post office rant

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Gary007

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I ALWAYS hate it when I get this one particular clerk.

I was shipping off a Sage Game Warden to somebody in Canada. So she gets out this thick book to see if "weapons" are allowed to be shipped into Canada. I asked her "you think a knife is a weapon?" Her reply, "yes". I said, "wow, really?" Then I said "how about a kitchen knife"? I also asked her if she thought a Swiss Army knife was a weapon, and she said "yes". How about a sharpened pencil? She said "could be".

Wow! :barf:

As if I wasn't annoyed enough, she also had me cross out "British Columbia Canada", because it wasn't all in caps. I had it neatly typed out but she made me cross the whole thing out and hand write "BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA" all in caps. Yeah lady, looks much better now. :barf:

sheesh.... I cringe when I get her. I get along with 99% of people, but this gal really tweaks me. :mad:
 
One of the post offices I occasionally use has a guy that I avoid just because of issues like this-- I don't think a person deserves to get grilled on the shipment of knives or to have to offer up further explanations for what 'camp tools';) are.
OH- I have also called them 'kitchen gadget' and 'fruit peeler'.
 
I've got one out here that doesn't like to see TAPE reinforcing the adhesive on USPS shipping boxes..."This is wrong, go home and start over"......

"camp tool with case"......Our bretheren "Down Under" got me started on that...
 
Maybe try asking to work with a different clerk? Or do the deanimation thing. Or both. Yeah that would be cool.
 
Oku said:
I've got one out here that doesn't like to see TAPE reinforcing the adhesive on USPS shipping boxes..."This is wrong, go home and start over"......
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I think I'd just get back in line and keep trying until I got another clerk.

We have one that makes me fill out ALL the info on insured packages. When I try to tell her that I have all this information back at home and that all I need is the name, it's no use. She wants entire names, entire addresses on the insurance stub. Other clerks don't seem to care one way or the other.
 
Hint. Go in dressed in business clothes, at least a white shirt, dress pants and shoes. Went in dressed in my usuall get-up and was questioned-where, what, when and how. The last shipment was made on my way to work and nothing was asked, he even filled out the priority mail forms for me. Only used the name of the person receiving the package on the forms too. My return address was on the package. If you go in wearing a suit they would probably pay the postage for you.
 
Worst yet - the postal rates/system changed today.

ARRGGHHH!!!!

If you want to send a package 1st class, it'll cost you $3.17 or so for a 13oz package. At 14 oz, you are officially Priority Mail and it's $4.60.

WHAT? Yer gonna overcharge me more than a buck for a fancy sticker???

Oh, and anything larger than 6x9 is now a "large envelope" with it's own special class. And postcards went up 2c. But 2nd-ounce (except them pesky "large envelopes") dropped by 7c. ?????

I guess they are just trying to match what they get to costs, but this is silly. They need to simplify this instead of the charts they have now. Dang, it was easier for Frosty to get a ticket to the North Pole than it is to know what the postage is now.

(And yeah, I know they used to charge you the extra ounce on a "large envelope" before - why not keep it that way???)

Oh, last one. Forever stamps came out today. 41c. Of course, the POSTAGE RATE IS 41C SO THIS IS GONNA BENEFIT NO ONE FOR A LONG WHILE. So what? Well, they could have put their printing efforts into making SEVENTEEN FARGIN CENT STAMPS!!!!!!!!!!

There should be a consititutional amendment that says that if they don't have the stamps printed, they can't change the rates. This isn't the first time they bump rates and make people buy piles of penny-stamps and crap. Grrrrrr.

OK, I'm done.

And yeah, I did ahve a clerk who was an FBI Signature Expert in her spare time. LOL Luckily, I went there often enuf that one of the other guys working there looked at her and said, "He's OK. Just give him his receipt." ;)
 
I always use the little electronic scale/postage machine.

It has wonderful bedside manner.

And it accepts my VISA card without a grimace.
 
This is a customer service issue that needs to be brought to the attention of the branch manager, especially it it has happened more than once. If it has happened more than once it is willful/intentional hostility towards a customer.
 
I usually just mark it "shank" or "disembowler". It goes through customs very nicely ;).
 
One guy at my PO is nice enough but a very loud fellow. By the time your done with mailing everyone in line knows your business. Solstice can probably vouch for that. I actually ran into Solstice at the PO once, we were both sending off a knife we sold here LOL
 
JWBirch said:
This is a customer service issue that needs to be brought to the attention of the branch manager, especially it it has happened more than once. If it has happened more than once it is willful/intentional hostility towards a customer.
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And then what? USPS employees (and branch managers) do not seem to be subject to normal, private workplace standards of competence and customer service. Our Branch manager is useless and nasty to boot.
 
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