Not Going Postal

Going to the Post Office is a pain in the neck. Our neighborhood is apparently so dangerous that they need thick plexiglass there. Some think it is to protect the postal workers from robberies…but we think it is to prevent angry customers from rushing the postal employees.

The Associated Press recently reported that as part of a “retail standardization plan,” clocks have been removed 37,000 post offices. Unless they start medicating us while on line, I think with or without a clock, a visit to the post office is going to take a long time.

We recently gave up and bought a postal scale and started using Click N Ship on the USPS website. You can mail order everything you need. The Post Office will send you priority mailer boxes free of charge, as well as all the other postal equipment you need. And we bought blank shipping labels. With any luck, we’ll never have to see the inside of a post office again…

If we only could find a way to deal with our less than professional mail carrier…