So many conveniences at this post office: drive-thru parcel pick-up, stamp vending machines, friendly staff (usually), a change room (more on that later), automated parcel drop off, and a self-serve thingy that weighs your package (ha!) and calculates cost. It just can't be very heavy or it won't work. It gives you a 10% discount too.
How about that? - it gives you a discount and saves you an annoying human interaction. So don't break it by putting your heavy-ass parcels on it. Seriously, the drive-thru parcel pick-up scanner only works about 5% of the time. We don't need the other self-serve stuff tanking on us too.
Apparently this is one of only a few post offices in Canada that has these amazing conveniences. We're very fortunate.
I mentioned a change room. Actually, it's more of a try-on room. You order clothes online, pick them up at this post office and there's a room where you put them on to see if they fit. I haven't used it. Yet. I want to order some funky pajamas or maybe some speedos (even if it's winter) and then ask the staff (or perhaps some customers standing in line) what they think. We're very fortunate.
You know what's funny? Behind this place there's a sign pointing the way into the post office parking lot. The problem? It's actually directing you into a fenced in compound of the Home Depot next door. read more