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  • sometimes i think yes (0 / 0)

    I stood in line at the postoffice today for 40 minutes -- less than a week before christmas -- they know this, right? yet, only 1 person at the front counter....I waited 40 minutes to mail 1 package....the line wasn't that long but it got longer....

    ds 9/01, baby R 1/07

    by brave on Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 06:14:56 PM PDT

    • you know (0 / 0)

      I try to get zen about lines now. If they happen, they're gonna happen and no sense wasting time being frazzled. I start chatting to people. Thus far, no one's gone postal at me!

      by Rachel on Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 06:37:24 PM PDT

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      • i know what you mean (0 / 0)

        and i don't stand in a line if i can't do it w/o complaining but sometimes it seems like the goverment is falling apart....there's no line at the UPS store!

        ds 9/01, baby R 1/07

        by brave on Thu Dec 20, 2007 at 12:20:34 PM PDT

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    • This is one of the best things about the sticks (0 / 0)

      We have our own local post office, and while it is closed for lunch, and it's not open on weekends (no post offices are open on weekends in the whole county), by "busy" they mean that there are two customers in the post office. Oh, and she gave DD a candy cane.

      Hardly any lines at the DMV either.

      Uh oh, just gave away all my secrets. Yes, if you live in the Bay Area it might well be faster to drive up here rather than stand in line there. :-) :-) :-) :-)

      by shenanigans on Fri Dec 21, 2007 at 10:13:58 AM PDT

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      • our post office also rocks (0 / 0)

        They not only gave my kids lollipops on Tuesday, they were the same kind, so as to avoid a fight over who got what flavor.  

        Jen

        Foster Mom to Little Boy (4/03) and Sister Bear (11/96)

        by MrsPastor on Fri Dec 21, 2007 at 11:14:18 AM PDT

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      • ours wouldn't have any lines if the PO simply (0 / 0)

        staffed the place properly. I commented to my son that the post office in Antigua Guatemala was faster than ours. He laughed.

        ds 9/01, baby R 1/07

        by brave on Fri Dec 21, 2007 at 07:22:47 PM PDT

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