If there was a less than 1 star rating, this place would have it. I've lived in my neighborhood for about 3 years and love everything about it, but having this place be my local post office makes me want to pull my hair out.
I had a delivery scheduled for a Saturday and arranged to be home to wait for it. Stupid me. I waited all day for... no package. I checked the tracking and the website said :"Delivery attempted; notice left". I checked all over- nothing. I even did a perimeter search around my building, still nothing. Which means they left their notice on their brand new, state of the art invisible paper. I should have know; this is the 3rd or 4th time this has happened since I've been here.
I waited until the next business day. to see if the delivery was attempted again. Last time it happened, they came back the next day. I figured the delivery person has to enter Something in the system to be able to leave. But I didn't see a notice- darn invisible paper.
I called 800-ASK-USPS to find out what was up. After a 20 minute hold session, a complaint filed about the invisible notices, and a recorded call of a confirmed re-delivery for Thursday because I would not be home Wednesday- I come home on Wednesday to find...that little orange paper in my mailbox. Well what do you know, they stopped using the invisible paper. That was fast.
So THEN, i scheduled yet another confirmed re delivery for Thursday- confirmation email and everything. About midday I realize it's getting pretty late and decide to be proactive. I call up the post office, because the tracking hasn't been updated, only to find out that my package is sitting there. With the wind chill outside, the temperature feels like 18 degrees- so maybe my package decided it didn't want to go out. I understand. I asked the clerk why it was there when I had a confirmation for re-delivery for that day. He left me know that if I had a confirmation number, I didn't have to worry because they trucks were coming back to the post office and would go out again later that day. Sigh of relief.
As soon as I hung up the phone, I decided to call back and ask the clerk to personally give it to the driver since there had been so many problems with this little old package. I got someone else instead who put me through to the store supervisor. He got on the phone to let me know that he would not be sending his driver back to my address because she had been there twice when I wasn't home. Stop the presses. After explaining the above to him, he continued to tell me that the driver has been there for 20 years, and if she said she rang the bell, she rang the bell. I would need to come in to pick it up. I asked if it was fair that I had to take a bus in 18 degree weather with my 4 year old to pick up a package because they made an (singular- I was trying to take the nicer approach) error. He told me I did not have to take the bus, I could walk. Here is where I admit, the yelling began. The conversation ended with him saying there was no manager available, he was the highest I could get in the store, and gave me "his" name, (which I can only imagine is the name of his arch nemesis co worker) to file a report with consumer affairs.
In sum- false deliveries are often reported, management is unavailable, and "supervisors" are less than competent.
I can't wait to move. Until then, I'll make sure to have all my deliveries made to my parents. read more