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Title: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 03:04:48 PM
Went there this afternoon.

I'm still too angry to type. :angry:
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Saulbadguy on February 18, 2011, 03:05:57 PM
 :bwpopcorn:
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 03:10:16 PM
All I did was point out the post office's inefficiency to a woman in line ahead of me. Evidently, I said it too loud.

The clerk looked up, stared me down and then closed her window after the man she was assisting finally (!) decided on the book of stamps he wanted.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: The1BigWillie on February 18, 2011, 03:11:54 PM
DMV, Post office, Porta-potty... Those are the 3 slowest moving lines known to mankind. 
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Saulbadguy on February 18, 2011, 03:13:23 PM
All I did was point out the post office's inefficiency to a woman in line ahead of me. Evidently, I said it too loud.

The clerk looked up, stared me down and then closed her window after the man she was assisting finally (!) decided on the book of stamps he wanted.
Yeah, never point out inefficiency to a postal worker.  Bad idea, j_rake.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 03:14:13 PM
"Is there anything in this box that's fragile, liquid, perishable, or potentially hazardous?"

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Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Saulbadguy on February 18, 2011, 03:16:25 PM
I got mad at a postal worker because she made me fill out a return address.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 03:16:44 PM
All I did was point out the post office's inefficiency to a woman in line ahead of me. Evidently, I said it too loud.

The clerk looked up, stared me down and then closed her window after the man she was assisting finally (!) decided on the book of stamps he wanted.
Yeah, never point out inefficiency to a postal worker.  Bad idea, j_rake.

I did not do that. I have great respect for the U.S. postal system. I always speak highly of mail men and the postage stamp, the tag team that provides the cheapest and best service in the world.

The clerk was listening to my conversation.

She should have been sniffing out boxes for bombs or something.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: yoga-like_abana on February 18, 2011, 03:19:09 PM
MHK one? Its awful, better off going to Dillons or somewhere else.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: CNS on February 18, 2011, 03:21:12 PM
All I did was point out the post office's inefficiency to a woman in line ahead of me. Evidently, I said it too loud.

The clerk looked up, stared me down and then closed her window after the man she was assisting finally (!) decided on the book of stamps he wanted.
Yeah, never point out inefficiency to a postal worker.  Bad idea, j_rake.

I did not do that. I have great respect for the U.S. postal system. I always speak highly of mail men and the postage stamp, the tag team that provides the cheapest and best service in the world.

The clerk was listening to my conversation.

She should have been sniffing out boxes for bombs or something.

Obviously you look like a terrorist and she was monitoring you and your nefarious plots.  She is a patriot. 

Terrorist.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: wetwillie on February 18, 2011, 03:21:43 PM
Yea going inside the actual post office is usually unpleasant, I try to avoid at all cost.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on February 18, 2011, 03:22:10 PM
DMV, Post office, Porta-potty... Those are the 3 slowest moving lines known to mankind. 

the line for the Matterhorn and Space Mountain, those things breaks down like every 20 minutes

also, the line at the T-Bell on the Westside of Manhattan (by taco hut) was insanely slow when I was in college, not sure if it's still that way
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 03:22:35 PM
I wanted to overnight a package to the East Coast. The clerk told me that it would not arrive overnight. "We can get it there by Tuesday," she said, reminding me that there's no mail on Sunday and that President's Day is on Monday. "That would cost you $34."

I asked her the cost of priority shipping.

"That would be $8.10 and it will arrive by Tuesday."

OK, I told her. Sounds good.

She responds: "So, do you want to go with the priority or the overnight?"
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: SkinnyBenny on February 18, 2011, 03:23:38 PM
DMV, Post office, Porta-potty... Those are the 3 slowest moving lines known to mankind. 

the line for the Matterhorn and Space Mountain, those things breaks down like every 20 minutes

also, the line at the T-Bell on the Westside of Manhattan (by taco hut) was insanely slow when I was in college, not sure if it's still that way


No, because they turned it from a Taco Bell into a Taco Cafe.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: sys on February 18, 2011, 03:24:19 PM
she was waiting for you to tip her, dumbass.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 03:26:17 PM
she was waiting for you to tip her, dumbass.

That old bag is lucky I didn't give her a knuckle sandwich.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: EllToPay on February 18, 2011, 03:42:13 PM

I did not do that. I have great respect for the U.S. postal system. I always speak highly of mail men and the postage stamp, the tag team that provides the cheapest and best service in the world.

