i have had it with the lackluster service at the USPS location on Lincoln Blvd. in Pasadena. The last few times, I have come to buy money orders (and they are out of them - even during the middle of the day. ) I have had to hop back into my car, go to another location, purchase the money orders and then to the Lincoln location. Why? Because, it is the main branch, and due to the importance of my overnight priority mail, I would much rather mail it from the Lincoln location. This way, my priority mail leaves the branch and goes directly to the distribution center.
That said, I purchased a money order this past Thursday, January 6th from a new worker. She looks to be middle aged, Armenian and medium built. While she has a very pleasant personality, I had a concern around her handling of my priority mail express. This day, I had come to the Lincoln location at approximately 11:30'ish. I needed to purchase money orders of which I would complete and mail off in the overnight priority express mail. She politely told me they were out of money orders, but one of the clerks would be coming back to the post office with money orders in a half an hour.
I didn't want to wait, because I had quite a bit of errands to run. I told her I would leave to purchase the money orders from another location, and I would return and mail off my Priority Mail Express. She smiled and told me ok.
Approximately an hour and a half later, I returned. I waited in line. By the time I had gotten to the counter, I was able to get her as my clerk again. I had already completed the filling out of the mail address label, so I placed my money orders in a plexiglass envelope and put inside of the Priority Mail. The clerk told me how much it was, I paid for the envelope, she took it and placed underneath the left side of the desk where she was sitting. This isn't unusual, because I have seen other clerks in the past do this, in that, my SPECULATION is they probably wait to collect a few of the Priority Express mail or even just Priority Mail, and then they walk it back to the area where they will be picked up from the mail carrier who comes at the designated time of the day which is 2:00 p.m., 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Again, this is my GUESS as to why she didn't just walk it back to the recepticle where the Priority Express Mail would be place.
I politely asked her that rather than allow the envelope to sit under the desk where she would presumably collect subsequent Priority Express mail as aforementioned, I would like for her to place my in the bin so it is at the ready for the next pick up. She was completely fine with my request. What struck me, however, was when she walked it back, she looked to her right, then looked to the left, saw the bin and placed it there. I felt uneasy in that two things could have been the reason for what looked like her uncertainty as to where to place my Priority Express mail:
a.) When she looked to her right, perhaps indeed, the bin would have normally been there and had moved.
b.) Maybe the bin was always there, and she didn't know, but found it after she looked left and then right.
Thinking about the fact that this was a very expensive package, I checked my tracking number immediately upon return to my car. I was startled to see that it showed that although a label was created, it hadn't been SCANNED into the system. Those words were frightening.
I went into the Post Office. I went to the Will Call as it was less of a line. Regrettably, however, there was a customer trying to sort through why his mail STOPPED BEING FORWARDED TO HIS NEW ADDRESS IN OREGON after moving in September, 2022. He indicated he received it until DECEMBER, and then the forwarded mail ceased, and all of his mail redirected to his prior address from where he moved in Pasadena. I had to wait for approximately 40 minutes, because the supervisor, (not Leticia nor the other) but a new supervisor was working really hard with this gentleman to resolve the issue. I was very impressed. That said, she helped me, afterward, but with miscommunication on both sides, she came back and said she couldn't find my package and perhaps it had been mailed out with the 2:00 p.m. mail. I assured her it hadn't, because when I returned, the mail from the pick up carrier had already left. She thought I told her I mailed out a big package when in fact, I told her I mailed out a Priority Mail Express that was placed in a BIG and then I made a shape with my hands, because I couldn't think of the simple word, "recepticle". My nerves were shot, so I get why I was thrown. That said, MS PAULA TO THE RESCUE!!!! She is an AMAZING WOMAN who is always on her job, and found my package less that two minutes.
I thank her and then asked her could she mail my letter. She MADE SURE IT WAS SCANNED
Leticia is a waste. Never comes out to help and never returned my phone call RE: another situation. Where was the guy supervisor. Worthless! read more