I have been to this post office a few times, and every experience makes me just want to do my business, and get out.
The building is fairly drab, which is fine. Very few people want to hang around post offices like they do in libraries or cafes, but that could be an interesting business idea. Are you listening, USPS? In any event, the actual lobby is pretty sparse. It is small, simple, and has definitely seen better days.
I am sure that the postal clerks see plenty of characters, because they definitely make no effort to be polite to you. Once the clerk was on a call during my entire transaction, complaining to a friend about her paycheck. I gave her three slips for mail I expected, and she returned with just two items and said that the third may have been a mistake. Nope, it was just a package, and not a certified letter, so I had to send her back to look for a package.
The lines are never terribly long, because this is not a popular postal office, but they only ever have one or two clerks on the counter, so three people ahead of you can be quite time consuming. Make sure that you are fully prepared for your business, or you will be sent to the back of the line.
That is pretty representative of how things go at the post office. They got the job done, but they are also just unpleasant the whole way through. read more