For every card/package you drop in the mailbox, you probably have to actually enter the post office once every 50 or so times.

Isn't the hassle of 10 minutes inside worth the overall service you get?
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on February 18, 2011, 04:03:51 PM
I was at the post office last Saturday to have a package guaranteed to arrive in Denver on Monday. When I filled out the form, I checked "next-day delivery," thinking that because the mail doesn't run on Sunday, Monday would actually be a one day delivery. The lady told me that they would deliver the package on Sunday, but it would be very expensive. I told her that it didn't need to be there until Monday, anyways, and I changed it to 2 day delivery.

Boring story, but I had no idea that the post office was actually capable of delivering packages on Sunday.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: HeinBallz on February 18, 2011, 04:06:45 PM
Once a postal worker refused to let me use my credit card to ship something because it wasn't signed on the back.  I signed it in front of her and she told me she wouldn't accept any card from me then and I had to pay cash.  After I showed her my drivers license, she still refused.  I told her to go eff herself* and went to the post office on the other side of town.








*sternly said thank you for your time, please have a blessed day.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on February 18, 2011, 04:08:31 PM
Once a postal worker refused to let me use my credit card to ship something because it wasn't signed on the back.  I signed it in front of her and she told me she wouldn't accept any card from me then and I had to pay cash.  After I showed her my drivers license, she still refused.  I told her to go eff herself* and went to the post office on the other side of town.








*sternly said thank you for your time, please have a blessed day.

There really is nothing worse than a postal worker on a power trip.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 04:08:56 PM

I did not do that. I have great respect for the U.S. postal system. I always speak highly of mail men and the postage stamp, the tag team that provides the cheapest and best service in the world.

For every card/package you drop in the mailbox, you probably have to actually enter the post office once every 50 or so times.

Isn't the hassle of 10 minutes inside worth the overall service you get?

Who said anything about 10 minutes? I was in the post office for 30-plus.

As for the overall service, jesus, I've said it a million times: I'd pay $1 a stamp. The postage stamp is an incredible service and is still way too cheap. Maybe if they raised the price of stamps to a half dollar or 75 cents they could pay an extra clerk to work one of the four closed windows.

Seriously, four of five windows were closed — during lunch hour.

Go bleep yourself, post office!

Title: Re: The post office
Post by: OK_Cat on February 18, 2011, 04:17:55 PM
didn't read any of this thread. 

people still go to/use the post office?  with UPS/FedEx available and the internet?

Weird.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Stupid Fitz on February 18, 2011, 04:40:20 PM
If I could stop mail I would.  For some reason people are using the P.O. to ship things now and unbelievably, the last two things that have been shipped to me have gotten lost for a period of time.  As you can imagine they are awesome at customer service too. 
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: EllToPay on February 18, 2011, 04:40:42 PM

I did not do that. I have great respect for the U.S. postal system. I always speak highly of mail men and the postage stamp, the tag team that provides the cheapest and best service in the world.

For every card/package you drop in the mailbox, you probably have to actually enter the post office once every 50 or so times.

Isn't the hassle of 10 minutes inside worth the overall service you get?

Who said anything about 10 minutes? I was in the post office for 30-plus.

As for the overall service, jesus, I've said it a million times: I'd pay $1 a stamp. The postage stamp is an incredible service and is still way too cheap. Maybe if they raised the price of stamps to a half dollar or 75 cents they could pay an extra clerk to work one of the four closed windows.

Seriously, four of five windows were closed — during lunch hour.

Go bleep yourself, post office!



Are postal workers not allowed to go to lunch? Sheesh!
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Mikeyis4dcats on February 18, 2011, 04:46:43 PM
did you tip?
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on February 18, 2011, 04:47:53 PM
If I could stop mail I would.  For some reason people are using the P.O. to ship things now and unbelievably, the last two things that have been shipped to me have gotten lost for a period of time.  As you can imagine they are awesome at customer service too. 

I've never had a package lost by the post office. My dumbass mailman sometimes gives my neighbor my regular mail, but I prefer the post office to UPS/FedEx for small packages.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: john "teach me how to" dougie on February 18, 2011, 04:52:41 PM

I did not do that. I have great respect for the U.S. postal system. I always speak highly of mail men and the postage stamp, the tag team that provides the cheapest and best service in the world.

For every card/package you drop in the mailbox, you probably have to actually enter the post office once every 50 or so times.

Isn't the hassle of 10 minutes inside worth the overall service you get?

Who said anything about 10 minutes? I was in the post office for 30-plus.

