Post Office

We received a notice that the post office attempted to deliver a package. Our hours are post and in addition there was a person there. The delivery person did not knock on the door. In spite of calls it has been 3 days and we still don’t have our package. The apathy I encountered when I talked with a clerk on 2 occasions was sad. They don’t really care. It is not a wonder that they are losing money.

A slightly seedy part of town. This place is for pick up only. And there’s no on-​site parking, so you have to guess how much meter time you need.
It took the 2 attendents around 10 minutes to find my letter (meanwhile they were dealing with an old lady who was endlessly complaining about her misplaced mail). Turns out they were look at the wrong address (the letter and slip were correct). And of course, I’d only put 10 minutes on the meter, so that overran too.
To complete this lousy review, the handwriting on the slip was really bad, so I couldn’t do any tracking on the letter to figure out where it came from.
Hopefully don’t have to go back here.

I am shocking even myself by writing a glowing review about the USPS. Like most folks, I’ve almost never had a positive experience at any post offices. BUT this was not my recent experience, and so this positive review is necessary.
I had an incredible experience with this particular post office this week. Due to the classic case of moving too fast, i provided my address to an Etsy vendor incorrectly. Doh! I kept looking up the delivery status and was confused as to why it kept returning to the facility. I eventually realized my mistake and had the vendor call to correct the address, since this is something the sender had to do. Once they had my correct address, they attempted to deliver but the type of shipping required a signature. Since i work in the city, I would unfortunately, never be home to sign for the package during delivery hours. So, I called the post office to determine when I could come and grab it. Much to my surprise, they were extremely pleasant, helpful, and accommodating. They even went out of their way to make sure I could come get my package at a time that was convenient for me, given my circumstances.
I would like to give a special shout out to Larina (sp?) for being so friendly and helpful.
Very grateful!

The USPS is losing buckets of money, to the tune of $ 2.0 billion every three months. Mind-​staggering. You wouldn’t know it when you enter this post office. I had to come here for a package (signature confirmation slip and I wasn’t home). Fortunately, there was a parking space in front. Lots of broken glass on the street and cigarette butts adorned the sidewalk. Nice touch here.
There is a door bell you need to press to alert the USPS lady that you would like some assistance. Ok… kinda odd. Once you are inside, it’s a barren wasteland. It is an empty high-​ceiling room with one rusted metal table to the side. It looked like a detention center you see in the movies. The lady got my package fairly quickly, so that was good. As I left the glass door, you could hear the «click-​click» of the someone locking the USPS door. Like a scene from the movies… fin.