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UPDATE: So i was reading the comments at Atrios on this story, and i came across this one:
Actually, i had a package to get in the mail on Wednesday. I left work early to hit the Hillsborough PO, figuring there'd be shorter lines. Hillsborough closes at 4:30, which would have been good information to have before i got there.
So i just barely made it to the West Durham PO on Kangaroo Drive (which should have been named Kangaroo Court, but that's a different story) before they closed at 5:00. There were about 8 people in line. One clerk was dealing with a single customer doing some fairly complex transaction apparently involving lots of envelopes going to several different countries. So the other clerk ended up dealing with the rest of us.
And i have to say he was the most cheerful and effervescent postal worker i've ever met. Even considering he was dealing with all of us after the doors were closed.
UPDATE: So i was reading the comments at Atrios on this story, and i came across this one:
Imagine being a postal worker during the holiday season. There is no way to keep any joyful spirit at all.They get to deal with the worst in people, like these whackjobs at Walmart for weeks and weeks.
Actually, i had a package to get in the mail on Wednesday. I left work early to hit the Hillsborough PO, figuring there'd be shorter lines. Hillsborough closes at 4:30, which would have been good information to have before i got there.
So i just barely made it to the West Durham PO on Kangaroo Drive (which should have been named Kangaroo Court, but that's a different story) before they closed at 5:00. There were about 8 people in line. One clerk was dealing with a single customer doing some fairly complex transaction apparently involving lots of envelopes going to several different countries. So the other clerk ended up dealing with the rest of us.
And i have to say he was the most cheerful and effervescent postal worker i've ever met. Even considering he was dealing with all of us after the doors were closed.
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4 Comments:
Long Island sucks.
That's why I moved in 1981 and will never go back.
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Tony, at 11:10 AM
Mr. Dependable, be glad you didn't go to Hillsborough P.O.
I went there two weeks ago to mail some DVDs I had made to some friends of mine.
The lady behind the counter wanted to sell me on Priority Mail. This was after I told her "it really doesn't matter when these arrive. I just want the lowest rate." It took her not one, not two, but three different rate schemes to finally arrive at the $1.50 to under $2 I was anticipating for each package.
Nice scam they've got going on at the Hillsborough P.O.
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Tony, at 11:44 PM
FYI, the Sharron Rd. PO has extended hours.
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Stephen, at 1:32 PM
Scratch that...ShaNNon Rd Post Office has extended hours.
(Where's Sharron rd anyways?)
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Stephen, at 2:01 PM
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