As for the overall service, jesus, I've said it a million times: I'd pay $1 a stamp. The postage stamp is an incredible service and is still way too cheap. Maybe if they raised the price of stamps to a half dollar or 75 cents they could pay an extra clerk to work one of the four closed windows.

Seriously, four of five windows were closed — during lunch hour.

Go bleep yourself, post office!



Are postal workers not allowed to go to lunch? Sheesh!

Not at the same time.  :rolleyes:

Also, the new budget has $11 billion going to the post office, good investment IMO.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: sys on February 18, 2011, 04:53:41 PM
did you tip?

lol @ these cheap dumbasses that can't figure out why they're waiting for hours in line, having transactions refused and getting their packages lost.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on February 18, 2011, 04:53:57 PM
Ya know how the mail gets delivered in rain, snow, etc.???  When it snowed really bad a couple weeks back I was thinking about those shitty looking trucks they drive and how there was no way the mail would get delivered during the blizzard.  I mean those trucks must have like 11" wheels, and look like they probably weigh about 800 lbs without mail in them.  Sure enough the mail came.  I was pretty surprised considering the number of SUV's, Bradley Tank's, etc. that were getting stuck.

Also, I didn't realize anyone actually went to the post office anymore (unless you're a bum and you go there to drink/pass out, i.e. the Westport post office).  

FYI - when they bring you the mail, they also pick up outgoing mail as well, that is of course, if you ever actually have anything you need to mail (which I never do).  Pretty sure my wife uses the crap out of this outgoing mail service though, and I'm pretty sure Hallmark gets the best end of that deal.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 05:58:11 PM
did you tip?

lol @ these cheap dumbasses that can't figure out why they're waiting for hours in line, having transactions refused and getting their packages lost.

Postal service employees aren't allowed to receive monetary gifts.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 05:59:44 PM
Ya know how the mail gets delivered in rain, snow, etc.???  When it snowed really bad a couple weeks back I was thinking about those shitty looking trucks they drive and how there was no way the mail would get delivered during the blizzard.  I mean those trucks must have like 11" wheels, and look like they probably weigh about 800 lbs without mail in them.  Sure enough the mail came.  

It really is amazing.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: sys on February 18, 2011, 06:05:18 PM
Postal service employees aren't allowed to receive monetary gifts.

you keep pinching your pennies, and i'll keep enjoying exemplary postal service.  everyone's happy.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: j rake on February 18, 2011, 06:13:31 PM
Postal service employees aren't allowed to receive monetary gifts.

you keep pinching your pennies, and i'll keep enjoying exemplary postal service.  everyone's happy.

I gave all my $ to the pizza take-out guy.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: jtksu on February 18, 2011, 06:39:59 PM
One time FedEx left one of my packages with a neighbor.  It was $300 worth of school books and I had no idea which neighbor they left it with, just a last name.  My neighbor also had no idea whose package it was.  I was pretty pissed.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: CrushNasty on February 18, 2011, 07:54:51 PM
One time FedEx left one of my packages with a neighbor.  It was $300 worth of school books and I had no idea which neighbor they left it with, just a last name.  My neighbor also had no idea whose package it was.  I was pretty pissed.

FedEx came into my apartment, when no one was home (obviously management office let them in), to drop off a TV I thought was for my roommate - super pissed!  :curse:


Looked at the shipping label it was addressed to me, w/ a return address of DirecTV Sweepstakes Prize.  :surprised: :surprised:

No so pissed, but still  :nono:
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Trim on February 18, 2011, 08:36:32 PM
I get premium at our post office.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Deez Nutz on February 22, 2011, 09:25:11 PM
I am one of the A-Holes that slows up the line at the MHK post office.  I walk in there with 20-30 packages and 75% of them going overseas.  I wind up with a receipt longer than my arm most of the time.   :blush:

But seriously you are right.  It is ridiculous that they hardly ever have more than two clerks working and sometimes only one!  30+ minute waits have been the norm down there for several years now.  10 years ago or so they always had four clerks at all times, but I guess they are now forced to cut back probably because of the pensions they are paying to those ones who have retired.  So my advice is to go to the Dillon's stores if you only have a domestic package and otherwise the campus post office at Dykstra Hall is another good option.  They can do delivery confirmation there for 19 cents (free if Priority Mail) and the regular post office charges 80 cents.  Go figure. 
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Dirty Sanchez on February 22, 2011, 09:45:40 PM
All I did was point out the post office's inefficiency to a woman in line ahead of me. Evidently, I said it too loud.

