U S Government

This post office is full of a lot of unhappy people. The line was atrocious — and perhaps in a way which is completely unnecessary. I arrived with a flat rate box which had postage on it and which was properly taped and was informed by a crabby employee that I had to «wait at the back of the line.»
«Everyone has to stand in line, even if you already have postage on it, we aren’t allowed to just take it.»
No, apparently you hate your job and you’re so miserable with worry that you are going to lose it due to post office closures that you want to make everyone GLAD that you are gone!
After waiting 20 MINUTES in line — I was able to hand my box to the clerk — who tried to make up some half-​assed excuse about how it was for «homeland security» or some need to track revenue. I told her that the USPS already tracked this revenue when I purchased the postage from their website and I was pretty sure that double-​counting it wasn’t an option.
I asked her to produce something other than a hand lettered Sharpies fresh sign — more like an official order from the US Government which would be likely posted publicly — and she could not.
What a rotten place to have to go as your post office! I bet the Postmaster General would be shocked by your local requirement — I hope that whoever came up with that has already lost his or her job!