United States Post Office

Yeah, not a big surprise here. This USPS office is pretty dated. The people that were working the counter were slow and impolite. At one point, the lady behind the desk was looking up something on her computer for a customer, regarding a missing package. She needed to grab her associate for assistance. At this point, the only two workers in the joint are trying to navigate their computer system — probably in DOS. When I actually made it to the front, the lady helping me was efficient but curt and not pleasant in the least. It was hard to blame her given the appearance of the post office. It kind of run down. On the plus side, it has plenty of parking.

This post office is pretty terrible.
I try to avoid whenever possible, but sometimes it’s a necessary trip. I’ve never been here and seen less than 15 people in line. There is only ever one person working behind the counter, and as others have said this person is never trying to move things along quickly. Occasionally, another employee will leisurely saunter out from the back, announcing they will take customers who are there to pick packages held for pickup and to accept items that are ready to send (but they’ll tell you to get back in line if you need a dropoff receipt).
2^nd star because when you finally do get to the counter, they’re friendly, and parking is easy. I almost prefer to go to the main post office on Loyola Ave downtown. It’s just as busy but they’ve usually got 3+ people manning the counter.

This is a terrible post office. They have 4 — 5 separate counters to assist people but only ever have one person working and let me tell you they are taking their time.
The line is always really long, sometimes almost out the door because of this. They sometimes have a second person who periodically calls out to everyone that they will take any packages /​letters that are ‘ready to send’. I asked this person if she could help me, I was sending a package to Australia, it was ready to go, I already prepaid the postage and put a label on, I just needed someone to accept the package and tell me the customs stuff was correct. She was like ‘oh no, I don’t do that’. In my head I wondered, really? what exactly do you do?
That is what this post office is like. This is a terrible set up and the staff are insanely lazy.

The closed post office to my house. On my afternoon visit there was maybe 6 people in line and 3 people behind the counter. I only had to wait a few minutes for service and they located a package they were holding for me pretty fast.

My neighborhood post office and I avoided if I can. But I thought I’d update with a funny story about NOLA and lines and old ladies…
I had to stop in to pick up a package and the line was moderate when I came in. As is usual with the post office, you see a little cross section of the city: old/​young, working class/​professional/​borderline homeless, all races. You get the picture. This post office has wooden handrails rather than ropes or something flimsy to assist with the queuing up and they are super convenient for resting a package on while you’re waiting your turn.
The last couple of people in line were all white and dressed professionally to semi-professionally…mostly folks like me who were stopping in on their way to work. Except the last 2 or 3 were all clumped up blocking the door instead of using the wooden «lanes» to line up in. Rather than stand in the doorway, I squeezed past and took my spot in the lane leaving room for the folks who should have been ahead of me. My action must have met with the approval of the a couple of older black ladies in line because they started tsking and fussing about «folks not knowing how to line up.» And they eventually shamed the other people in following the unwritten rules.
It was a lovely bit of theater first thing in the morning.

I’ve had a PO box at this post office for the past 6 months or so and it’s been alright I suppose. No major issues, but when things get delivered by UPS or FedEx, it takes the post office another day or two to get it into my mailbox. Not only that, but I once went up to the counter a few hours after I got notice that my package had been delivered and the guy went in the back to look for it, and claimed it wasn’t there and there was nothing he could do about it. I tried to show him that someone at that location had signed for it and even gave him the name that UPS had provided me, but he wouldn’t look into it any further. My package mysteriously turned up two days later.
I also don’t understand how this location doesn’t have any kind of after-​hours way to purchase stamps. Who has time to get to the post office between 8 and 4:30? I understand those are the operating hours, but in this day and age it’s a little ridiculous that there’s no machine to purchase stamps from in the lobby. I’m aware that you can buy stamps at many other places, but where else has an actual mailbox?
The staff isn’t exactly sunshine and rainbows either, nor do they ever seem to have any sense of urgency.
Overall… Meh. It’s not a horrible place, but there’s a LOT they could do to improve.

