U.S. Post Office

I foolishly went here again today. The parking is absolutely ATROCIOUS. The patch of grass in front of the building was covered in trash. They had all of one person working behind the counter. Rather than put a second USPS employee behind the counter to help with the growing line, for some reason they gave the other guy an orange vest, and knighted him as ‘the expediter’. Not sure what he was expediting except for the growing line. I hate this post office with all my heart. And today post office, I officially break up with you, here before every Unilocal user. I hope only that I can save another Unilocaler from entering into an abusive relationship with this god awful excuse for a post office. If only Unilocal would let me give this place zero stars.

Post offices usually get a bad rep in general. I actually used to really like this post office. It’s conveniently located, and I used to think the people that work there are fairly nice.
I walked in today and I was greeted by a post office worker; it was nice. I usually use the flat-​rate boxes. But the same worker who greeted me upon arrival said I ought to send my package via priority mail that’s charged by weight (as opposed to the flat-​rate box). She insisted I get in line and have someone at the counter provide an estimate to me. Turned out I would save a dollar and some odd change if I go with post office worker’s suggestion. I get my stuff organized, get in line, and guess what? Turned out when my items were weighed prior hand, the post office worker forgot to take into account the weight of the box so really I would pay a few dollars more than the flat-​rate box. I want to be efficient with my money, I mean — who wouldn’t want to use their money most efficiently? Maybe Paris Hilton, I suppose. But I’m no Paris Hilton. Anyways, so I had get my stuff into a flat-​rate box and get back in line. I get up to the counter, and the post office worker who initially gave me the lower estimate apologized. I was annoyed by the fact that I had to waste an extra 15 minutes that could have been spent better elsewhere. Out of no where, some old lady decides to preach me. She starts babbling that time is money is not what I should be thinking because apparently when I grow older it’ll affect my heart. Seriously who wants complete strangers to lecture them at the post office? Of all places!
Service was most awful. Old lady who decided to preach her personal opinion was most awful. And I was both annoyed and irritated by the time I left from there. What a hot mess. Really USPS, get your act together already! If your employees cannot provide sound recommendation, then they shouldn’t be running their mouth in the first place. They should let customers use whatever product they desire to use.

Phyllis at this U.S. Post Office is amazing — she was out from behind the desk and in the line helping people so things kept moving, and knew all the prices, policies, envelope types, etc off the top of her head. Hope to see more of this at other post offices.