RANT--USPS--UNBELIEVABLE ENCOUNTER X 3

[dockmurgw]

Perfect example of why usps should be privatized….

I have a different take on this...perfect example of why post offices are not banks. Until reading this thread, I had no idea anyone ever went to the post office to cash a money order. And I suspect the clerks being lectured behind the counter had the same thought in their mind.

 

[Greyman50]

They USED TO provide services, Real services.

 

[silicosys4]

Do I get to rant about entitled boomers now?

 

[50 target]

Good grief! So the OP went to 3 different POs and a Dr. Appt. then found time to bless us all with a 500 word, very comical essay on his frustrations with the PO. The funny part was when he went to the PO the 3rd time instead of going to a bank.

But the absolute funniest part was when he wrote the essay instead of going to the bank and simply moving on with his day.

Glad you enjoyed it.

 

[Martyk]

I had received multiple (maximum value of a USPS MO is $1K) USPS money orders for an online sale. Before shipping the purchased item off via USPS, I asked the clerk to check/verify the veracity of the USPS money orders that I received payment with. She looked at me like I had three heads.

 

[Krogen]

Wait until you buy a USPS money order, mail it with USPS and USPS loses it in transit. The mother of all storms.

 

[BE Mike]

Like it or not we are quickly becoming a cashless society.

 

[Richard Simmons]

I tried to pull a reasonable sum of money out of my bank account a few years ago. Something like $10k to $20k. I don't recall. I was surprised to find that my bank did not have that much on hand. I mean, that's not a ton of money these days.

After a 35 year career involving the delivery and installation of banking equipment, vaults, etc. I can tell you with a fair degree of certainty that the majority of bank branches have more cash in the ATM than they do in the branch. The vaults are mainly for safe deposit boxes. Depending on the bill configuration the standard four cassette ATM can hold several times the amounts you posted above.

 

[pharmer]

In the '80's I did 90% of my "business" in cash. Today, the pool hall and gun shows are about it. I could use debit at the pool hall but the waitstaff loves them some cash and most weekday afternoons we are the only customers until 3:30 "work over/ beer thirty." Joe

 

[silicosys4]

Anybody here willing to pay double the current rate for shipping and postage so the post office can afford to hire and pay for enough competent staff?

Asking as a former postal carrier

Starting wages are just above minimum wage, no retirement for the first 2 years, tops out at $32/hrs after 12+ years, and mandated overtime in excess of 70 hrs/week, regardless of how it impacts your family to be working 12-14 hour days, 6-7 days a week.

You can't buy a house or raise a family on USPS wages. At some point the older generations are just going to have to start spending more if you want the service you think you are entitled to.

 

[Bald1]

I have a different take on this...perfect example of why post offices are not banks. Until reading this thread, I had no idea anyone ever went to the post office to cash a money order. And I suspect the clerks being lectured behind the counter had the same thought in their mind.

Same^^^^^^^^. And now you can get cash bank on a debit card transaction at the USPS. The cashier at my small one person “rural” PO told me people sometimes clean her out first thing in the morning.

 

[Chuck24]

As a retired postal employee, this thread is bad for my self esteem