US Post Office

What?!? You don’t have an automated machine?
Sorry, USPS, but this is a pretty epic fail. A line out the door to send a package could easily be reduced or eliminated altogether with the addition of a machine. Lots of other US Post Offices have one, sometimes multiple machines.
Not everyone wants to use an automated machine, totally fine! Sometimes face-​to-​face interaction is the best way to go. But most of my Post Office pleasant experiences have been with a glowing screen, not with a disgruntled person behind the counter.
Come on…

As unprofessional and poorly run as you can get. Line out the door at 5pm, ONE clerk at the window who obviously has no filter when she says (out loud), «I was the dummy who didn’t call in.» 23 minutes total to take care of a simple transaction. Where’s the supervisor? Oh yeah– he’s in back, ordering parts for his monster truck online. No accountability, no pride in service, staffed by an entitled, uneducated workforce. A dinosaur who’s time has come and gone.

I like the old building. Decent sized parking lot. Good access from I-​25.
Negatives, which is the only reason I’m writing a review for a post office (hoping to save you some time), is that it closes at 5 and does not have a self-​service machine. While it’s far from this location, the one in Lowry is open until 6 and has the automated after hours option. Guess it got me spoiled.

Incredibly slow and understaffed. Very friendly people working here though. Enough parking, however the 15 minute limit makes you wonder if you’ll get towed with the length of time you wait.

Rude customer service especially since I haven’t shipped too many packages and needed clarification on COD and long waiting lines. I felt wrong to ask questions about what I was being charged. It’s sad so see this is what USPS is becoming over the years.

This is a typical post office. One clerk on duty and a line out the door…

This post office is super small. However, it’s great that it has a parking lot and during off hours it’s never unreasonably busy. Also, the staff is surprisingly friendly for a post office. My only complaint is they have been out of certain postal materials numerous times that I’ve been there.

Really? Reviewing a post office? Yes, because the public should know about this place. It’s the absolute worst.
1. The parking lot is horrendous: tiny, full of potholes, and barely accessible from Broadway (southbound) or an unmarked side street that is too small for two-​way traffic.
2. This place is understaffed. All. The. Time. Monday morning? Thursday afternoon? Doesn’t matter, I’ve tried every approach to outwit the guaranteed line 10+ people deep that winds it’s way to the door. Don’t go on weekends. Just don’t — you have better ways to spend your entire afternoon.
3. It’s slow. I mean REALLY slow. Yes, all Post Offices could use some turbo jets lit underneath some butts to get things moving, but this place takes the cake. The lady just wants to mail a card… sell her a stamp and move on already!
This place could really benefit from a postage kiosk where you can weigh/​print your own postage and then drop it off. It’s 2014, let’s get it together USPS.

Okay it’s the US Post Office… wadda ya think is going to happen here? I go to this location because it’s on the way home from my office. There can be 1 to 3 employees working at any given time. Most of the time it’s 2. Pretty slow… but aren’t all post offices? There is an older gentleman who works one of the counters that is slower then slow. If he is available when my turn comes I let the person behind me go and I am usually out before they are done. I continue to go there so I guess it really isn’t so bad it just isn’t great! Good luck!

The staff is generally friendly, but the wait here to mail a simple package can be beyond long — I’ve waited over 30 minutes before for a $ 3 transaction. It’d be great if the staff didnt have side conversations with everyone in line, or if they got a self service maching

Wow, this post office is deceptively small. The parking lot blows if you’re squeezing in a few hours before closing. While the building is big, the actual service area is tiny as the line will slowly grow past the entrance. For being so close to closing, there was only one attendant working. When you glance at the spot for labels and boxes, you’ll notice that there’s nothing there. Luckily I wasn’t in a rush, but wow, they definitely could use a bit of help.

