This is a convenient, centrally located Post Office with staff who've always been friendly and courteous. But recently I needed assistance with a live animal package I was expecting in an Overnight Express which had not yet arrived and it was closing in on Day Three. The on-line Tracking info hadn't been updated and I had no resources available to help find the very late package with baby animal inside. The employee at the front window couldn't/wouldn't offer any additional assistance. Through my persistence, the staff member then walked back to ask the Supervisor & then returned to repeat the same suggestion that I check again tomorrow, day three. So I asked to talk to the Supervisor myself. The staff member went back again, then again returned to tell me that the Supervisor "won't talk to you." Dismayed, though staying polite and calm, I asked "Why not? That's what a Supervisor is for." The staff member clearly felt awkward now, but essentially explained that the Supervisor "doesn't talk to customers." Are you kidding me? At this point, I reminded the staff member that as a tax paying member of the community for the USPS, I was a customer with a troubling situation requiring the assistance of a Supervisor and wasn't going to leave until he/she came out to speak with me as this is his/her job. The staff member again went back and informed the Supervisor of this, but the Supervisor still wouldn't come out. No explanation, ie: the Supervisor was busy, on the phone, can you leave a phone number for a call back, can you come back in 20 minutes, etc. Simply, "doesn't talk to customers." Another employee (non-supervisor) eventually came out. She heard my dilemma, took some information and then made a couple phone calls. In less than 10 minutes, thanks to her help, we had answers. The resources she used was all I was seeking from the Supervisor, but apparently the Supervisor can't be bothered with problems from members of the public. I later wrote a letter of complaint to the Postmaster about the Supervisor's lack of professionalism and poor customer relations skills and he was very responsive in looking into my complaint. Bottom line, if you have a postal related problem that can't be resolved at the line level, you should expect courteous assistance from a Supervisor. Even if the Supervisor is unable to resolve the situation to your satisfaction, he/she still has a responsibility to at least talk to you to see what can or can't be done. When the Supervisor flat out refuses to come out and talk to the customer, leaving the poor line staff to be stuck in the middle, he/she shouldn't be a Supervisor. Addressing and helping to resolve customer complaints is among a Supervisor's core responsibilities. If this happens to you, be sure to remain professional and contact the Postmaster for the office branch. If this level of poor Supervisor assistance occurs often, I would expect some staff changes would need to be made. Oh, and we're supposed to embrace Government run Health Care? I think not. read more