US Post Office

I had a package that I was expecting from ebay. I found my slip to pick up and the lady told me that I had already picked it up. She then insisted that my mother may have already got my package, we share the P.O. My mother did not get my package, that lady or someone else that works in the building clearly is wearing my new watch! I will no longer be using this address for anything that I feel is valuable. Sad. Can’t trust your mail at this facility, employees will steal it, beware.

Arrived here at about 4:30 p.m., and the line was circling around the lobby and slithering back towards the double doored entrance like an obese anaconda snake too hot to be bothered with the lack of air circulation and suitable food selection.
Welcome to the Dowtown Stockton Post Office!
Immediately after I stepped foot inside, I stepped right on back out to remind my throat, lungs, and nasal passages of what real O2 felt like. Once I cemented myself in the line, I … well … waited. Pretty simple really. I waited, inched forward, waited some more, inched forward, and finally… SCORE! We made it inside of the interior glass doors. Ya’ know it’s common knowledge that if you make it inside those second double doors before they close they’ll help you. A roaming toddler walking into other patrons while playing imaginary swords with the flat rate boxes, a middle aged well worn woman holding the line up haggling with the postal woman about what envelopes should be offered, why stamps should be cheaper, the meaning of frickin’ life and ending her conversation with asking for «my money back bitc*» and storming off were some of the very few highlights here this evening.
Pros: Very convenient to have a Post Office downtown. Then again, it is downtown, how could you not? They take money orders here if they were created at the post office. Easy to get money from folks if ya’ got people sending you funds. Didn’t have a super official I.D. as I lost mine a bit ago, but the lovely lady took my state issued motorcycle paperwork with picture and allowed me to finish my business there. Super awesome. The lady at the front, all the way to the far left, was cussed at, disrespected by a previous person in line, and she kept it classy by still helping customers, multitasking, answering questions, and staying calm. Very impressive.
Cons: Huge wait. A lot of post offices are like this, but they also usually have more than one person at the desk. The lady was the only one at the desk, swamped, and moving rather slowly. I reckon she was tired. Very warm in there, beware of death by stuffiness.