to make it go faster (the machine, by the way, had a minimum of [I think] $ 5 per purchase). I daintily removed the stamps from my envelopes and replaced them with the dated postage from the machine.
So next time, if I do put it off until tax day (at this point, it’s kind of a tradition, like sweet potato pie on Thanksgiving or wearing black on Valentine’s Day) I will just buy my postage after the counter closes from the postage dispensing machine in the town I live in, thankyouverymuch. And where the employees are NICE, thankyouverymuch.

The TP Post Office is fantastic! Even if the line looks long, don’t worry! It moves fast because they usually have 3 – 4 windows open. All the clerks are efficient and friendly. I like the automated machine in the lobby because it is open ²⁴⁄₇.

Wow — I was incredibly impressed. They were super quick, extremely friendly and personable, and incredibly efficient. The girl completed my passport application was clearly well-​trained. I witnessed another post office perform this same service, taking an extremely long time to complete in comparison to my experience. In fact, it was very much the opposite. The girl helping me moved smoothly through the process and before I knew it, we were done. In the very few moments I stood in line, I did hear the other employees help other customers. They all seemed to have the same great attentiveness. I was really impressed how quickly the line moved.
By the way — how sad is it that this is a surprise? This should be the rule, not the exception.