Comments on Mary Kunz Goldman: The post office from the black lagoon

No wonder nobody uses "snail" mail anymore.

2009-06-18T07:34:19.993-04:00

No wonder nobody uses "snail" mail anymore.

Your life is full of adventure. Kinda like Lucy. ....

2009-06-18T07:33:46.089-04:00

Your life is full of adventure. Kinda like Lucy. . . . who is Ethal? Love your work.

On Saturday nights on channel 17 they are showing ...

2009-06-17T22:28:48.306-04:00

On Saturday nights on channel 17 they are showing a series - Larksrise to Candleford. It is a charming adaptation of a book with the same title. It is the story of the goings-on in a English village post office in the very last years of Queen Victoria's reign. The people are much more genteel than the thugs you ran into.

Wow, I will have to check out that fabled post off...

2009-06-17T07:36:55.405-04:00

Wow, I will have to check out that fabled post office at Grant and Bird!

Prof G - I'm really not mad at the workers themsel...

2009-06-16T21:19:11.598-04:00

Prof G - I'm really not mad at the workers themselves, that's why I was able to stay calm (I tend towards impatient naturally). I have read some quotes by head honchos and realize it must be tough working for them. I wasn't being sarcastic (really) when I said the people are very polite and thorough. They are. That helps calm people down too.

That said, I spent my time wondering if my mom would be agreeable to fedex or something (her mail; I would have thrown regular stamps on my stuff 20 minutes earlier).

PS - Ryan, I heard that about Grant & Bird too

To Becky, hoping you read this: I'm a retired carr...

2009-06-16T20:51:58.898-04:00

To Becky, hoping you read this: I'm a retired carrier and my heart bleeds for all of those who have to face the public. The overpaid bloated managment is at fault and the brutal madness from headquarters finally drove me out in January. I took serving the public seriously and paid a heavy price for it.

Next time try the post office on Grant and Bird. ...

2009-06-16T20:48:43.601-04:00

Next time try the post office on Grant and Bird. They're very friendly there.

Really, I'm telling the truth, I swear!

At least you didn't have a couple in front of you ...

2009-06-16T17:39:00.402-04:00

At least you didn't have a couple in front of you getting passports from the lone counter person. The very polite, very very thorough counter person.

I understand why morale is poor, but it's not my fault! Honestly I wanted the head of the manager (who was hiding in a back room)on a platter. Probably not their fault either. Instead I smiled and said thank you when it was my turn 25 minutes later. At least they had a counter to sit on.

(rant done; a friend is a manager at a different p.o. so I chose not to write this on my blog)

Under my real name I wrote my say about the post o...

2009-06-16T10:51:26.443-04:00

Under my real name I wrote my say about the post office several weeks back in Everybody's Column in the paper you work for. Morale there is at rock bottom and I see no solution. As a former employee, I'll offer the apology it's stupid bureaucratic culture is unwilling to. The word schuft could acquire a legitimate English definition as follows: "Noun: Policies developed and implemented in the US Postal Service".

Larry, I did buy the Forever stamps! And I thought...

2009-06-16T10:02:55.923-04:00

Larry, I did buy the Forever stamps! And I thought of you! Now you have me laughing too.

I can barely see through the tears of laughter! Yo...

2009-06-16T09:45:01.847-04:00

I can barely see through the tears of laughter! You get into some of the *dangedest* messes! :)

Hopefully, you bought a bunch of 'Forever' stamps whilst you were there anyway!