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| - I was bored, had a few hours to kill, had been sitting at a desk all day (which you know isn't healthy), and realized that I had been a little anti-social lately, so I thought, what one place could fix all of these problems? I know, the Post Office! Only 9 days until Christmas, so I knew I'd be able to fill those hours standing in a Disneyland-sized line, which would give me plenty of opportunities to make new friends.
I sure wasn't disappointed. No, sir. I got in, quickly assessed which line was the one that would eventually lead me to the main counter, and took my place among a group of rather somber looking people, each struggling to maintain control over a half-dozen or so packages that kept shifting in their arms. Cheer up, people! It's the holiday season!
I can't believe how many grumpy people there are out there this time of year. Some even had the nerve to complain that other patrons, (who had waited in line just as long by the way), still hadn't put their gift bags and other items into boxes for mailing. What's the big deal? The employee was more than happy to dedicate 10 or so minutes exclusively to helping them pack their items. Now that's customer service.
And I should add that the Post Office really takes care of its employees as well. They let all but two of them go home for the day, obviously so they could enjoy time with their families during the season. Wonderful! You don't see stores like Fry's or Safeway pare down their staff to just two people during a busy time, do you? No! They ramp up their staff so that nobody has to wait in line and can get customers in and out efficiently. That's just mean-spirited, taking employees away from their families like that.
I made the best of it by making some new friends in my time there. I couldn't believe they had negative things to say about their experience, though. I don't like to let negativity ruin my holidays, so I smiled and let them go on and on about how sloooooowwwww everything was and how they had other things to do. Lighten up, people! You just got here an hour ago and you're almost 2/3 through the line!
At least you were lucky enough to get in! They closed up shop and sent other people walking away, packages in hand, dejected that they couldn't join us.
2 stars. I would have given it 5, but the entire crowd seemed to hate the service there, so I'm going to be fair and average it.
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