Stopped here recently to mail a package to a friend on the East Coast. The line was long, but the counter person was polite and helpful. My package arrived at my friend’s place a day before I expected, so that was good — especially since I had gone on an afternoon.

Needed stamps and the Post Office on Louisiana Ave. was closer than Parcels and Post on Magazine St. I have to say that Parcels and Post has won me over for all my postal needs. But this time I sinned by going to the regular post office.
The wait in line was a bit long but I was entertained by observing the customers. It was still to some degree like Mardi Gras. I am a people watcher and so I can pass my time in boring situations by observing the lovely weirdness of the people of New Orleans.
I particularly enjoyed the young lady in a motorbike helmet with the word «revolution «written on it with a bunch of other words that made no sense to me. She got into a one sided argument with the gentleman behind the counter. She got nasty and the nastier she became the nicer he treated her to the point that made her upset.
I was his next customer and I am a nice person anyway but enjoyed being even nicer to him in obtaining my stamps.
The next day I conducted business with those stamps at Parcels and Post and I was treated professionally as I am always treated there. And in addition the other customers who were there before me and who came in after me was very nice people.

Have you ever been to a post office before? Yes? Then you should know what to expect. Nothing special. The workers are pleasant, and helpful, and work as fast as they can. Downside: half of the other customers. They are slow and always confused about the mailing process, therefore it makes your visit here longer than necessary. I prefer going to the one on Carrollton, they always seem a smidge faster.

Stellar service here. The employees seems to like each other and are often joking around. I like that in my public servants.

The post office is a place I try and avoid. Since most of my bills are paid online, I rarely need to mail anything. Unfortunately for me I have had several phone issues requiring the mailing of the defective device.
For the first two devices I went to the main branch. While the location is convenient, it is always far too busy. Today I saw superstar Unilocaler Jen L. check in at this branch so I decided to give it a try.
The branch does seem to be a full service post office offering most, if not all traditional services. The line was not too long today, but the wait was. I guess the few people in front of me had complicated business to conduct.
When I got to the counter, the attendant was very friendly. She was so friendly that it took me by surprise. She is what made the long wait a little more bearable.
For people watching, this location was stellar. I saw a female version of Ted Kaczynski with a hoodie and gloves despite 80 degree weather. There was also a woman in some sort of cloak with a painted face. I have no idea what they were doing at the post office, but it kept me entertained.
In summary, this is a viable option if you want to avoid the main post office.

Upon further consideration I’m all for closing this branch down. It’s a like a dilapidated speakeasy married to a jail with all that ridiculous iron fencing out front. Like you have to scale the walls and risk your life to mail something.
Once inside it’s clear no one has given any thought to presentation for awhile. Peeling wallpaper revealing the previous layer. Dismal and draining fluorescent lighting. Plus all the signage over the years.
Today I was pushed aside to serve the next in line as I was writing an address and a return address. We can’t wait 15 seconds while I scrawl out this business?! C’mon — — - death be swift and close this baby —

When I end up at this post office, I’m always looking over my shoulder for rain and hoping the line hurries so I can dash back home. Do I always get caught in the rain? Yes, I do.
I’ll echo the sentiments of other reviewers when I say that the line might move fast… maybe. But that’s just the luck of the draw, not a good sign of correct staffing numbers. Sometimes, the workers are efficient enough to zip things on through… but the same workers roll their eyes when I ask to buy a sheet of postcard stamps. (I have issues.)
When I’m on a bike, I prefer this post office because there are no metal detectors. But that’s not really a selling point. I would love this post office a lot more if there were automated machines in the lobby to let me ship my packages (the only reason I even venture to a post office) by myself.
Accessibility notes: High counters. Doors open in.

Ten people in line, four behind counter, three are not serving customers. The one who is serving is very nice and helpful — so helpful he’s helping pack customers’ packages. There is no machine to buy stamps or auto-​mail, as there might be in other cities. Still this PO is better than Carrollton — left there to come here because the line was ridiculous and stamp machine had sign «this machine is permanently out of order». Soviet Russia had better service.