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Waiting in line for way too long every time I'm here it's a long wait. Today seven people in line and one person working !!!!

This photo is credited from a former yelp review: Jennifer L. as shown. But the rude lady employee was on the very end. 12/19/2020 12:40pm.
Jom L.

Just dropped by off today. December 19, 2020 around 12:40pm. The lady that helped me today. Blonde. Caucasian. I should have gotten her name. Perhaps in her late 50's was extremely rude. It's a busy holiday season. And I had about 30 letters within US and 7 letters to be mailed international. I have counted them beforehand but i forgot. So I had to recount. She was impatient and constantly saying "do you wanna pay first?" "Oh my god" "I cant believe this".. Her co-workers seemed to be fine and very polite to customers. She didnt even ask if I wanted it to be registered or anything. She just handed off my stamps and said "NEXT". I did not even know where to put my mail. As I do not mail often. It takes 0 dollars to be kind and patient to customers. Please improve this

Chris R.

Like this US Post Office location in San Mateo the last few times i have visited. + Friendly staff. + Fast service. Even when I had seven people ahead of me. + Accommodating services. + Nice to people who may not understand their services. Foreigners and shut-ins. + Easy parking. + Easy location to find. Too bad some dickhead drivers are also customers (see pics) But then I came for the US Post Office services and people. Not for the company of other customers. Overall I give this US Post office location and an easy four stars!

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This is my favorite post office! It's not perfect, but I have lower anxiety when coming here…read more The post office is conveniently located off of Hillsdale and Foster City boulevards. Nearby is the public library, restaurants, Starbucks, Indian Grocery, Highway 92, the fire department, the police department... I actually haven't see many police officers or vehicles when I go to the post office, but one did randomly pop out of nowhere to help me with my packages one day. So I do feel a little bit safer coming here at night for my errands. It is also less crowded at night. But sometimes they lock the package drop-off even on weeknights when it isn't a holiday. They have a self-service kiosk that I tried to use, but I could not figure it out - hopefully you don't pay for expedited shipment only to find the dropbox is locked. Maybe whoever locks it works the next shift and they want less packages to process the next day? One time, someone just left their packages in front of the dropbox unattended. During the day, the postal workers are friendly and helpful (and forgiving). There are also more pedestrians because of the businesses and also because the post office shares the building with the Atria senior living complex. I often see seniors walking around. There is ample parking and several 15 minute slots - you can park across the way if you don't mind walking.

This post office is hella slow. Had to send back my Bay Area Fast Track and there were 3 ladies…read moreworking for only 2 of us in line, and they moved slower than a snail. Convenient parking though and practically empty. Just slow.

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Most days I ship, the transactions are usually easy and I'm in and out within 10 minutes. The…read morepostal office employees are usually nice and I can go about my day. Today, I made the mistake of having my package being 1 ounce over the limit for this particular service. That's fine, I can pay the additional fee. What was frustrating was that my previous label was not nulled & refunded, on top of being charged for the second label. Furthermore, the clerk denied me access taking pictures of the new label created before shipping. Having the receipt is fine, but it didn't have my recipient's name on it. All around annoyance, but I don't foresee issues with future transactions so this is a rare instance.

The counter staff are always lovely and very customer service oriented, but the manager/supervisor…read moredoesn't run the office well in general. no one ever answers the phone and there's no voicemail. They frequently don't pick up packages left well before the time deadline, especially on Saturdays, meaning packages just sit there from 15 min before the last empty/pick-up time on a Saturday until 3pm on the Monday when they finally get sent to the main distribution center. don't ask me why they don't send stuff to the distribution center after the first pick-up in the morning! And they also frequently sent packages back to the main distribution center instead of delivering causing delays. Use the San Carlos post office whenever you can, it's so much better!

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The direction for this locatuon somehow isn't being recognized properly on Waze, I tried it twice…read moreso maybe it's waze. This location iis good if you're around downtown but parking is bad. However, FedEx in general has been bad and had lost my package 3x and wasn't happy about that.

The customer service here leaves a lot to be desired. I went by to drop off a box of books that i…read moresold online. I didn't have any packing tape at home and there was none out for customer usage that I could see. I already had my shipping label, so all I was missing was the tape. There was one person there, who i'm assuming was being assisted with photos, and two employees. I stood there, holding a heavy box for probably close to 10 minutes, and they never acknowledged me. Both employees looked at me and ignored me. Neither said anything about being right with me, or it would just be a minute or anything. They never said a word, just ignored me. And I stood there holding a heavy box the entire time. Then I noticed the sign about their "full service surcharge" which basically states that if one of their employees has to do something for you, you have to pay for it. Since I already had my shipping label, I was not about to pay for them to tape my box. So I scanned my label and dropped my box in their chute. Next thing I know, i'm about to get into my car, and one of the employees comes out and starts yelling at me because my box wasn't taped. His exact words were that it was all over the place. He told me that I had to wait for them. I responded that I did wait for 10 minutes, and they ignored me. He just kept yelling at me that next time I can't do that. So here's the thing. I am sorry that my box made a mess, but the thing is that I doubt that happened. The box was packed pretty tight, and it did not drop that far. So while a couple of books probably fell off the top, it wouldn't have gone all over the place. Basically, there should have been tape out for the self service they push so hard, like every other shipping store in the area. Otherwise, don't threaten to charge a fee for shipping a box and don't ignore your customers. I did not appreciate being yelled at and humiliated in public over their lack of customer service. Next time I sell books online, i'll go to the FedEx store in Millbrae.

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