The clerk looked up, stared me down and then closed her window after the man she was assisting finally (!) decided on the book of stamps he wanted.

You're the reason the term "going postal" had to be coined.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: doom on February 22, 2011, 10:10:31 PM
All I did was point out the post office's inefficiency to a woman in line ahead of me. Evidently, I said it too loud.

The clerk looked up, stared me down and then closed her window after the man she was assisting finally (!) decided on the book of stamps he wanted.

You're the reason the term "going postal" had to be coined.

actual origin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Sherrill (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Sherrill)
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: SkinnyBenny on February 22, 2011, 11:48:41 PM
I was at the post office last Saturday to have a package guaranteed to arrive in Denver on Monday. When I filled out the form, I checked "next-day delivery," thinking that because the mail doesn't run on Sunday, Monday would actually be a one day delivery. The lady told me that they would deliver the package on Sunday, but it would be very expensive. I told her that it didn't need to be there until Monday, anyways, and I changed it to 2 day delivery.

Boring story, but I had no idea that the post office was actually capable of delivering packages on Sunday.
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Title: Re: The post office
Post by: jdagg2003 on February 23, 2011, 12:05:20 AM
Every time I've gone to the mhk post office, there is some crazy lady in Pjs and flip flops that thinks she works there or something. She just hangs out in the lobby and helps people, usually giving the clerks advice on how they could be quicker.   :dunno: whats with that?
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: pike on February 23, 2011, 12:07:16 AM
Every time I've gone to the mhk post office, there is some crazy lady in Pjs and flip flops that thinks she works there or something. She just hangs out in the lobby and helps people, usually giving the clerks advice on how they could be quicker.   :dunno: whats with that?

Elvira?
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: jdagg2003 on February 23, 2011, 12:13:00 AM
Every time I've gone to the mhk post office, there is some crazy lady in Pjs and flip flops that thinks she works there or something. She just hangs out in the lobby and helps people, usually giving the clerks advice on how they could be quicker.   :dunno: whats with that?

Elvira?
:dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
She used to work there or something?



Also some older guy, wrecked his bike infront of me, and turned around and yelled eff YOU!!! and took off running.
weird crap.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: pike on February 23, 2011, 12:16:01 AM
Every time I've gone to the mhk post office, there is some crazy lady in Pjs and flip flops that thinks she works there or something. She just hangs out in the lobby and helps people, usually giving the clerks advice on how they could be quicker.   :dunno: whats with that?

Elvira?
:dunno: :dunno: :dunno:
She used to work there or something?



Also some older guy, wrecked his bike infront of me, and turned around and yelled eff YOU!!! and took off running.
weird cac.

Elvira is some old lady (whos autistic or something) that walks around the Ville and sells stuff that she bought at wal mart (like candles and soap). Hanging out at the post office sounds like something she would do
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: O-town Kat on February 23, 2011, 11:00:01 AM
Multiple overpaid fam members working for and retiring off of UPS. Thank you for your support. Never go to a station if you don't have to though.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Trim on January 23, 2016, 12:32:33 AM
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local_state_news/switch-to-letter-of-the-law-hard-new-postmaster-s/article_6810efea-f1ef-54ad-be61-f7d85373d7ef.html

:lol:
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: star seed 7 on January 23, 2016, 12:34:11 AM
Why are you reading hutchnews
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Trim on January 23, 2016, 12:38:37 AM
Why are you reading hutchnews

Because, as you read in that very article, the Dighton newspaper only comes out once a week.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Tobias on January 23, 2016, 12:40:12 AM
do they have an @
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: bones129 on January 23, 2016, 01:04:27 AM
Business as usual at USPS.  :bang:
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Asteriskhead on January 23, 2016, 12:13:18 PM
Drop the and you have a great novel.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: steve dave on January 23, 2016, 02:21:18 PM
I've whipped tons of Dighton ass on the sports field/court. not surprised they can't handle their crap in the mail department either.
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Trim on February 01, 2016, 12:22:09 AM
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local_state_news/post-office-banner-removal-sparks-reaction-in-pittsburg/article_a1f022ea-daa7-54c4-a5f3-ebbd9b5a7924.html
Title: Re: The post office
Post by: Emo EMAW on February 03, 2016, 11:53:07 AM
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Your item arrived at our USPS destination facility in KANSAS CITY, KS 66106 on January 31, 2016 at 1:36 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
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