US Post Office

If you want to wait in line forever, no matter what time of day, then this is your post office. Complete Packing Inc. is right down the street on Wadsworth that I prefer. No lines ever. The only bummer with the mail stop is no international shipping (well they do fedex and ups, but it’s pricey).

I love a good post office. Daughter of a letter carrier, I have a strong appreciation for snail mail, priority mail, parcel post, book rate, etc. This post office has that super quaint vibe, while still being located just off somewhat-​seedy Wadsworth. The clerks here were all efficient and friendly, and made sure that there was nothing liquid, fragile, perishable, flammable, or potentially hazardous in my package. My ONLY gripe is that they didn’t have a stamp display.
I’m a little OCD about buying a sheet of stamps every. Single. Time. I go to the post office. But I also get anxiety about making people in the line (and there will always be a line) behind me wait. No, I don’t want flag stamps. God, no. And you can keep the ones with hearts on them to yourself, Postal Clerkman. Picking good stamps is a personal decision, so I don’t even bother to buy them here. There’s just not enough time to make an educated and informed stamp choice. I need to evaluate my options in line, so I can make a swift decision once I reach the front.
Stamp display, you get 5 stars. Until then, 4 it is.

OK, so it’s just a little post office. Boring! But I was excited to find it. It’s super close to my house and clean and there was no line and there was even parking! I guess you could say it was one of the better postal experiences I have had, so I thought WTH I will review it.

I don’t know if this Post Office is as wonderful and amazing as I perceive it to be, or if I’m just so thankful to not be in the soul-​sucking abyss of hellish torture that is the Lakewood Post Office… But either way, Bear Valley Freaking ROCKS!
They have lines, of course. They’re a Post Office. But, unlike other Post Offices, they actually have EMPLOYEES working those lines! As in *More Than ONE Employee* at their windows! So the line actually MOVES! And they’re FRIENDLY! Whaaaat?
They have an automated postal machine, too, if you know what you’re doing and want to skip the line. And… Here’s the thing: IT WORKS!
They also have Post Office Boxes and Supplies. A full service Post Office, with useful employees.
You can thank me later.