Post office rant...

I have been spending this Christmas season at the Post office mailing out ebay auctions. And it's funny how impatient people are during this time of year. I mean come on, you have GOT to know that December is the busiest time of year for all shipping companies. I hear that from Philip every time I see him. LOL

So, when you go into the Post Office on the Saturday before Christmas, don't expect the lines to be short. And don't get upset with the postal workers. They want to get through the line as quickly as possible too. Do you think they want all these people angry with them?

It amuses me when people in the lines think that their time is much more important then the person in front of them. So they try to jump ahead of the people in front of them. I guess this is true with any line this time of year. What makes anyone think that their time is much more important then anyone else's time?

My guess is that you should have considered this before going to the post office and adjusting your time accordingly. The person in front of you has just as many things to do in their day as you do. Maybe even more. So disrespecting that person by trying to jump in line, is not cool.

And don't you really think you should get all your forms and even your boxes packed and taped up before you get to the post office. Why should everyone behind you have to wait until you get your boxes taped up while you're at the counter? I think that is one of the reasons why the line is so long. People come unprepared, and try to fill all that stuff out while they are up at the counter instead of before they get there.

And, I know that the post office supplies tape for people who send things priority mail. But do you really have to use almost the whole roll of tape to close your box by wrapping the box around and around and around with tape? Do you realize that we're all actually paying for that tape with higher postage fees? it's kind of like any government service. you actually think that the tape is free, but it's getting paid for by taxes or postage fees. So we're actually paying for it with our tax money or fees.

Can you tell I spend a lot of time lately at the Post office?? LOL