I have had the worst customer service experience of my life at this Post Office! I don't normally visit the post office, but in the past everyone there was very helpful. Yesterday, I went in with my 17-year-old son to help him apply for a passport. I noticed immediately that I didn't recognize three of the four attendants behind the counter. They were all deep in loud conversation with each other about some controversy which seemed to have nothing to do with their jobs. We were told to have a seat after we mentioned that we were there for his 10:15 a.m. appointment. We waited, and in a few minutes one of them motioned to me to come over to the counter. I wasn't sure what she was doing at first as she didn't call our names. I was also expecting to go into the private office as I had done previously when I applied for my own passport. I ran right over and she spit out a list of things she needed. I motioned for my son to come on over since he had the information. He handed it to me, and I handed it to her. She retrieved one piece and handed the rest back. She then asked for his birth certificate that she had just handed back, so I rifled through and gave her that. She saw the copy first and just kept saying, "I need the original," which I handed her AGAIN. She then kept asking if we wanted her to take the copies of his birth certificate and his driver's license. At that point, I was wondering what she was talking about. I was thinking, "WE DON'T KNOW! YOU WORK HERE! Do you want it or not? The website says you need it!" Anyway after some confusing words coming out of her mouth, she ended up taking the copies. Then she looked quickly over the application and said VERY DIRECTLY that my son and I needed to switch places which we did immediately. She then asked my son to read something on the application. It said, "Mother's last name, maiden name." He did. She was very condescending and said he needed to change that as it was filled in with my married name. He did so. Then she started saying something about either expedited or regular service. She showed us when we could expect the passport to arrive with regular service and looked directly at ME. I said "Yes," indicating that was what we wanted. That's when all hell broke loose. She said to me gruffly, "HE has to answer the questions! You can't answer the questions. Only if he is a minor can you answer the questions." I said, "He's seventeen," which to me is a minor! That was the reason I was there. Then she starts saying how he's not a minor as far as getting a passport. Sixteen is considered a minor when you are getting a passport. WELL EXCUSE ME! I was livid. She was so disrespectful and rude to both of us and we had not done ONE SINGLE THING out of place. We were on time (after they cancelled our appointment the previous day,) we were prepared, we were cooperating. I just said, "Well, that's the only reason I'm here! If I don't need to be here, then I'm leaving!" And I did. I was so shaken. I hated to leave my son there with her, but I was losing it. I didn't want to do anything to embarrass myself after she had completely humiliated me. I drove away and my son tried to call me, but the call got disconnected. In a minute I got a text from him that said, "Are you coming?" and I thought, "WHAT FOR?" I called him back, and he said that I needed to come back and PAY! ARE YOU SERIOUS??? I told him to pay with his credit card. They don't take credit cards, he didn't have that amount on his debit card, and he doesn't own a checkbook. I thought I was going to blow up. So, I can't answer the questions, but YOU'LL TAKE MY MONEY!?!?! I went in and said as little as possible except, "I'm confused." I was clearly livid. I wrote the check, handed it to her, and turned around while I waited for her to finish with my son. THEN I LEFT. I hope to NEVER go back in there again. I cried in the parking lot. I have never been so humiliated in a customer service situation.
*Today the postal service has lost my son's package which is worth $800! These people are incompetent and rude. PLEASE USE UPS OR FEDEX for everything! read more