US Post Office

This post office services my apartment building located on Ulloa St between Cortez and S Scott St. We are lucky if we get our mail delivered two to three times a week. This week I believe it was twice. We didn’t get any of our out going mail picked up. Yesterday when the female carrier was here she stated she would pick it up on Monday. That she had a funeral to attend. We have had our rent checks in that out going mail box since the first. Now there are residents who are going to be fined a $ 100 late fee/​have eviction proceedings started all because of her laziness. This is outrageous!

I think it would be really hard to rate any Post Office better than 2 stars, honestly.
This is likely the most convenient PO in New Orleans though, which is probably why it’s always slammed. I’ve never been able to walk in and right out… always a line.
The employees are fairly surly and if you give them a funny look or take too much time, they don’t hesitate to let you know you’re inconveniencing them. That said, there must be some kind of training manual that determines this behavior because I’ve never met an overly friendly Postal Worker. (I guess there’s a reason there’s a saying «Going Postal»? hehe.)
It’s clean enough and there are recycle and trash cans around the PO BOX areas. You do get a great view of the bayou while sorting your mail, so it’s not all bad!

I have a lot of trouble accessing this post office, in part because I am disabled. The lines are almost always extremely long (usually at least reaching the door). There is nowhere to rest or sit as you wait. If you need to mail a package you cannot be in a hurry– it can take up to an hour to reach the counter. The line forms before the office is open. There is no self-​service of any kind. There is no drive-​through.
On one occasion, a package delivery was «attempted» at my house (I don’t think it was actually ever attempted, and there was no slip) and returned to the post office. To pick up my package, I would have had to wait in line for up to an hour, since they would not hand me my package unless I waited in line, even though I needed nothing else and no postage was due. I had to leave, and the postal workers declined my request to have the package redelivered. The package was returned to sender.
This post office would benefit from (1) a self-​service kiosk, (2) a drive-​through, and (3) A few benches in the waiting area, or even a ticketing system.

So I’ve finally giving up shipping with these guys.
They still think they are special snowflakes when it comes to scanning in ebay prepaid shipping packages and the clerks are still surly.
I was still going there to pick up priority mail boxes from time to time but now… Yesterday I was informed they will only be stocking the flat rate priority boxes. (Flat rate is a waste of money unless you are shipping something heavy.) So thats that.
If you do a lot of shipping skip these guys and go directly to the main post office on Loyola. They’ll have your supplies and they’ll be nicer.
Notes: Only flate rate priority mail boxes, priority mail boxes are not available at night, no after hours package shipping kiosk, high counters, expect a line.

Oy Vey, unfortunately I had dealings with this particular government institution. I guess this place is a necessary evil but I don’t have to like it.
The problem first started when I got note saying that they had tried to deliver a package. So I took off of work a little early to go and get it. As soon as I get there the man behind the counter informed me they had sent it out on the truck to be delivered again and I would have to come pick it up the next day. That kind of pissed me off but I figured it wasn’t the end of the world. The next day I went down there bright and early to go and pick up my package. The same guy informs that it went back out on the truck. Wow, really!!! You would think that if I wasn’t able to pick it up the first few times that they would stop sending it out on the truck. I looked at him and said,“thanks for nothing”.
On the 26^th of December I received a second note telling me I had another package waiting on me. I decided to wait until today to go and pick it up. This time the encounter was much different I dealt with 2 ladies. The ladies were actually very nice and helpful. They brought me my packages and also informed that they it had NEVER went back out on the truck. Yes that’s right the man I had mentioned earlier in my review totally lied to me about my parcel going out on the truck again. The real reason he made up that excuse is because he didn’t want to get up off of his dead ass and go get my parcel. It just sucks that one lazy standoffish person can ruin your experience here. I just wish they would fire him, but I know that would never happen.
In short if you have to go to this post office make sure you talk to the ladies. Because the older man is a real jerk!

Worst post office…
Have lost my packages in the past and refused to do anything about it.
These days they only leave delivery slips and expect you to «deliver» your own packages from their office.
I am standing here now. There is at least 20 people in line. 1 of the 2 cashiers just left for lunch 5 til 12. 30 minutes to pick up a package they didn’t even try to deliver in the first place.,

Post offices aren’t on the top of my places to review but efficiency makes me happy. Very happy. There is an employee there that has consistently been awesome the last three times I’ve been in there, regardless if there was a long line or not.
The building is also very clean, and there is a TV you can watch if you do have to wait for a hot second.
My only minor complaint is that there is no readily available tape dispenser if you bring your own box or use one of their boxes that doesn’t have the self-​adhesive tape, though said employee mentioned earlier will absolutely let you borrow tape.

How can I NOT be a fan of the Post Office in my neighborhood?
Like I have a choice?
Luckily, this is a great post office.
It’s conviently located on Bayou St. John just off Orleans Ave.
The line usually moves pretty swiftly.
The counter folks are pretty nice.
I normally go on Wednesdays and everything moves along smoothly.

So I drive to the S. Jeff Davis Post Office on my lunch hour to knock out an errand to arrive and be told that they were closed until 2pm because the employees didn’t get to eat lunch!!! WHAT??? If you are short handed then take turns going to lunch, DUH! What kind of place closes during peak times to eat lunch. This is absolutely why they are going out of business. If you don’t run your business right you will be gone. No way should this have been allowed to happen. PERIOD!

So it’s a post office with all the usual stuff and employees who range from surly to friendly. So why that 4^th star? Because it’s location is so pretty…
No not the semi-​abandoned hospital behind it but the bayou in front. If I was a postal worker, I would love working here just to watch the bayou out front during lunches and down time.

This is my neighborhood postal office! They have not one but two drive through post office boxes which is convenient. I moved into Mid-​City at the end of July. All I know is that after Hurricane Isaac, this post office was still operating with a little trailer and a friendly post office lady. I was so impressed and kind of stunned. It was kind of comforting to know that even though my apartment didn’t have power that there was a friendly face in my neighborhood and that at least my mail could be mailed.
The post office folks are friendly at this joint! Love it! I already bought all my holiday stamps at the post office across from Lakeside mall (gotta represent all my ethnically and religiously diverse friends so bought $ 80 worth of stamps had my christian religious ones, Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Celebrate, Authors, Love stamps).

What kind of post office doesn’t have a machine to buy postage? Seriously. I fought my way through Bayou Boogaloo traffic to get into the driveway of this post office, so I could park briefly and buy postage. Much to my chagrin, there was no postage for sale. Gah.
Not a fan. Sorry.

Both of my parents have worked for the US Post Office for about 20 years, so I know a thing or two about the post office. The first thing I know is that the post office sucks if you work there. The second thing I know is that the post office sucks if you are a customer there. Either way, stepping foot into the post office is not really an enjoyable experience for anyone.
The job of the employee and customer is thus: how can I possibly make a trip to the post office tolerable?
With my few trips to the N. Jefferson Davis Prkwy USPS, they seem to have the answer: Saturday mornings, short to no lines, not too friendly service, but not too nasty, generally helpful, mail your package and go.
This specific location is right near the Bayou. It has two mail boxes where you can drive up and drop off your mail, and a medium sized parking lot that never seems too busy– but I only have experiences going to this location on Saturdays.