Seriously, what is wrong with this post office? It has to be the single least efficient and stocked USPS in the city. This one is less than a mile from my house, but they’re almost always out of small envelopes for Priority and Express mail, forcing you to either buy tape (they don’t let you borrow their’s like at other USPS) or send a much too big flat rate fee box. The lines are crazy always — out the door and down the stairs on most days. There is never more than 2 people working, and those 2 people are slow and rude. It’s really the worst post office I’ve ever been in! The only redeeming quality is that there’s a parking lot, but I find it faster to drive 5 miles down to the big on on South Colorado Blvd where there’s automated machines, more staff, envelopes, and less waiting. Horrible.

Consistently understaffed. Have stopped by this post office probably 6 times over 3 months and every time there is a line at least 6 people deep with only one clerk working the front desk.
A self-​postage machine as is available at other locations would be a considerable help to this location.
Suspect USPS is not checking Unilocal for reviews — but at least you have a heads up to consider an alternate shipping location!

I came in at 9:05 AM on October 15^th, Tax day. There was no line, the service was friendly, Grace helped me. I loved it!

I came here to… mail things.
The first try was on a Tuesday around lunchtime and the line was honestly 15 people long. I was on a time crunch so I had to leave, saddened from my failed mailing attempt. I went back today (again a Tuesday) around 2PM and I was 4^th in line and was in and out quickly. The postal workers were pleasant and polite and the gentleman I worked with excitedly indulged my need to look for «fun» stamps. They had the packaging materials I was looking for (flat rate boxes) and they also have a variety of other items for your basic postal needs. It’s not a large office, so they don’t have greeting cards or any of the other fancy things you sometimes see, but it gets the job done.

Slow service with a crappy parking lot (the street it exits to is completely torn up).
I asked the lady helping me how her day was (she seemed a bit frazzled, so I was hoping to lighten it up a bit), her response: «Ugh, HORRIBLE. Today is horrible.» Then she went off about how the card reader isn’t working, blah blah.
What was I at the post office for? To send a box of toys for a pit bull with cancer who’s getting his leg amputated tomorrow.
Perspective.

I’m glad to have this post office near my home. They’ve got ample parking and friendly employees. No complaints, but one suggestion: I’d like to see a stamp machine located outside, near the PO boxes. This would cut down on the line, and make stamps available during hours the main facility is closed.
By the way, if you’re as dim as the simpleton from LA (see review below) complaining about «socialized» mail delivery, you may want to check the online postage rate calculator (
) so you don’t drool on yourself in line for half an hour, waiting to find out how much it will cost to mail a book back to the state you live in.

Yikes. Never had a bad experience here!
Pretty decent lines and good parking. People are pretty nice and efficient.
Can’t complain.

Sure it’s the post office and you go in knowing exactly what to expect. A line whether there are 1 to 3 clerks working and it being a typical weekday or the day after a holiday… and of course the Gov employees are pleasant enough while really you just don’t want them to know your name (cuz they know the address) or go postal with you in attendance… but in an effort to rid our country of this socialized ineffective mailing nonsense, I’ve decided to add some constructive criticism to the mix.
First off, post prices please… if you have nothing to hide I’d appreciate knowing that I’m about to spend $ 12.40 or whatever to send one used book to my sister in Cali. Now this has nothing to do with how much I love my family or are they really worth it… because of course they are. It’s just a simple courtesy that might save me 30 minutes and forced me to look into some other method of book travel. Viable options could have been FedEx, UPS, horse and buggy, stowing it illegally on some other passengers check-​in next time I go to LA. You get the picture.
Secondly, and I’ll stop for now, but this isn’t McD’s and I don’t need stamps with all my orders, ala the USPS equivalent of supersizing. Besides if I did need some stamps, I’d probably have reminded myself countless times during the 30 minutes I hung in line. i’m not usually a ranter and may be preaching to the choir, but we all know you can never get enough of a good thing and have something ‘Real’ to say about the USPS in the same sentence.
In 2011, let’s pass USPS reform who cares about the economy!